New Prius Achieves 5-Star Euro NCAP Rating
Aug 26, 2009
The new Toyota Prius has achieved the maximum 5-star vehicle safety rating in the latest 2009 Euro NCAP test results. Achieving an overall score of 83 per cent, Prius is the third Toyota model to be granted a 5-star rating this year, after the new Toyota Avensis and iQ. ... Continue reading
Envia Systems Wins 2009 R&D 100 Award for Electric Vehicle Battery With Highest Energy Density
Aug 26, 2009
HAYWARD, Calif., Aug. 25 -- Envia Systems, a technology leader in high performance, low cost energy storage solutions using lithium-ion batteries today announced in partnership with Argonne National Laboratory, it is the recipient of an R&D 100 award for its lithium-ion battery for plug-in electric vehicles (PHEVs). Th ... Continue reading
Better Place Targets Tokyo Taxis for Battery Switch Application
Aug 26, 2009
TOKYO--Better Place today announced that it has received an award from the Japanese government to conduct a pilot project in Tokyo for the worldâs first electric taxis with switchable batteries. Better Place will partner with Tokyoâs largest taxi operator, Nihon Kotsu, in the project commissioned by the Minis ... Continue reading
Aug 26, 2009
- Methanol fuel cells reduce plant's CO2 emissions - SMYRNA, Tenn., Aug. 25 -- Nissan North America (NNA) has become the first vehicle manufacturer to commercially deploy methanol fuel cells to power its material handling equipment (tugs) at its Smyrna, Tenn., assembly plant. The methanol fuel cells from Oorja Protonic ... Continue reading
Kenworth T370 Hybrid Supports New York City Mayor Bloomberg's Green Transportation Initiatives
Aug 25, 2009
NEW YORK--The Kenworth T370 diesel-electric hybrid truck was featured today at a press conference held by New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg to discuss the cityâs latest green transportation initiatives. The event took place at the Queens District 5 facility operated by the New York Department of Sanitation. ... Continue reading
Honda Will Wait Till Next Decade To Sell EV's in North America.
Aug 24, 2009
TOKYO August 23, 2009; The AP reported that Honda Motor Co. plans to introduce electric vehicles in the U.S. early next decade, joining a growing number of automakers vying for the lead in clean technology development, local media reported Saturday. Japan's second-biggest car maker, which has focused on gas-electric hy ... Continue reading
Aug 24, 2009
BURTONSVILLE, Md.--New Energy Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: NENE), a next-generation alternative and renewable energy developer, today announced successful completion of its first-ever MotionPowerTM prototype energy harvester for heavy trucks and vehicles for installation at such locations as truck stops, weigh scales, co ... Continue reading
2009 GMC Yukon Denali Hybrid 4WD Review
Aug 23, 2009
GMC YUKON DENALI HYBRID 4WD - BLACK LAKE GOLF A Travel Story From a Shunpikerâs Journal By Steve Purdy and Joe Chagnon TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau [4154] We had to be sure we were driving a UAW-built vehicle for this project. In fact, the gate guard checked our VIN to be sure it was a US built GM truck. Weâ ... Continue reading
smart Goes Into Series Production With Second Generation Electric Drive
Aug 20, 2009
From mid November 2009 the new smart fortwo electric drive will roll off the production line at the smart factory in Hambach, France. Unlike its predecessor, the electrically driven smart fortwo of the second generation is fitted with an innovative and highly efficient lithium-ion battery. ... Continue reading
Semcon Cooperating with Volvo Cars to Develop Plug-in Hybrid Technology
Aug 20, 2009
Over the past year, Semcon has been working with Volvo Cars' development of 3 demo plug-in hybrids in a cooperation project between Volvo Cars, Vattenfall, ETC and Energimyndigheten (The Swedish Energy Agency). Semcon has worked on converting a vehicle with a conventional combustion engine to a plug-in. ... Continue reading
Driving for Smarter Electric Cars
Aug 20, 2009
By Phil LeBeau<br> CNBC.com </p> A comment from Bill Ford Jr. is one that explains why I, and many other reporters, are spending so much time reporting on the latest developments with electric cars. At an event in Dearborn, Michigan to showcase a Ford test project where it's electric vehicles will communicate with loca ... Continue reading
German Government Puts the Pedal to the Metal in Race For a Viable Electric Car
Aug 20, 2009
BERLIN August 19, 2009; Geir Moulson and Matt Moore writing for the AP reported that the race is on to create a viable electric car, forget that they're cramped, have a limited driving range and outstrip the average consumer's pocketbook. Germany -- home to brands including Volkswagen, Porsche and BMW -- became the lat ... Continue reading
Buick Makes Party For New (Plug-in) SUV Nobody Comes - Oh Well
Aug 19, 2009
DETROIT, Aug 19, 2009; Soyoung Kim writing for Reuters reported that General Motors Co has dropped plans for a new Buick sport utility vehicle due to lack of consumer interest, Vice Chairman Tom Stephens said on Wednesday, only two weeks after the new model was announced. The automaker canceled plans for the SUV, which ... Continue reading
Ford Unveils 'Intelligent' System for Plug-In Hybrids to Communicate with the Electric Grid
Aug 19, 2009
DEARBORN, Mich., Aug. 18 -- -- Ford and its utility partners are testing one of the industry's first vehicle-to-electric grid communications and control systems, which enables electric vehicles to interface with the grid for optimal recharging -- The new technology allows the vehicle operator to program when to recharg ... Continue reading
Aug 18, 2009
PEWAUKEE, Wis.--American Transmission Co., along with American Electric Power , MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co. (MECH), Exelon Corp. , NorthWestern Energy , and MidAmerican Energy Co., a subsidiary of MEHC, is sponsoring a comprehensive study of the transmission infrastructure needed in the Upper Midwest to support ren ... Continue reading
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