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New University of Michigan Solar Car Soon to be Unveiled

The University of Michigan's reigning North American Solar Challenge champions will soon unveil their solar car that will compete in an 1,800-mile race across Australia this fall

27 May 2009

State Grants for Energy Frontier Research Centers

Governor David A. Paterson today announced that New York will commit $10.5 million in state grants to secure a federal investment of nearly $100 million to finance five energy research centers across the State

24 May 2009

Leo Motors To Provide 3,000 Electric Motorcycles to Korea's Largest Motorcycle Leasing Company

Leo Motors, an innovative automotive company engaged in the development, manufacture, and marketing of electric vehicles and EV components, has signed a contract to provide 3,000 electric business motorcycles, named Hilless, to Bike Lease, the largest motorcycle leasing company in Korea

19 May 2009

Eco-Friendly Phone Accessories Launched by Sprint

Sprint today announced the availability of new eco-friendly accessories, including the SOLIO Mono solar-powered charger and two new cell-phone carrying cases made from 100 percent recycled plastic water bottles

19 May 2009

World's Highest Output Lithium Ion Battery Developed

Hitachi, Ltd. and Hitachi Vehicle Energy, Ltd. which develops and manufactures lithium-ion batteries for automotive applications, such as hybrid electric vehicles, have developed a lithium-ion battery having the world's highest power density

19 May 2009

Air Fuelled Battery For A New Generation of Electric Cars, Mobile Phones and Laptop Computers

A new type of air-fuelled battery could give up to ten times the energy storage of designs currently available.This step-change in capacity could pave the way for a new generation of electric cars, mobile phones and laptops

18 May 2009

Lithium Ion Battery Power Tripled by New Research

NSERC-funded lab at the University Of Waterloo has laid the groundwork for a lithium battery that can store and deliver more than three times the power of conventional lithium ion batteries

18 May 2009

Tiny, Programmable Switch-mode Battery Chargers Feature Fast and Efficient "Green" Technology

Summit Microelectronics has expanded its third-generation programmable battery charger integrated circuit (IC) family with the introduction of the SMB329. Based on the award winning, highly-integrated SMB339 family, the ...

18 May 2009

Sion Power To Accellerate Battery Development for Electric Vehicles

Sion Power has announced an agreement to accelerate the commercialization of Sion Power's proprietary lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery technology for the electric vehicle (EV) market and other high-energy applications

14 May 2009

GE Transportation to Build $100 Million Battery Manufacturing Plant For Advanced Hybrid Vehicles

GE Transportation, a unit of the General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), announced today the next step in its commitment to develop leading hybrid technology. The Company announced plans to build a state-of-the-art manufacturing plant for advanced storage batteries

12 May 2009