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Toyota Fuel Cell Vehicle Demonstration Program Expands

Toyota Fuel Cell Vehicle Demonstration Program Expands

More Than 100 Fuel Cell Vehicles Placed in the U.S. Over The Next Three Years DETROIT, Jan. 11 -- Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. (TMS) announced today that more than 100 Toyota Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicle - Advanced (FCHV-adv) vehicles will be placed in a nationwide demonstration program over the next three years. TMS and ... Continue reading

EV Media Watch This Week From EDTA

EV Media Watch This Week From EDTA

GM, government backers show off first Volt battery Reuters January 7, 2010 --General Motors showed off the first battery pack for its electric Chevy Volt. "We will just see if the American public is ready for this," GM Chairman and Chief Executive Ed Whitacre said at a new Detroit-area facility that has started to buil ... Continue reading

National AF&V Conference Speakers Announced

National AF&V Conference Speakers Announced

FINAL-logo--AFVI2010 For Immediate Release Contact: Kimberly Taylor 702-203-4982 ktaylor@afvi.org National AF&V Conference Speakers Announced The Latest Information on Funding, Policies, Vehicles & Technologies Las Vegas, NV - January 7, 2010: Alternative Fuel Vehicle Institute (AFVi) hosts the sixteenth Alternative Fu ... Continue reading

Cars Shrink Under Pressure from Government, Consumers

Cars Shrink Under Pressure from Government, Consumers

Washington DC January 7, 2010; The AIADA newsletter reported that it's a small world after all. That is one message automakers are sending, loud and clear, to consumers and politicians judging by the vehicles that will be on display at this year's North American International Auto Show in Detroit. According to The Detr ... Continue reading

Global Automakers Will Significantly Increase Spending On New Technologies, Hybrid and Alternative Fuel Vehicles, Says KPMG Survey

Global Automakers Will Significantly Increase Spending On New Technologies, Hybrid and Alternative Fuel Vehicles, Says KPMG Survey

Execs cite fuel efficiency as extremely important to new car buyers DETROIT, Jan. 7 -- In response to consumer demand, senior automotive executives are expected to increase their investment in new technologies to produce more environmentally-friendly, fuel-efficient vehicles, according to the 11th annual global automot ... Continue reading

Avago Technologies Automotive-Grade Optocouplers Selected for Use in Mazda's New Hydrogen/Gas Powered Hybrid Vehicle

Avago Technologies Automotive-Grade Optocouplers Selected for Use in Mazda's New Hydrogen/Gas Powered Hybrid Vehicle

SAN JOSE, Calif. & SINGAPORE--Avago Technologies , a leading supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications, today announced that Yaskawa Electric Corporation has selected two of its latest R2Coupler™ isolation products for use in the futuristic Mazda Premacy hydro ... 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. 5 -- 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 Volk ... Continue reading

Research and Markets: Fuel Cells for Residential, Commercial, and Industrial Applications: a Complete Market Analysis and Future Forecasts

Research and Markets: Fuel Cells for Residential, Commercial, and Industrial Applications: a Complete Market Analysis and Future Forecasts

DUBLIN--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/e3b59c/fuel_cells_for_res) has announced the addition of the "Fuel Cells for Residential, Commercial, and Industrial Applications: Market Analysis and Forecasts" report to their offering. “Fuel Cells for Residential, Commercial, and Industria ... Continue reading

2010 Detroit Show: An Electric Cavalcade

2010 Detroit Show: An Electric Cavalcade

Washington DC January 4, 2010; With federal mileage standards rising, automakers next week will show a fresh group of fuel-efficient vehicles at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. According to Automotive News, Ford will unveil the redesigned production Focus, and Honda will show the production versi ... Continue reading

2010 Is Here! Will This be the First Day of the New Electric Car Era? - VIDEO ENHANCED

2010 Is Here! Will This be the First Day of the New Electric Car Era? - VIDEO ENHANCED

AUTO CENTRAL - Janury 1, 2010: Three years ago, at the 2007 Detroit Auto Show (NAIAS), General Motors introduced a dynamic looking battery-powered vehicle they called the Chevrolet Volt. For all practical purposes it ushered un the new age of electric cars, that should kick off later this year. As the time has passed s ... Continue reading

AlumiFuel Power Announces Delivery of Its First Production Hydrogen Generator

AlumiFuel Power Announces Delivery of Its First Production Hydrogen Generator

CENTENNIAL, Colo.--Early production stage hydrogen generation company AlumiFuel Power, Inc. (“API”), the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based wholly owned operating subsidiary of AlumiFuel Power Corporation (OTCBB: AFPW), (the “Company”), announced today that it has taken delivery of its first productio ... Continue reading

Is The Electric Car Push Oversold? Asks CNBC

Is The Electric Car Push Oversold? Asks CNBC

New York Wednesday, 16 Dec 2009; Phil LeBeau writing for CNBC reported that the comments this week by Audi of America President Johan de Nysschen about President Obama's administration pushing electric cars is one that will no doubt get the attention of many in the auto industry. The message essentially comes down to t ... Continue reading

Plug-in America's Top 12 Plug-in Electric Vehicle Myths

Plug-in America's Top 12 Plug-in Electric Vehicle Myths

Acronyms and definitions: EV: Electric Vehicle, meaning all-electric (no gas) BEV: Battery Electric Vehicle or all-electric vehicle PHEV: Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle Plug-in or Plug-in electric vehicle: Either a BEV or a PHEV Number of EVs Driven Today: Plug In America estimates that there are 3,000 highway-capable ... Continue reading

Air Liquide Completes Hydrogen Fueling Project for Shell Hydrogen

Air Liquide Completes Hydrogen Fueling Project for Shell Hydrogen

HOUSTON--Reducing greenhouse gases and pollution in cities is one of society’s main challenges and a core commitment of Air Liquide in the pursuit of sustainable development. Using hydrogen as energy for transportation is a promising solution for sustainable mobility. Air Liquide has completed the installation of ... Continue reading

The Washington Auto Show: A Green Machine

The Washington Auto Show: A Green Machine

2010 show to Launch Massive Showcase of Advanced Technology WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- America's greenest "tier-one" auto show just got greener. The Washington Auto Show®, which houses more green cars than any major U.S. auto show, is redoubling its efforts in 2010 with a 65,000-square foot display known as the "Advanced ... Continue reading

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