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Yuchai's Export Engines Receive Key European Certification

Yuchai's Export Engines Receive Key European Certification

First TUV Rheinland OBD Certification in China SINGAPORE, March 17 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- China Yuchai International Limited ("China Yuchai" or the "Company"), the leading manufacturer and distributor of diesel engines in China, announced today that its subsidiary, Guangxi Yuchai Machinery Company Limited ("Y ... Continue reading

Hydrogen Engine Center's Oxx Power Products Displayed at Aviation Industry Expo in Dallas

Hydrogen Engine Center's Oxx Power Products Displayed at Aviation Industry Expo in Dallas

ALGONA, Iowa--Hydrogen Engine Center, Inc. (OTC BB: HYEG), a developer of systems and processes used in the design, manufacture and distribution of alternative fuel internal combustion engines, engine controls and generator systems, and Lynco Tugger, a manufacturer of high quality towing equipment for aviation and indu ... Continue reading

AETE Announces $1 Ethanol

AETE Announces $1 Ethanol

HOUSTON--The Alternative Energy Technology Center, Inc. (OTC:AETE) announced today its plans to produce ethanol for the U.S. market at less than $1 per gallon. AETE will refine biomass into fuel products using its exclusive technology. Most new automobiles built in the U.S. by General Motors and other manufacturers are ... Continue reading

New York Auto Show: Mercedes-Benz Launche Three Diesel Powered Sport Utilities

New York Auto Show: Mercedes-Benz Launche Three Diesel Powered Sport Utilities

by Marty Bernstein, Marketing & Advertising Editor With the price of oil reaching $111 a barrel and gasoline headed for the unthinkable $4 per gallon, the best answer to the fuel and environmental issues is diesel. And one of the first auto companies to respond to the changing dynamics of the marketplace is Mercedes Be ... Continue reading

Can't Pinch Me ... I'm in a Zipcar!

Can't Pinch Me ... I'm in a Zipcar!

Zipcar Donates Funds and a Flotilla of Cars to St. Patrick's Day Parade CHICAGO, March 14 -- This St. Patrick's Day, Zipcar goes "greener" by participating in the 2008 Chicago St. Patrick's Day Parade on Saturday, March 15, both with its own entry and a sponsorship of the Illinois Chapter of the Leukemia and Lymphoma S ... Continue reading

Hydrogen Minibus From Wales Featured at GLOBE 2008

Hydrogen Minibus From Wales Featured at GLOBE 2008

VANCOUVER, Canada--The Hydrogen Bus, a new triple hybrid vehicle developed at Glamorgan University in Wales, was featured at the Auto FutureTech 2008 Summit at the GLOBE 2008 conference, an international conference on the latest issues in business, technology and the environment, taking place here this week. The techno ... Continue reading

Cummins Announces Support for EPA Final Marine Engine Rule on Behalf of Engine Manufacturers Association

Cummins Announces Support for EPA Final Marine Engine Rule on Behalf of Engine Manufacturers Association

HOUSTON--Cummins Inc. , on behalf of the Engine Manufacturers Association (EMA) today affirmed the industry’s support of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Final Marine Engine Rule. Geoff Conrad, Cummins General Manager – Marine, made the announcement today at a press conference hosted by the EPA ... Continue reading

New Technology to Reduce Diesel Emissions

New Technology to Reduce Diesel Emissions

EnCana and SDTC Support Field Trials for NxtGen Product VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 14 -- Officials from the Government of Canada, EnCana Corporation (TSX, NYSE: ECA) and Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) announced today they are committing $5.5 million in financing to a NxtGen Emission Controls p ... Continue reading

Azure Dynamics Announces Changes to Management

Azure Dynamics Announces Changes to Management

OAK PARK, MI, March 13 -- Azure Dynamics Corporation (TSX: AZD & LSE: ADC) ("Azure" or the "Company"), a leading developer of hybrid electric and electric powertrains for commercial vehicles, today announced it has promoted Stephen Lee to the position of Corporate Controller with expanded responsibilities for corporate ... Continue reading

Excel Polymers and Rubber and Plastics News Sponsor Inaugural Automotive Rubber Executive Conference

Excel Polymers and Rubber and Plastics News Sponsor Inaugural Automotive Rubber Executive Conference

SOLON, Ohio, March 13 -- Excel Polymers LLC and Rubber and Plastics News are sponsoring the inaugural Automotive Rubber Executive Conference May 6 - 7 at the Inn at St. John's in Plymouth, Michigan. The Automotive Rubber Executive Conference is designed to provide insight for executives working at all levels within the ... Continue reading

Valence Technology Embarks Upon Manufacturing Expansion to Meet Anticipated Demand for its Lithium Phosphate Battery Packs

Valence Technology Embarks Upon Manufacturing Expansion to Meet Anticipated Demand for its Lithium Phosphate Battery Packs

AUSTIN, Texas--Valence Technology, Inc. today announced it plans to increase the company’s manufacturing capacity to meet anticipated demand for its safe, industry-leading Lithium Phosphate energy storage systems. By March 31, 2009, Valence plans to have in place an expanded manufacturing capacity of $35 million t ... Continue reading

Dubai Investor Agrees to 'Standstill' Agreement With Axial Vector Engine Corporation.

Dubai Investor Agrees to 'Standstill' Agreement With Axial Vector Engine Corporation.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, March 10 -- Axial Vector Engine Corporation (Pink Sheets: AXVC) (Frankfurt: BAE1) announced today the signing of a stock standstill agreement with Emirates International Capital Advisory. EICA has agreed not to purchase or option any further equity in the company until the company has trade ... Continue reading

New Report Focuses on the Global Importance of Future Fuels to 2020

New Report Focuses on the Global Importance of Future Fuels to 2020

DUBLIN, Ireland--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c85315) has announced the addition of "The Future Of Road Vehicle Fuels - Forecasts To 2020" to their offering. This is just-autos first report focusing on this topic of global importance, future fuels. In it we take a look at auto fuel re ... Continue reading

J.D. Power and Associates Reports: While Many New-Vehicle Buyers Express Concern for the Environment, Few are Willing to Pay More for an Environmentally Friendly Vehicle

J.D. Power and Associates Reports: While Many New-Vehicle Buyers Express Concern for the Environment, Few are Willing to Pay More for an Environmentally Friendly Vehicle

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., March 6 -- Although many new-vehicle buyers may want to purchase an environmentally friendly vehicle, only 11 percent are "very willing" to pay more to do so, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2008 Power Auto Offline Media Report(SM) - Spring Edition. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi ... Continue reading

Capstone Receives Order from Italian Hybrid Electric Bus Manufacturer

Capstone Receives Order from Italian Hybrid Electric Bus Manufacturer

Capstone Turbine Corporation (www.microturbine.com) , the world’s leading clean technology manufacturer of microturbine energy systems, today announced that it received an order for 15 microturbines to be deployed in 12 hybrid electric buses in the Abruzzi region of Italy and 3 for the Ministry of the Protection o ... Continue reading

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