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Interest in Alternative Energy Vehicles Revs up in China, while Japan and US Are Slower to Come on Board, New SSI Study Reveals

Interest in Alternative Energy Vehicles Revs up in China, while Japan and US Are Slower to Come on Board, New SSI Study Reveals

SHELTON, Connecticut, January 26 -- As the world narrows its focus on environmental concerns, interest in eco-friendly cars is broadening, according to a new international study by Survey Sampling International (SSI). SSI conducted an online study October 1-10, 2009, of 1,000 people per country in China, Japan, and the ... Continue reading

AFS Trinity Sees Delaware as Possible Center of Next Generation Automaking

AFS Trinity Sees Delaware as Possible Center of Next Generation Automaking

Governor, other Delaware officials to drive two 150 mpg "Extreme Hybrid" Plug-in SUV prototypes DOVER, Del., Jan. 26 -- AFS Trinity Power Corporation today said it is studying Delaware as a potential site for the further development and assembly of its plug in hybrid electric vehicle the "Extreme Hybrid", and, starting ... Continue reading

K2 Energy Solutions Releases New Batteries That Will Alter Design of Future Commercial and Consumer Products

K2 Energy Solutions Releases New Batteries That Will Alter Design of Future Commercial and Consumer Products

HENDERSON, Nev.--K2 Energy Solutions (K2), a manufacturer and seller of rechargeable battery systems, has announced two new battery systems that will dramatically alter the way companies design and power their commercial and consumer products. “From the beginning, our intent was to create an entirely new source of ... Continue reading

Automakers Show Innovations in Nation's Capital

Automakers Show Innovations in Nation's Capital

Auto Alliance Debuts Interactive Auto Show Exhibit and Website WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers is launching the Auto Innovation (www.AutoInnovation.com) campaign during the Washington, D.C. Auto Show to take drivers inside the laboratories, onto the proving ground ... Continue reading

Chadbourne & Parke Forms "Next Generation Vehicles" Practice

Chadbourne & Parke Forms "Next Generation Vehicles" Practice

CHADBOURNE JUMP-STARTS "NEXT GENERATION VEHICLES" New Practice Reinforces Firm's Status as Leader in Green Initiatives New York, January 21, 2010 —The international law firm of Chadbourne & Parke LLP announced today that it has formed a Next Generation Vehicles practice. The multi-disciplinary team will be led by ... Continue reading

EnerDel Plans to Invest $237 Million in New Indiana Lithium-Ion Battery Plant, Creating 1,400 New Clean Tech Jobs

EnerDel Plans to Invest $237 Million in New Indiana Lithium-Ion Battery Plant, Creating 1,400 New Clean Tech Jobs

State and Local Economic Development Incentives Total $69.9 Million INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 21 -- Lithium-ion battery manufacturer EnerDel announced today it will invest $237 million in a new manufacturing plant near its Indianapolis headquarters in order to meet anticipated demand for advanced battery systems used in both ... Continue reading

Environment Texas: Plug-in Electric Cars Can Lower Global Warming Emissions, Oil Consumption and Unhealthy Air Pollution

Environment Texas: Plug-in Electric Cars Can Lower Global Warming Emissions, Oil Consumption and Unhealthy Air Pollution

DALLAS--Increasing America’s use of plug-in electric and plug in hybrid cars would dramatically reduce emissions that cause global warming and air pollution and would curb our dependence on oil, according to a new white paper released today by Environment Texas. “We're on the cusp of an historic shift in the ... Continue reading

Green Car Summit Coming to Capitol Hill

Green Car Summit Coming to Capitol Hill

Industry Leaders to Discuss Pathways to Electric and Advanced Vehicles WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 -- The Washington Auto Show (WAS) and Green Car Journal will host the third annual Green Car Summit(TM) on Monday, January 25, sharing important insights from industry and environmental leaders including Stefan Jacoby, CEO of Vol ... Continue reading

EDTA Announces Keynote Speakers and Themes for 2010 Annual Conference and Auto Show

EDTA Announces Keynote Speakers and Themes for 2010 Annual Conference and Auto Show

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19-- The following is being issued by the Electric Drive Transportation Association: When: Tuesday, January 26-Thursday, January 28, 2010 What: 2010 Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA) Conference and Annual Meeting Where: The Washington Auto Show, Walter E. Washington Convention Center (80 ... Continue reading

Mazda Delivers Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid to Iwatani Corporation for Use in Kyushu

Mazda Delivers Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid to Iwatani Corporation for Use in Kyushu

Hiroshima, Jan 13, 2010; Mazda Motor Corporation today delivered a Mazda Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid to Iwatani Corporation, an energy development company based in Japan. The Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid is Mazda's latest hydrogen rotary engine (RE) vehicle which uses hydrogen as a fuel and features a unique hybrid system ... Continue reading

Pelosi Post Electrification Press Conference At 2010 Detroit Auto Show

Pelosi Post Electrification Press Conference At 2010 Detroit Auto Show

Transcript of Bipartisan Delegation Press Conference at Detroit Auto Show Yesterday Washington, D.C. January 12, 2010; Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, Chairman Emeritus John Dingell, and Congressman Fred Upton held a press conference yesterday afternoon at the North American International Auto Show i ... Continue reading

House Speaker Pelosi Gets EV'd

House Speaker Pelosi Gets EV'd

By Martha Hindes The Auto Channel Detroit Bureau House Speaker Pelosi takes test rides in advanced green cars If seeing is believing, American car makers at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit finally got a chance to try to put that belief to a test. During the first day of the show's press preview Mo ... Continue reading

Detroit Goes 'Electric' Crazy

Detroit Goes 'Electric' Crazy

By Michael Kanellos Greentech Media Seeking Alpha Hybrids only constitute three percent of the market for cars, but everyone wants to get in on the action as sales are expected to climb. Volkswagen (VLKAY.PK), which has been one of the more skeptical large manufacturers when it comes to electric cars and hybrids, showe ... Continue reading

Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE Chooses Michigan for 2010 Competition Events

Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE Chooses Michigan for 2010 Competition Events

$10 Million Competition for Super Fuel Efficient Vehicles Announces Partnership with Michigan Economic Development Corporation to Host Multi-Stage On-Track Challenges DETROIT, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE has chosen the state of Michigan to host an intense multi-stage ... Continue reading

Dow Kokam Acquires Societe de Vehicles Electriques to Expand Energy Storage Solutions for the Automotive Industry

Dow Kokam Acquires Societe de Vehicles Electriques to Expand Energy Storage Solutions for the Automotive Industry

Acquisition Brings Together Dow Kokam Cells and Pack-Ready Solutions for Electric and Hybrid Vehicles DETROIT, Jan. 12 -- Today, at the 2010 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), Dow Kokam announced it has acquired Societe de Vehicles Electriques (SVE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the France-based Groupe Ind ... Continue reading

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