Alternative Fuels Vehicles 2007 Industry Awards
Apr 13, 2007
AFVi Honors Seven Recipients Anaheim, Ca-The Alternative Fuel Vehicle Institute (AFVi) recognized outstanding leadership in the alternative fuels and vehicles industry at the 13th Alternative Fuels & Vehicles National Conference & Expo 2007. The leadership awards are given annually to honor the achievements of people a ... Continue reading
Apr 13, 2007
Washington DC April 13, 2007; The AIADA newsletter reported that the car business may have gone global, but the rush to develop new technology to electrify 21st-century cars has rekindled some 20th-century-style economic nationalism. The Wall Street Journal reports that U.S. auto makers are increasingly worried that th ... Continue reading
Nissan and NEC to Form New Company for Advanced Batteries
Apr 13, 2007
TOKYO, April 13 -- - Leading Company to Mass Produce Lithium-ion Batteries for the Global Automotive Community Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., NEC Corporation, and its subsidiary, NEC TOKIN Corporation, have signed an agreement to establish a joint-venture company - Automotive Energy Supply Corporation (AESC) - to focus on lit ... Continue reading
Apr 12, 2007
Wednesday, 04/11/2007 Print Version Exactly a century ago in 1907 Theodore Roosevelt told Congress that to waste, to destroy our natural resources, to skin and exhaust the land instead of using it so as to increase its usefulness, would result in undermining, in the days of our children, the very prosperity which ought ... Continue reading
Gov. Schwarzenegger to Michigan: Get Off Your Butts
Apr 12, 2007
Washington DC April 12, 2007: The AIADA newsletter reported that California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger reacts to a billboard along Interstate 75 in Detroit which criticizes him for mandating vehicle emission caps in California that Detroit automakers are unwilling to meet. The billboard reads, "Arnold to Michigan: ... Continue reading
The New York Times Adds First Medium-Duty Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle on the East Coast
Apr 11, 2007
NEW YORK--The New York Times announced today that it has been selected to receive the first medium-duty plug-in hybrid vehicle on the East Coast of the United States and the first of its kind in New York State as part of a commercial fleet performance demonstration and technology evaluation process. The van, a Dodge Sp ... Continue reading
Apr 10, 2007
TORONTO, April 9 -- Azure Dynamics Corporation (TSX: AZD) (LSE: ADC) ("Azure" or the Company") a leading developer of hybrid electric and electric powertrains for commercial vehicles, today announced it has signed a supply agreement with Electro Autos Eficaces of Mexico ("EAE"). The initial order is for 1,000 drive sys ... Continue reading
Motor Press Guild to Hold Alternative Fuels Panel April 10
Apr 9, 2007
LOS ANGELES, April 9 -- The Motor Press Guild (MPG), America's largest professional automotive media association, will hold a panel-style luncheon on April 10 to discuss alternative fuel solutions. With gas prices on the rise, CAFE standards in the press and the President claiming that E85 is the answer, this timely MP ... Continue reading
Apr 6, 2007
WATERTOWN, Mass.--A123Systems today announced that The KillaCycle, the worldâs quickest electric motorcycle and the official world record holder in the ¼ mile drag, broke the world record again using its lithium-ion batteries. The official record for any electric vehicle worldwide in the ¼ mile is set now at ... Continue reading
Honda Named 'Greenest Automaker' by Union of Concerned Scientists - VIDEO ENHANCED
Apr 3, 2007
- America's Most Fuel Efficient Car Company Earns Fourth Consecutive Title - TORRANCE, Calif., April 3 -- Honda, the most fuel efficient car company in America(1), has earned the title of America's "2007 Greenest Automaker" from the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) for the fourth consecutive time. The award is given ... Continue reading
Cobasys Confirms Facility Expansion for Nickel Metal Hydride and Lithium Systems Development
Apr 3, 2007
Company expanding NiMH capabilities and evaluating several leading lithium technologies ORION, Mich., April 3 -- Cobasys today confirmed the latest expansion of its headquarters to facilitate additional advanced battery system development. Already acknowledged as one of the world's largest testing facilities for batter ... Continue reading
Plug In Hybrid Truck Partnership
Apr 3, 2007
For Immediate Release Investors: Media: David K. Waldman/Klea Theoharis Andrew Lavin Crescendo Communications, LLC A. Lavin Communications Tel: 866-787-8619 Tel: (212) 290-9540 Email: <mailto:odyne@crescendo-ir.com> odyne@crescendo-ir.com Email: <mailto:andrewlavin@alavin.com> andrewlavin@alavin.com FAB Holdings: Ron E ... Continue reading
Automotive X Prize Announces Draft Guidelines for Competition to Inspire Super-Efficient Vehicles
Apr 3, 2007
Innovators Invited to Help Solve One of Our World's Grand Challenges SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The X PRIZE Foundation, the organization behind the $10 million Ansari X PRIZE that successfully challenged teams to build private spacecraft to open up the space frontier, is taking a step towa ... Continue reading
Former United Airlines Shuttle President Joins ZAP
Mar 30, 2007
SANTA ROSA, Calif.--Former United Airlines Shuttle President Amos S. Kazzaz has agreed to join electric car pioneer ZAP (OTC BB: ZAAP) as Chief Operating Officer. Due to the recent introduction and subsequent overwhelming acceptance of the new XEBRA electric cars and trucks, ZAP has initiated an expansion of its market ... Continue reading
Quantum Ships Eleven Extended-Range Hydrogen Hybrid Vehicles to Norway's Hydrogen Highway
Mar 29, 2007
IRVINE, Calif., March 29 -- Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc., today announced that it has shipped eleven hydrogen-fueled Prius hybrid vehicles to Miljobil Grenland AS, a participant and vehicle provider to the Norwegian Hydrogen Highway (HyNor). The Norwegian government, industry participants, and the ... Continue reading
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