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Fuel Cells Now Able to Compete With Any Form of Battery or Power Delivery For Vehicles and Other Applications

Fuel cells can compete with batteries, the internal combustion engine and the power grid. Hydrogen can compete with any fuel now produced and cause no pollution but its price is higher than gasoline or natural gas because it is difficult to transport and store

15 Jul 2009

Biomaterials From SABIC Increase Options for Environmentally Sustainable Products

SABIC Innovative Plastics launches two new products in a line of LNP Thermocomp specialty compounds that use curaua fiber and wood flour natural reinforcements. These new materials can be used for a variety of applications including automotive interiors and packaging

12 Jul 2009

Using Magnets to Make Hybrid and Electric Cars More Efficient and Economically Competitive

By optimising magnets, hybrid and electric cars can be made economically competitive

8 Jul 2009

Piaggio Releases Three Wheeled Hybrid Scooter

The Piaggio Group presents the MP3 Hybrid, the world's first hybrid scooter and a vehicle destined to revolutionise urban mobility. This is not just a "scooter with two powerplants", but a highly advanced vehicle supplements a low environmental impact conventional internal combustion engine with a zero emissions electric motor, summing the advantages of the two units

8 Jul 2009

Electric Vehicle Charging Systems to be Manufactured and Distributed in China As Part of ECOtality Joint Venture

ECOtality, a leader in clean electric transportation and storage technologies, today announced it has signed a letter of intent to enter into a joint venture with Shenzhen Goch Investment, Ltd., that will provide $15 million to establish manufacturing and distribution operations for electric vehicle (EV) charging systems in China

6 Jul 2009

What's The Difference Between Different Types of Hybrid Vehicle?

Not all hybrid vehicles are created equal. The basic concept of a hybrid vehicle is constant – a combination of two technologies, in this case a gasoline engine and electric motor—that work in tandem to power the vehicle. However, that’s about where the similarities end

6 Jul 2009

McDonald's to Install Electric Vehicle Charging Stations from NovaCharge

McDonald’s and NovaCharge have announced the deployment of electric vehicle charging stations. McDonald's will open the first "green" restaurant, built with eco-friendly materials and technologies, including ChargePoint™ Networked Charging Stations for electric vehicles from Coulomb Technologies, making it the first of its kind in the United States

6 Jul 2009

Electric Car Maker, Tesla, Has Loan Approved by Department of Energy

Tesla Motors has received approval for about $465 million in low-interest loans from the US Department of Energy to accelerate the production of affordable, fuel-efficient electric vehicles

2 Jul 2009

World's Largest LNG/CNG Truck Fueling Station Opened at At Long Beach/Los Angeles Ports Complex to Support Clean Air Goals

The world’s largest natural gas truck fueling station, designed and built by Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (Nasdaq: CLNE), is now open for business on a 2.9-acre site adjacent to the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles

1 Jul 2009

All New Cars and Trucks in California to Have Fuel-Saving, Emissions-Reducing Infrared Reflective Glass

As a result of yesterday’s unanimous vote by the California Air Resources Board to enact California Assembly bill AB-32’s Cool Car Standards and Test Procedures, auto manufacturers will increase the use of IR reflective glass to improve fuel efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions for vehicles sold in California starting in model year 2012

1 Jul 2009