General Motors Corp. (GM, Detroit, MI) and DaimlerChrysler AG announced that they would jointly develop hybrid electric vehicles. The two companies have already been separately developing hybrids and reported that they had been in discussions since last year. They have agreed to jointly develop a compact hybrid system that saves gas on both the highway […]
Linear Technology Corp. (LTC, Milpitas, CA) announced its new LT3434EFE high-voltage, Burst Mode®, step-down switching regulator that maintains quiescent current under 100...
DRS Technologies Inc. (DRS, Parsippany, NJ), a leading supplier of high-performance power generation, conversion, electric propulsion and distribution equipment, reported that it has received several new contracts with a combined value of approximately $38.5 million to design and produce electric power conversion, distribution and control equipment for next-generation and existing classes of US Navy combatant […]
Linear Technology Corp. (LTC, Milpitas, CA) announced its new LT1942, an integrated quad-switching regulator designed to provide all necessary power supply functions...
Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, Korea) announced that it has developed a fuel cell electric version of its Tucson compact sports utility vehicle (SUV). Hyundai developed the new fuel cell in May in cooperation with UTC Fuel Cells. Hyundai said it will road-test the SUV in the US over the next five years.
Maxwell Technologies Inc. (San Diego, CA) announced the introduction of 15 V BOOSTCAP™ ultracapacitor packs and modules that provide easy-to-integrate energy storage...
Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide Inc. (Irvine, CA) announced that it has been awarded a contract to provide emissions compliance testing on General Motors Corp.'s 2000 model year regular production passenger cars and trucks. The work was previously performed in California at GM's Los Angeles Emission Lab. "This contract further expands the customer base for […]
Azure Dynamics Corp. (Vancouver, BC), a leading developer of hybrid-electric power trains for commercial vehicles, announced that all outstanding December 1, 2004, common share purchase warrants have been exercised. Additionally, 99.5% of the warrants were exercised by the warrant holders with the balance of 0.5% taken up by the underwriters in accordance with an underwriting […]
Software firm Hyperion Solutions Corp. (Santa Clara, CA) announced that it will give $5,000 to every one of its 1,500 US workers who buys a gas-electric hybrid vehicle rated 45 mpg or more in highway driving. The firm has budgeted $1 million a year for at least the next several years for the program. It's […]
Valence Technology Inc. (Austin, TX) received a second order from Alternativ Canada, a developer of alternative energy technologies, for field trials of its U-Charge™ power systems. Alternativ Canada has purchased the U-Charge systems to power a fleet of electric Hyundai Accents. Alternativ Canada selected the U-Charge systems over lead-acid batteries, which the company used in […]
GE Energy (Atlanta, GA), a leading supplier of power generation and energy delivery technology, has been selected as the wind turbine supplier for MidAmerican Energy Co.'s (Des Moines, IA) 310.5 MW project in Iowa that, when completed in 2005, will be among the world's largest wind-generation facilities. The project is being developed by enXco Inc. […]
Hydrogenics Corp. (Toronto, Canada), a designer and manufacturer of fuel cell technology, announced that it has been contracted by the Ministry for Transport Energy and State Planning of the State North-Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), Germany, to develop a fully operational, electric hybrid "midi-bus." The propulsion system of the 17 ft European-manufactured, bus platform will be based on […]
Samsung Engineering Co. (Seoul, Korea) announced that it has conducted a successful test-ride of a hydrogen-powered motorcycle. The scooter, the result of a project sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Korea Institute of Science and Technology, can run up to 140 km on 6 L of hydrogen fuel. The newly developed […]
WaveCrest Laboratories LLC (Dulles, VA) reported that Ed Benjamin, a veteran and leading authority on light-electric vehicles, has been named Vice President of Light Transport. Benjamin succeeds Chris Washburn and is based at WaveCrest's headquarters in Dulles. "There is no one in the world who knows more about the marketplace for light-electric vehicles than Ed […]
Hydrogen Solar Ltd. (UK) has developed a nanocrystalline material that will improve the production of hydrogen by using solar energy to split...