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OriginOil Announces New Algae Growth System for Use in Wastewater Facilities

OriginOil Announces New Algae Growth System for Use in Wastewater Facilities

LOS ANGELES--OriginOil, Inc. (OOIL), the developer of a breakthrough technology to transform algae, the most promising source of renewable oil, into a true competitor to petroleum, today announced an innovative production system using a type of algae that attaches itself to growth surfaces. The new system helps pursue ... Continue reading

In-Depth Look at Toyota Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicle Technology - GREAT VIDEO

In-Depth Look at Toyota Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicle Technology - GREAT VIDEO

Toward achieving a world of sustainable mobility¯in which methods of travel coexist in harmony with people and Earth¯we have put particular effort into our core business of making automobiles. Our challenge has been to create an "ultimate eco-car" that will make sustainable mobility a reality. In December 2002, Toyot ... Continue reading

Vision Industries is Exhibiting its Zero Emission Tyrano Truck at the Santa Monica Alt Car Expo.

Vision Industries is Exhibiting its Zero Emission Tyrano Truck at the Santa Monica Alt Car Expo.

LOS ANGELES--Vision Industries Corp. (OTCBB: VIIC), is exhibiting its zero emission plug-in electric/hydrogen fuel cell hybrid Tyrano™ truck at the 4th annual Santa Monica Alternative Energy and Transportation Expo on Friday Oct. 2 & Saturday Oct. 3 from 10:00 AM until 5:00 PM daily. Location: Santa Monica Civic A ... Continue reading

EV-MOTORING: Charging Through Induction

EV-MOTORING: Charging Through Induction

By Henny Hemmes Senior European Editor Amsterdam Bureau The Auto Channel Frankfurt September 15, 2009; German IAV (Ingenieurgesellschaft Auto & Verkehr - or the Association Engineers, Auto and Traffic) wants to make the electric car less dependent on battery technology. The future electric vehicle could automatically a ... Continue reading

General Motors India and REVA form partnership to transform electric vehicle market

General Motors India and REVA form partnership to transform electric vehicle market

New Delhi, September 24, 2009: General Motors India and Reva Electric Car Company (REVA) have entered into a collaboration agreement to develop electric vehicles for the Indian market. This unique partnership will bring together two companies, established in their own field to develop car platforms, electric vehicle te ... Continue reading

GM Announces Establishment of China Science Lab

GM Announces Establishment of China Science Lab

Will Contribute to Technological Innovation Shanghai – General Motors Company announced today the establishment of its China Science Lab in Shanghai. The unique facility will carry out important research projects in a number of automotive-related fields for General Motors. As the first major science lab establishe ... Continue reading

Honda Wins 2009 Grove Medal

Honda Wins 2009 Grove Medal

Honda Motor Co. has won the prestigious Grove Medal at the 11th annual Grove Fuel Cell Symposium in London for its FCX Clarity hydrogen powered car ... Continue reading

Battery Maker A123 IPO Raises $380 Million

Battery Maker A123 IPO Raises $380 Million

NEW YORK, Sept 23, 2009; Phil Wahba writing for Reuters eportede that Lithium-ion car battery maker A123 Systems Inc (AONE.O) increased the number of shares in its initial public offering and priced them for $13.50 apiece, above the estimate range. The upsized deal helped the Massachusetts company raise $380.4 million, ... Continue reading

2009 Frankfurt Motor Show(IAA): Development Heads of All German Manufacturers Disclose Innovative Ways for Future Mobility

2009 Frankfurt Motor Show(IAA): Development Heads of All German Manufacturers Disclose Innovative Ways for Future Mobility

FRANKFURT AM MAIN--A premiere of a special kind was held on Wednesday at the 63rd International Automobile Fair (IAA PKW). For the first time those responsible for development at all seven German automobile manufacturers – together with Matthias Wissmann, President of the German Association of the Automotive Indus ... Continue reading

Renewable Transportation Fuels from Algae

Renewable Transportation Fuels from Algae

From 1978 to 1996, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fuels Development funded a program to develop renewable transportation fuels from algae. The main focus of the program, know as the Aquatic Species Program (or ASP) was the production of biodiesel from high lipid-content algae grown in ponds, utilizing w ... Continue reading

The Auto Channel Presents Extensive PRESS PASS COVERAGE of the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show - 3 DOZEN VIDEOS

The Auto Channel Presents Extensive PRESS PASS COVERAGE of the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show - 3 DOZEN VIDEOS

Exclusive and in-depth coverage of the 63rd Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung, the world’s largest motor show AUTO CENTRAL - September 10, 2009: With just a few days to go before the start of the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show, which is the unofficial official start of the 2010 major auto show season, TheAutoChannel ... Continue reading

Reminder: Knight To Host Electrifying Transportation Conference September 23rd

Reminder: Knight To Host Electrifying Transportation Conference September 23rd

JERSEY CITY, N.J., Sept. 21 -- Knight Capital Group, Inc. will host a one-day conference titled Electrifying Transportation for institutional investors on September 23, 2009, in New York. The conference will bring together thought leaders for a discussion on the technology, business models, and policy actions required ... Continue reading

Johnson Controls Presents Advanced Battery Technology for Electric Driving

Johnson Controls Presents Advanced Battery Technology for Electric Driving

HANOVER, Germany, September 18 -- - Innovative Energy Concept Delivers Power and More Interior Space - Picture is available via EPA (European Pressphoto Agency) and can be downloaded free of charge at: http://www.presseportal.de/pm/19526/johnson_controls_gmbh/?keygroup=bil d Johnson Controls, one of the world's leading ... Continue reading

Johnson Controls Receives Clean Technology Innovation Award for Hybrid Battery Technology

Johnson Controls Receives Clean Technology Innovation Award for Hybrid Battery Technology

MILWAUKEE, Wis., Sept. 16 -- The Cleantech Group awarded Johnson Controls, Inc. its Product Innovation Award for clean technology at the Cleantech Forum XXIII in Boston on Sept. 9, 2009. Johnson Controls was recognized for its leadership in the production of advanced batteries for hybrid and plug-in hybrid electric veh ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz at IAA 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show: "Green Technology in Fascinating Cars for Discerning Customers"

Mercedes-Benz at IAA 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show: "Green Technology in Fascinating Cars for Discerning Customers"

No other premium auto maker has such good overall prerequisites as we do to fulfil the entire bandwidth of expectations from sustainable mobility for today and tomorrow," this is the conclusion delivered today by Dr. Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler AG and Head of Mercedes-Benz Cars, at th ... Continue reading

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