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Eaton to Develop Predictive Battery Management Technology for Hybrid Vehicles

Eaton to Develop Predictive Battery Management Technology for Hybrid Vehicles

Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation announced today it is strengthening its commitment to hybrid vehicle technology by developing a cost-effective power control system to reduce the size of the system battery without a loss of battery life or vehicle performance. The fuel-efficient application is inte ... Continue reading

Energiz Renewable Inc., in cooperation with The Innovation Nation is bringing clean tech projects EVE and EDEN to the Israeli market

Energiz Renewable Inc., in cooperation with The Innovation Nation is bringing clean tech projects EVE and EDEN to the Israeli market

ERI (Energiz Renewable Inc.) (OTN: ERIP) is a solar panel company that is planning to bring the highly anticipated project of EDEN (Economically Driven Environmentally Necessary) and EVE (Electric Vehicle Evolution) to the Israeli market in cooperation with The Innovation Nation. The exciting cooperation works beautifu ... Continue reading

Outstanding Performance for Toyota and Lexus Vehicles in German Environmental Car List

Outstanding Performance for Toyota and Lexus Vehicles in German Environmental Car List

Toyota and Lexus vehicles took six out of the top 10 spots overall as the most environmentally friendly vehicles in the recently published Environmental Car List. The Lexus CT 200h came in second overall joined by five Toyota models, including the iQ, Yaris Hybrid, Auris Hybrid, Prius and Prius+ in the 2012/2013 report ... Continue reading

Shell and Stop & Shop Help New York Metro Customers Save on Fuel

Shell and Stop & Shop Help New York Metro Customers Save on Fuel

Savvy shoppers in the New York and Southern Connecticut areas have saved on fuel purchases as a result of the Stop & Shop Gas Rewards program. Shell, the No. 1 selling gasoline brand in the U.S., and Stop & Shop teamed up in April 2010 to help customers save at the pump through everyday grocery purchases, marking the r ... Continue reading

2013 Ram 1500 Offers Best-in-Class Fuel Efficiency, New Technology and New Features Without Sacrificing Capability

2013 Ram 1500 Offers Best-in-Class Fuel Efficiency, New Technology and New Features Without Sacrificing Capability

Best-in-class fuel economy 18 city 25 highway: New 3.6-liter Pentastar V-6 engine (Ward's 10 Best Engines) features 42 percent more horsepower, 13 percent more torque and at least 20 percent better fuel economy when compared to the previous 3.7-liter V-6 powertrain 5.7-liter HEMI V-8 with Fuel Saver Technology and vari ... Continue reading

New-Car Sales Beat Seasonal Expectations, SAAR Jumps To 14.4 Million On Fuel-Sipper Demand

New-Car Sales Beat Seasonal Expectations, SAAR Jumps To 14.4 Million On Fuel-Sipper Demand

August new-car sales will hit 1,273,000 units overall, which is an 18.7 percent increase from last year, according to Kelley Blue Book, www.kbb.com, the leading provider of new car and used car information. After adjusting for one additional selling day in August, car sales are projected to improve by a conservative 14 ... Continue reading

Survey: Californians Slowing Down to Save Fuel and Want Peppy Hybrids; Ford Answers with C-MAX Hybrid

Survey: Californians Slowing Down to Save Fuel and Want Peppy Hybrids; Ford Answers with C-MAX Hybrid

New survey on hybrid vehicle trends finds 77 percent of California drivers are likely to consider a hybrid vehicle if they don't have to give up the performance and technology expected from gasoline-powered vehicles As gasoline prices have risen, 98 percent of Californians are serious about saving fuel, including 46 pe ... Continue reading

zAutos Helps Drivers Find the Best Gas Prices

zAutos Helps Drivers Find the Best Gas Prices

Consumer auto research website zAutos.com introduces a gas price tool to help drivers locate cheap gas in their area and around the country. Consumers looking for the best prices on gas can visit the “Gas Prices" tab on zAutos.com. By entering in a zip code or using the auto-locate feature, consumers will find a list ... Continue reading

FedEx Long-Term Commitment to Sustainability Gets a Boost: Emissions Reduction Goal Increased Fifty Percent

FedEx Long-Term Commitment to Sustainability Gets a Boost: Emissions Reduction Goal Increased Fifty Percent

In 2008, FedEx Corp. announced it would seek to reduce carbon emissions intensity from its FedEx Express aircraft and improve the fuel efficiency of its FedEx Express vehicle fleet by 20 percent by 2020, as compared with its 2005 performance. Less than five years later, FedEx has nearly achieved these goals and is toda ... Continue reading

Research and Markets: Electric Vehicle Market in the US 2011-2015: Electric Vehicle Charging is Expected to Increase Tremendously by 2015

Research and Markets: Electric Vehicle Market in the US 2011-2015: Electric Vehicle Charging is Expected to Increase Tremendously by 2015

DUBLIN--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/4pd323/electric_vehicle_m) has announced the addition of the "Electric Vehicle Market in the US 2011-2015" report to their offering. “Electric Vehicle Market in the US 2011-2015” TechNavio's analysts forecast the Electric Vehicle market ... Continue reading

Clean Energy Trust to Announce Its Selection as a Chapter of Advanced Energy Economy (AEE) at Chicago Policy Workshop

Clean Energy Trust to Announce Its Selection as a Chapter of Advanced Energy Economy (AEE) at Chicago Policy Workshop

The Clean Energy Trust (CET), the Midwest's premier clean energy business accelerator, will announce its selection as a chapter of Advanced Energy Economy (AEE), and present preliminary findings from its first survey of Illinois' clean energy cluster this afternoon at the University Club in Chicago. 'In a short period ... Continue reading

ECOtality Sets Second Quarter 2012 Conference Call for Tuesday, August 14, 2012 at 4:30 p.m. ET

ECOtality Sets Second Quarter 2012 Conference Call for Tuesday, August 14, 2012 at 4:30 p.m. ET

ECOtality, Inc. , a leader in electric vehicle (EV) charging technologies with the world's largest connected EV charging network, will hold a conference call on Tuesday, August 14, 2012 at 4:30 p.m. Eastern time to discuss results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2012. Financial results will be issued in a press r ... Continue reading

How L.A.'s Only All-Green Car Rental Agency is Changing the Business

How L.A.'s Only All-Green Car Rental Agency is Changing the Business

MPG Rent-a-Car is committed to changing the way that customers rent cars by taking a boutique-oriented, green approach to automotive rentals. It has also made a serious commitment to environmental issues as the only fully sustainability centered rental car company in Los Angeles. The agency has therefore taken to heart ... Continue reading

Leading The Charge in California, Frito-Lay Rolls Out Growing Fleet of All-electric Delivery Trucks

Leading The Charge in California, Frito-Lay Rolls Out Growing Fleet of All-electric Delivery Trucks

Senior leadership from PepsiCo's Frito-Lay North America division was joined today by California Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr., Matt Rodriquez, secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency and Gregory Winterbottom, chairman of the Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee to announce the grow ... Continue reading

Research and Markets: Compressed Natural Gas Vehicle Market in North America 2011-2015

Research and Markets: Compressed Natural Gas Vehicle Market in North America 2011-2015

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Compressed Natural Gas Vehicle Market in North America 2011-2015" report to their offering. 'Compressed Natural Gas Vehicle Market in North America 2011-2015' TechNavio launched its report Compressed Natural Gas Vehicle Market in North America 2011-2015 based on a ... Continue reading

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