Manhattan Scientifics Inc. (New York, NY) announced that its NovArs (Germany) unit has developed and successfully tested a small, ultra-light 3kW fuel cell system. Due to its light weight and compact size, the proprietary fuel cell system is highly portable, making it suitable for use in small vehicles such as electric scooters and golf carts […]
Midtronics Inc. (Willowbrook, IL) announced the release of its new standby battery-maintenance information/instructional CD. The new interactive CD contains information about the Micro Celltron Digital Battery Analyzer and the MCT-148 mid-point conductance transducer. The CD also contains a training video and numerous technical papers, articles and product manuals. "Midtronics recognizes the importance of giving its […]
The Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust (MRET, Westborough, MA) has approved $1.82 million in funding for projects that will use a variety of renewable-energy technologies. The seven awards are the first to be announced since MRET issued its initial series of solicitations in March 2001. MRET will award $47.0 million in grants, loans and other financial […]
Texaco Energy Systems Inc. (White Plains, NY) and Ovonic Battery Co. Inc. (Troy, MI), a subsidiary of Energy Conversion Devices, have formed Texaco Ovonic Battery Systems to invest $150.0 million over the next few years to develop NiMH batteries for commercial production. The batteries are to be used to power electric vehicles and hybrids. "We […]
DaimlerChrysler (Germany) is teaming up with Hermes Versand Service (Germany) to run a two-year field test on a fuel cell vehicle to see how a modified Mercedes-Benz Sprinter and its alternative drive system can cope with everyday operating conditions. In an intial test phase, the van will go into operation in the Stuttgart metropolitan area […]
Ultralife Batteries Inc. (Newark, NY) announced that it has completed a $6.8 million private placement of 1,090,000 shares of common stock at $6.25 per share. President and CEO John Kavazanjian commented, "This private placement is very timely for Ultralife. It will give us the added funding to make key investments for new and developing business […]
The California Environmental Protection Agency's Air Resources Board (ARB, Sacramento, CA) has amended its zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) rule by standardizing electric-vehicle charging equipment. The ARB also updated the formula used to calculate each manufacturer's required number of ZEVs to reflect recent industry acquisitions and mergers. After public testimony from ARB staff, auto manufacturers and others, […]
Evercel Inc. reported second-quarter revenue of $88,000, up from $59,000 in the second quarter of 2000. Net loss available to common shareholders was $5.2 million, or $0.50 per basic and diluted loss per share. In comparison, the company lost $2.6 million, or $0.41 per basic and diluted loss per share, in last years' second quarter. […]
The Foundation for Advancing Science and Technology Education (FASTec) displayed a new, piloted, fuel cell airplane it is developing. The electric plane, called the E-plane, is a high-speed, all-carbon French DynAero Lafayette III, built and donated by American Ghiles Aircraft (Orlando, FL). It is being converted from a combustion engine to electric propulsion in three […]
Plug Power Inc. (Latham, NY) reported that product development and financial results for the second quarter, ended June 30, 2001, exceeded the company's anticipated results. Contract revenue was $1.3 million, as compared to $2.4 million for the second quarter of 2000. The year-to-date contract was $2.3 million, as compared to $5.4 million in 2000. The […]
QUANTUM Technologies WorldWide Inc. (Irvine, CA), a wholly owned subsidiary of IMPCO Technologies Inc. (Cerritos, CA), announced that it has been awarded multiple contracts to design, develop and validate advanced fuel-storage-system technologies for a new automotive alternative propulsion system being developed by General Motors (Detroit, MI). Under the terms of the contract, QUANTUM will develop […]
Ultralife Batteries Inc. (Newark, NY) announced that it was awarded a five-year production order valued at over $4.5 million from the UK Ministry of Defense. The order of customized lithium batteries commenced July 2001, and will continue until June 2006. "The UK Ministry of Defense is an important customer for our products and we are […]
Matsushita Electric Ind. Co. Ltd. (Japan) is establishing a lithium-ion battery plant in Wuxi New District, China. With an initial investment of $90.0 million in its first phase, the plant is expected to be complete by the end of 2001, with mass production starting early in 2002. Annual capacity is expected to be 108 million […]
Altair International Inc. (Cody, WY) has filed a new patent application covering methods of making advanced electrical energy storage nanomaterials. These materials may be used to make batteries with increased rates of charge and discharge and may also reduce the weight of batteries in new alternative-energy appliations. The new application describes manufacturing techniques for making […]
Toyota Motor Corp. (Japan) announced that it will launch its Prius hybrid-powered car in Hong Kong on July 27, 2001, followed by...