Machine Design Magazine's 'Smart Car' Award Winners to be Announced
Oct 17, 2006
Continental Automotive Systems Division to Host Press Conference WHAT: Continental Automotive Systems will host a press conference to announce the winners of Machine Design Magazine's "Smart Car" Ride and Drive event. Contested for the seventh year by Machine Design, the Ride and Drive competition recognizes the ever-c ... Continue reading
Oct 16, 2006
Research Triangle Park, NC and Port Orange, Florida -- Technology Research Laboratories (TRL) is announcing a new long-life battery technology that can make hybrid electric vehicle traveling a reality. The batteryâs unique properties of low cost, long life and safety are all characteristics that are a necessity of ... Continue reading
Oct 16, 2006
<http://www.japancorp.net/?page_num=1> JapanCorp: Toyota Group Companies to Display Latest Electric, Gasoline/diesel-electric Hybrid and Fuel Cell Vehicles at EVS-22 Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 16, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Toyota Motor Corporation, Toyota Auto Body Co., LTD., Hino Motoras, LTD. and Daihatsu Motor Co., LTD. annou ... Continue reading
AFV Institute Expands Alternative Fuel Information Services
Oct 13, 2006
For Immediate Release Contact: Kimberly Taylor October 12, 2006 702-203-4982 ktaylor@afvi.org ALTERNATIVE FUEL INFORMATION SERVICES EXPANDED Clean Energy Provides Support to Help Navigate the Changing Alternative Fuels Industry Las Vegas, NV-The Alternative Fuel Vehicle Institute (AFVI) announced today a partnership wi ... Continue reading
Plug-In Hybrids (PHEV) Information
Oct 11, 2006
Plug-In Hybrids Information Gas: Optional Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) are outfitted with a battery pack sufficient to power the vehicle from 20 to 60 miles on battery charge alone. Considering that half the cars on Americaâs roads are driven 25 miles a day or less, a plug-in with a 25-mile range batte ... Continue reading
Plug-In Partners and AutoNation Join Forces to Support Manufacture of Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles
Oct 11, 2006
AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 11 -- AutoNation, Inc. , America's largest automotive retailer, has joined the Plug-In Partners campaign calling on automakers to manufacture plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. "The development of plug-in hybrids could reduce America's addiction to oil," said AutoNation CEO Mike Jackson. "These new h ... Continue reading
Oct 10, 2006
WHAT: The NAFTC commissioned a national survey of the knowledge and likelihood of consumers to purchase AFVs. The Consortium will reveal the results of this survey and issue a challenge outlining how they plan to overcome consumers' perceived barriers to buying an alternative fuel or advanced technology vehicle. At the ... Continue reading
From Hydrogen to Natural Gas, Southland Fleet Operators Will Learn About Alternative Fuel Options
Oct 9, 2006
(October 10-11, 2006 at the Ontario Convention Center) SANTA MONICA, Calif., Oct. 9 -- With the cost of diesel fuel rising daily and regulatory agencies continuing to enact fleet rules to push for emission reductions from California's fleets, the timing of the Southern California Clean Vehicle Technology Expo (Expo) co ... Continue reading
Report from Boston's Altwheels Festival 2006
Oct 6, 2006
Being at the Altwheels Festival in Boston was both exhilarating and taxing. For this âcountry mouseâ to be in such crowds, yakking for 12 hours at a stretch, geeking it up far beyond my span of attention, brought me back to Maine after three days with a renewed love of my adopted state. But for someone who ha ... Continue reading
Further Progress with Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology
Oct 6, 2006
Stuttgart/Brussels, Oct 05, 2006; With limited oil supplies and rising energy prices, public awareness of new types of drive system, such as fuel cells, is growing. Against this background, the third general assembly of the European Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology Platform (HFP) in Brussels is focusing on current dev ... Continue reading
ZAP Hires Former Segway and JVC Sales Executives
Oct 5, 2006
SANTA ROSA, Calif.--ZAP [NYSE Arca:ZP] today announced the hiring of senior sales executives Guy Alderton and Steve Tucker to lead ZAPâs Power Systems and Portable Energy business units. ZAP's revenues for the first six months of 2006 have surpassed all of 2005 with demand for ZAP's full-line of advanced transport ... Continue reading
Oct 3, 2006
FREDERICK, Colo., Oct. 3 -- UQM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (AMEX:UQM) , a developer of alternative energy technologies, announced today that it has received a $3 million follow-on production order for additional vehicle electric auxiliary motors. The new order is in addition to previously announced orders for 30,000 motors. Pr ... Continue reading
Sep 25, 2006
IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 25 -- Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc., today announced that it has signed a letter of understanding with Miljo Innovasjon AS of Norway that establishes the basis for discussions to structure a joint venture for the development and production of electric vehicles intended for mark ... Continue reading
World's Largest Alternative Fuel Car & Transportation Show Set for December 9 & 10 in Santa Monica
Sep 21, 2006
Groundbreaking AltCar Expo to Showcase Never-Before-Seen Vehicles and Feature Ride-and-Drive Opportunities for the Public Recent National Poll Shows One-Third of U.S. Adults Interested in Owning or Leasing an Alternative Fuel Vehicle SANTA MONICA, Calif. Sept. 21, 2006; The City of Santa Monica announced today it will ... Continue reading
U.S. Congress Bill Would Offer $20 Billion Loan to Automakers for "Green Technologies"
Sep 20, 2006
Washington DC September 20, 2006; The AIADA newsletter reported that Congressman Mike Rogers (R-MI-08), is looking to draft a bill which may give automakers up to $20 billion in federally backed loan guarantees to speed the development of "green technologies," including hybrid electric engines, flexible fuels and clean ... Continue reading
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