General Motors Corp. (GM, Detroit, MI) has increased the range of its HydroGen3 compressed hydrogen fuel cell vehicles by 80 percent with the successful test of a 10,000psi (700 bar) hydrogen storage system. The HydroGen3 Zafira minivan has a range of 170 miles, up from 95 miles achieved in summer 2002. It has been certified […]
UQM Technologies Inc. (Frederick, CO) announced that it has been granted a US patent entitled, "Accurate Rotor Position Sensor and Method Using Magnet Ring and Linear Output Hall Effect Sensors." The patented technology enables accurate position sensing of rotating shafts using a low-cost design, which has potentially broad application in a wide range of products […]
SatCon Technology Corp. (Cambridge, MA) announced that it has received a $1.2 million purchase order for 3MW of power conditioning systems for fuel cell power generation. The UL1741-compliant, three-phase, multi-mode inverters will provide power conversion and conditioning and the electrical balance of plant for a fuel cell power generation system. The units are to be […]
Oshkosh Truck Corp. (Oshkosh, WI) announced that it has received two federal grants to further develop its ProPulse® hybrid-electric drive technology for heavy trucks. The US Department of Energy (DOE), acting through its National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), has granted Oshkosh $4.5 million to share the costs of a three-year development effort that will focus […]
Roger Billings, a Kansas businessman, announced the invention of what he claims is the world's first fuel cell car, with a box that converts hydrogen into water and electricity. Instead of a gas tank, the box combines hydrogen and air to make water and electricity for fuel. The result is an efficient car that is […]
Dynetek Industries Ltd. (Calgary, Canada) announced that its 100-percent owned European subsidiary, Dynetek Europe GmbH, will deliver two complete 5000psi (350bar) hydrogen storage systems to MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG in the second quarter of 2003. MAN is developing new fuel cell buses for the hydrogen project at the Munich airport. In the first phase of the […]
Analog Devices Inc. (Wilmington, MA) introduced its AD8221 instrumentation amplifier, which provides the highest common-mode rejection (CMR) over frequency of any instrumentation...
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA, Washington, DC) announced the certification for fuel economy and emissions of the 2003 Honda FCX...
The first Hydrogen Expo will be held in Washington, DC, on March 4-6, 2003, in the Capital Hilton. Partnering with the National...
Exide Technologies (Princeton, NJ) announced that for the third quarter ended December 31, 2002, the company reported a consolidated net loss of $7 million, compared with a consolidated net loss of $200.4 million for the prior-year period, after recording $12.2 million in costs related to its Chapter 11 reorganization efforts and certain workforce reductions and […]
Catalytica Energy Systems Inc. (Mountain View, CA) announced that Dennis Riebe will retire from his position as chief financial officer at the end of the first quarter. The company has named Robert Zack, currently vice president of finance and controller, to succeed Riebe upon his retirement. Zack will assume the position of chief financial officer […]
ON Semiconductor Corp. (Phoenix, AZ) announced that it and its wholly owned subsidiary, Semiconductor Components Industries LLC, intend to issue approximately $200 million principal amount of senior secured notes due 2010 in a Rule 144A private offering. ON Semiconductor plans to use the net proceeds from the offering to prepay a portion of Semiconductor Components' […]
Bel Fuse Inc. (Jersey City, NJ) announced preliminary and unaudited results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2002, and for the year then ended. Net income for the fourth quarter increased to $1,925,000, or $0.17 per diluted share. This compares to a net loss for the fourth quarter of 2001 of $8,228,000, or $0.77 […]
PSA Peugeot Citroen (France) announced that it was abandoning its fuel cell plans and concentrating its research on gasoline-electric cars. Chief executive Jean-Martin Folz, said the technical barriers to fuel cell development meant hydrogen-powered cars would not be a commercial reality for at least 15 years. Peugeot will instead be launching hybrid cars, which use […]
Hydrogenics Corp. (Mississauga, ON), a designer and manufacturer of fuel cell technology, announced its unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2002. All results are reported in US dollars. Fourth-quarter 2002 revenues increased 82 percent to $5.8 million, compared with $3.2 million for fourth-quarter 2001. Net loss for the fourth […]