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Autobytel Consumer Choice(TM) Data for Second Quarter Shows Strong Shift Toward Smaller, More Fuel-Efficient Cars

Autobytel Consumer Choice(TM) Data for Second Quarter Shows Strong Shift Toward Smaller, More Fuel-Efficient Cars

Survey Shows America's Car Dealers Feeling Impact of High Gas Prices IRVINE, Calif., July 6 -- Autobytel Inc. today announced Consumer Choice data showing the cars and trucks that were requested most(1) by its millions of online shoppers(2) during the second sales quarter of 2004. The Q2 numbers suggest that high price ... Continue reading

Tenneco Automotive Works With Industry Consortium to Develop Integrated Automotive Fuel Cell Power System

Tenneco Automotive Works With Industry Consortium to Develop Integrated Automotive Fuel Cell Power System

LAKE FOREST, Illinois and BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 1 -- - Company Selected by European Commission to Participate in the Sixth Framework Program for Sustainable Development Tenneco Automotive announced today its participation in a European industry consortium to research and develop an automotive hydrogen fuel cell syste ... Continue reading

Stuart Energy's SHOW - The Renewable Hydrogen Roadshow - Brings Its 2004 Traveling 'Festival Within A Festival' to the Marin County Fair, July 1-5

Stuart Energy's SHOW - The Renewable Hydrogen Roadshow - Brings Its 2004 Traveling 'Festival Within A Festival' to the Marin County Fair, July 1-5

LOS ANGELES, June 30 -- SHOW -- The Renewable Hydrogen Roadshow -- was conceived by hydrogen energy pioneers Stuart Energy as a dynamic means to promote sustainable living practices and bring environmental awareness to the general public within the context of a cultural and music experience. Launched as a California-ba ... Continue reading

BorgWarner Supplies Engine and Transmission Content to Ford Escape Hybrid

BorgWarner Supplies Engine and Transmission Content to Ford Escape Hybrid

CHICAGO, June 29 -- BorgWarner engine and transmission products will help drive North America's first hybrid, the Ford Escape, which is on sale now and will be arriving in dealerships later this summer. As a leading global powertrain supplier, BorgWarner will provide various emissions and air management components, the ... Continue reading

Toyota Prius to Receive Top Honors at 2004 Industrial Design Excellence Awards

Toyota Prius to Receive Top Honors at 2004 Industrial Design Excellence Awards

Scion xB Earns Bronze Award TORRANCE, Calif., June 28 -- The Toyota Prius continues to collect accolades as the innovative hybrid-synergy drive sedan will receive a Gold Award at the 2004 Industrial Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) competition, presented by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) and sponsore ... Continue reading

Honda Accord Hybrid: Honda's Best-Selling Vehicle Goes Hybrid

Honda Accord Hybrid: Honda's Best-Selling Vehicle Goes Hybrid

Accord Hybrid Set to Debut Later This Year With V-6 Performance and Four-Cylinder Fuel Economy TORRANCE, Calif., June 28 -- American Honda released the first images of its 2005 Accord V6 Hybrid, a gas-electric hybrid version of Honda's best-selling car, scheduled to go on-sale at Honda dealerships nationwide later this ... Continue reading

Biodiesel Fuel Oil Can Replace Foreign and Fossil Fuel Oil in the U.S.A. ... as of Today

Biodiesel Fuel Oil Can Replace Foreign and Fossil Fuel Oil in the U.S.A. ... as of Today

NEW YORK, June 28 -- * The best kept secret in the U.S.A. ... is that the U.S.A. has a real alternative to foreign and fossil fuel oil that's really ready to roll ... today. * According to the EPA of the U.S.A. ... Biodiesel fuel oil is a biodegradable, non-toxic, clean burning, not easily flammable and easily renewabl ... Continue reading

Honda Delivers Two Fuel Cell Vehicles to the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) in California

Honda Delivers Two Fuel Cell Vehicles to the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) in California

TORRANCE, Calif., June 25 -- American Honda Motor Co., Inc., this week delivered the first of two Honda FCX fuel cell vehicles, the world's first commercially certified fuel cell car, to the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) at its headquarters in Diamond Bar, Calif. The delivery brings the number of ... Continue reading

A New Wave of Hybrids are Coming to North America; CSM Worldwide Cites Challenges and Asks: Are We Ready?

A New Wave of Hybrids are Coming to North America; CSM Worldwide Cites Challenges and Asks: Are We Ready?

DETROIT, June 25 -- With at least 15 new-vehicle introductions expected during the next three model years, hybrid-electric vehicles (HEVs) appear poised to take the North American market by storm. Never before have consumers been offered such a wide selection of hybrid- electric-powered vehicles, and the influx of new ... Continue reading

Test-Drive the Advanced Fuel Technologies of Today and Tomorrow

Test-Drive the Advanced Fuel Technologies of Today and Tomorrow

WHAT: As part of its ongoing commitment to delivering advanced vehicle technologies to the U.S. marketplace, the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers is hosting a ride and drive for Members of Congress, policymakers and media. Test-drive the advanced vehicles that are hitting the roads today, and get a sneak preview of ... Continue reading

Ballard Receives Order for Fuel Cell Engine from Japan Automobile Research Institute

Ballard Receives Order for Fuel Cell Engine from Japan Automobile Research Institute

VANCOUVER, British Columbia--June 23, 2004-- Ballard(R) Fuel Cell Engine Will Undergo Performance Research Testing to Support Standardization Activities in Japan Ballard Power Systems (TSX:BLD) will provide its Xcellsis(TM) HY-80 light-duty fuel cell engine and related technology to the Japan Automobile Research Instit ... Continue reading

Stuart Energy Awarded U.S. Patent for Networking Hydrogen Energy Stations

Stuart Energy Awarded U.S. Patent for Networking Hydrogen Energy Stations

TORONTO--June 23, 2004--Stuart Energy Systems Corporation (TSX: HHO), the world's leading developer and supplier of integrated hydrogen infrastructure solutions based on water electrolysis, announced today that it has been granted a U.S. patent that is directed to hydrogen energy stations, including hydrogen fueling st ... Continue reading

1000 Attend Critically-Timed 4th Annual USFCC CONGRESSIONAL FUEL CELL EXPO

1000 Attend Critically-Timed 4th Annual USFCC CONGRESSIONAL FUEL CELL EXPO

WASHINGTON--June 23, 2004--An estimated 1,000 members of Congress, congressional staff, federal officials, business executives and news media representatives filled the Cannon Caucus Room on Capitol Hill for the US Fuel Cell Council's 4th Annual CONGRESSIONAL FUEL CELL EXPO on June 22, 2004. More than 35 fuel cell indu ... Continue reading

AltWheels Transportation Festival to Showcase Innovative Transportation Alternatives

AltWheels Transportation Festival to Showcase Innovative Transportation Alternatives

New England’s Largest Alternative Transportation Festival September 18-19, 2004 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Janice Halpern, 508-698-6810, classic.pr@verizon.net AltWheels Transportation Festival to Showcase Innovative Transportation Alternatives Brookline, MA – June 23, 2004 –AltWheels, New England ... Continue reading

Test-Drive the Advanced Fuel Technologies of Today and Tomorrow

Test-Drive the Advanced Fuel Technologies of Today and Tomorrow

WHAT: As part of its ongoing commitment to delivering advanced vehicle technologies to the U.S. marketplace, the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers is hosting a ride and drive for Members of Congress, policymakers and media. Test-drive the advanced vehicles that are hitting the roads today, and get a sneak preview of ... Continue reading

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