Flexcar (Seattle, WA), the nation's largest car-sharing company, the City of Vancouver and the Vancouver Housing Authority (VHA) have partnered to increase...
Analog Devices Inc. (ADI, Wilmington, MA) has expanded its portfolio of temperature sensors with the addition of the SPI-compatible, 13-bit, temperature-to-digital, ADT7301...
The European Union (EU) antitrust authorities have approved a joint venture between units of RWE AG (Germany) and DaimlerChrysler AG (Auburn Hills, MI). RWE Fuel Cells GmbH (Germany) will hold a 25.1% stake in the new company, with the remaining 74.9% owned by DaimlerChrysler. The joint venture, MTU CFC Solutions GmbH, will develop, produce and […]
Ansoft Corp. (Pittsburgh, PA) announced financial results for its first quarter of fiscal 2004 ended July 31, 2003. Revenue for the first quarter totaled $10.7 million, an increase of 15% compared to $9.3 million reported in the previous fiscal year's first quarter. Net loss for the first quarter was $1.2 million, or $0.10 per diluted […]
Japan Metals and Chemicals USA Inc. (JMC, Japan), a metal and materials company, announced plans to sell its plant in North Carolina,...
A group of Canadian fuel cell companies are pushing the idea of a 900km "hydrogen corridor" between Windsor and Montreal. Companies would provide enough hydrogen fueling stations in the corridor to support fuel cell and hydrogen ICE buses, fleet vehicles and trucks. The building of a small, local hydrogen infrastructure could overcome the "chicken-and-egg" problem […]
Mazda Motor Corp. (Tokyo, Japan) announced plans to develop a rotary-engine car powered by hydrogen, which would be far less costly than fuel cell cars and more environment-friendly than gasoline vehicles. Mazda will unveil a prototype car at the Tokyo Motor Show in October 2003, aiming to put it on the market in some five […]
Modine Manufacturing Co. (Racine, WI) announced that it has received an order from Ballard Power Systems Inc. to supply thermal and water management components in support of Ballard's most advanced automotive fuel cell engines. Beginning this summer, Modine will supply heat transfer and water management components to Ballard for incorporation into fuel cell engines being […]
Vishay Intertechnology Inc. (Malvern, PA) announced the release of a new range of multi-layer varistors that combine typical 0.5ns response time with...
Raychem Circuit Protection, a unit of Tyco Electronics, announced that its SMD family of PolySwitch resettable devices is now available as lead-free...
Anuvu Inc. (Sacramento, CA) announced the first commercially available, industrial quality, 1.5kW fuel cells for educational institutions and research-based organizations. Anuvu will...
DaimlerChrysler AG (Auburn Hills, MI) announced that US Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham toured the company's Kirchheim-Nabern fuel cell research facility in...
Dynetek Industries Ltd. (Calgary, Canada) announced that two of its hydrogen storage systems are being demonstrated at the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) in Toronto. Dynetek's lightweight storage systems are used in the Hydrogenics 50kW HySTAT Fuel Cell Stationary Generator/Hydrogen Refueler and in Deere and Company's (John Deere) technology demonstrator fuel-cell-powered commercial work vehicle (CWV) on […]
Arotech Corp. (New York) announced that its all-electric bus powered by the company's electric fuel, zinc-air, fuel cell technology has demonstrated a record 145-mile range under rigorous urban conditions. In a test conducted last week, a new pack of ultracapacitors was installed on the bus, together with improved energy management systems, increasing the system's efficiency. […]
Japanese researchers for the for the Japan Marine Science and Technology Center (JAMSTEC, Tokyo, Japan) successfully tested the world's first deep-sea probe...