DaimlerChrysler Corp. (Auburn Hills, MI) reported that its Chrysler Town and Country Natrium, a fuel cell concept vehicle running on clean, nonflammable and recyclable sodium borohydride fuel, participated in a ride-and-drive display program at the Pentagon. The program took place April 21 as part of Earth Day celebrations. The US armed forces have expressed interest […]
The Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies (Shell, Amsterdam, the Netherlands) announced the opening of what is claimed to be the world's first hydrogen fuel station located in Iceland to provide vehicles with clean energy instead of fossil fuels. The station, run by the Royal Dutch/Shell oil company, will be used to fuel three DaimlerChrysler buses […]
Arotech Corp. (New York) announced that a prototype zinc-air battery, developed by its Electric Fuel subsidiary, passed testing in a Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Dragon Eye unmanned drone at Quantico Marine Corps Base in Virginia. The batteries are high-power, lightweight versions of its advanced zinc-air cells, which have a specific energy of 400Wh/kg. The company […]
Millennium Cell Inc. has teamed up with Seaworthy Systems and Duffy Electric Boat Company in a demonstration project for California's Center for...
Infineon Technologies AG had revenues from continuing operations of Euro 1.48 billion, an increase of 3 percent sequentially and 13 percent year-on-year for the second quarter of fiscal year 2003. Total revenue for the first half of fiscal 2003 were Euro 2.93 billion, up 28 percent from Euro 2.28 billion in the same period last […]
Power Technologies, Inc. in conjunction with B.C. Research, Inc. is pleased to announce a master license agreement with NXCELL Batteries, Inc. an Advanced Battery Technology Co. Under the terms of the master license agreement, Power Technologies will hold a 65% ownership of this privately held business with B.C. Research maintaining a 35% ownership. In addition, […]
Ingersoll-Rand Company Limited announced that net earnings and revenues increased in the first quarter of 2003 compared to the 2002 first quarter. The company reported earnings of $153.2 million or diluted earnings per share (DEPS) of $0.90 for the first quarter of 2003. "Despite a stubbornly weak economy, we delivered strong operating results for the […]
A leading automotive manufacturer's fuel cell powered concept car being exhibited at the California Fuel Cell Partnership's (CaFCP) 2003 "Rally thru the...
A US Senate committee endorsed a five-year, nearly $3 billion research program to develop hydrogen fuel cells and a hydrogen supply system with the goal of making hydrogen-powered cars competitive in showrooms by 2020. The provision, nearly twice as expensive as a hydrogen initiative urged by President Bush earlier this year, is included in a […]
General Motors Corp.(GM) is taking back the remaining 375 of its 1,000 EV1s as their leases expire because it can't supply parts to repair them. Some will end up in research labs or museums. Others will be used for spare parts. The end of GM's EV program comes as California again rewrites its once-ambitious zero […]
Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide Inc. has signed an agreement to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Global Thermoelectric, Inc. Quantum will acquire Global for a stock-for-stock exchange valued at about $75 million. Quantum expects the combination will create a more cost-effective, well capitalized and diversified company to address transportation, stationary power generation, and […]
BMW Group and General Motors Corp. (GM) have announced that they will jointly develop refueling devices for liquid hydrogen vehicles. The collaborative work will center around setting global standards, establishing specifications for suppliers and finding the best technical and cost effective solution. "In the long term, we are expecting a nationwide network of 10,000 hydrogen […]
Cost-cutting pressure has forces Ford Motor Co. to pull out of a key project with the US army to develop a new generation of military vehicles that run on alternative sources of energy. This development is a blow to Ford's efforts to share some of the cost of research and development on fuel-efficient technologies, such […]
Nuvera Fuel Cells Inc. (Cambridge, MA) announced it has entered into an agreement with TotalFinaElf, a leading oil company, to study the effects of gasoline on fuel processors and fuel cell stacks designed for the automotive industry. According to the agreement, the two companies will identify constituents of reformate under variable reforming approaches that adversely […]
Gore Fuel Cell Technologies (Elkton, MD), a division of W. L. Gore & Associates Inc., announced the commercial availability of its GORE™...