The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC, Washington, DC) announced that EV Global Motors Co. (North Hills, CA) was voluntarily recalling about...
Astris Energi Inc. (Mississauga, ON) announced that its first prototype cells for commercial power generators in portable, stationary and vehicular applications will be available for testing before the end of October 2002. The completion of its advanced POWERSTACK MC250 cell has made the schedule possible. The development program for the product was accelerated last spring […]
JARO Components Inc. (Boca Raton, FL) announced the release of a new low-impedance electrolytic capacitor that is claimed to run with 40...
The Southwest Research Institute™ (SwRI®, San Antonio, TX) has opened a pilot plant for the high-volume production of fuel cell electrodes, key components of membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) and fuel cell systems. The plant was built as part of a $12.0 million contract, funded by the US Department of Energy (DOE, Washington, DC), with cost […]
Allegro MicroSystems Inc. (Worcester, MA) announced its ACS750ECA-100, a fully integrated, ±100A, open-loop, current sensor, which is targeted for the automotive, industrial...
AquaFuel Research Ltd. (Sittingbourne, Kent) has been awarded the Smart Award grant from the Department of Trade and Industry's Small Business Service for its development of a new emulsion fuel, called Aquafuel, which combines water and diesel oil with castor bean oil for reduced emissions. The new fuel was created by British industrial chemist Paul […]
DTE Energy Co. (Detroit, MI) announced that it has been selected by the US Department of Energy (Washington, DC) as its partner in a first-ever hydrogen power park project, which will demonstrate how a fuel-based energy system can work, from the generation of hydrogen, to its transmission, storage, distribution and conversion into electricity or fuel […]
QUANTUM Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide Inc. (Irvine, CA) announced that it was recently awarded a contract from Suzuki Motor Corp. (Japan) to...
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed an automotive variant of lithium-ion batteries used in cell phones as a...
Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide Inc. (Irvine, CA) announced the appointment of Brian Olson as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Olson comes to QUANTUM from IMPCO Technologies Inc. (Cerritos, CA), QUANTUM's former parent prior to the spin-off of QUANTUM on July 23, 2002, where he served as IMPCO's Vice President, CFO and Treasurer since July […]
NEC Electronics Inc. (Santa Clara, CA) announced a new microcontroller architecture that provides a design platform for 8-bit and 32-bit microcontrollers, the KX1™ Series, which consists of the 8-bit 78K0/KX1™ and the 32-bit V850ES/KX1™. The 78K0/KX1 Series microcontrollers feature new advanced peripherals, including FailSafe circuitry, a device and system power-on reset function, and a low-voltage […]
The Norwegian government announced that it could not meet demands from Ford Motor Co. (Dearborn, MI) to prevent the automaker from shutting...
Power Chips plc (Gibraltar), a subsidiary of Borealis Exploration Ltd., announced that it could increase an automobile engine's effective power output by...
Adept Technology Inc. (San Jose, CA) announced that first-quarter revenue is anticipated to be below the company's previous expectations. The company now expects revenue for the first quarter to decrease approximately 35 to 40 percent from fourth-quarter revenue of $14.6 million. Additionally, the company will explore strategic alternatives for Adept. The decrease in the forecast […]
Siliconix Inc. (Santa Clara, CA) announced seven new temperature- and current-sensing TrenchFETs®, including what the company claims is the industry's first 75V...