Oshkosh Truck Corp. (Oshkosh, WI) was selected recently as an industry partner for hybrid-electric technology applications for military vehicles. The selection was made by the National Automotive Center and includes a grant to integrate its ProPulse hybrid-electric system into its HEMTT military truck model as part of a working alliance with the Southwest Research Institute. […]
IMPCO Technologies Inc. (Cerritos, CA) obtained an open purchasing agreement, valued at $7.0 million per year, to supply fully dressed gaseous fueled engine systems to Jungheinrich Group (Germany) starting this year. Robert Stemmler, chairman and CEO of IMPCO Technologies, stated, "IMPCO is extremely pleased to have been selected by Jungheinrich to supply fully dressed engine […]
DCH Technology Inc. (Valencia, CA) announced that the California Air Resources Board is funding the implementation and demonstrations of an electric water taxi powered by DCH Enable fuel cells. The DCH product used to power the water taxi is an Enable hydrogen PEM fuel cell capable of generating 1kW continuously with peak power approaching 2kW. […]
Honda Motor Co. (Tokyo) unveiled a new Civic subcompact model equipped with a gas engine and electric motor that enables drivers to travel much farther on the same amount of gasoline. The vehicle runs on both gas and electricity, recharging itself while it's moving, and uses gas as fuel. The hybrid Civic, which goes on […]
Dynasty Motorcar Corp. (Kelowna, BC) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Mario Gottfried, of Mexico City, for the rights to Gottfried's patented zero-emission Cubic Electro-Mechanical Battery (CEMB) technology. The agreement grants Dynasty the exclusive rights to develop, manufacture and distribute this technology for mobile, stationary and portable applications worldwide, with the exception of […]
ZAP (Sebastopol, CA), formerly known as ZAPWORLD.COM, reported its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30 of fiscal year 2001. Total revenues for the quarter ended June 30, 2001, were $940,000 compared to $2,283,000 in the prior year, a decrease of $1,343,000 or 59 percent. Net loss for the same period was $1,953,000, […]
H Power Corp. (Clifton, NJ) announced it has formed a joint development agreement with DuPont Fluoroproducts (Wilmington, DE) aimed at developing direct methanol fuel cells (DMFC) for portable and mobile applications. Under the agreement, the two companies will work together to develop direct methanol fuel cell products in the range of 100W to 1,000W, initially […]
Siliconix Inc. (Santa Clara, CA) announced its new SUB50N04-07T temperature-sensing power MOSFET. Intended for power switching and other applications where temperature sensing...
Electric Fuel Corp. (New York) announced that it will drive its zinc-air electric transit bus on the streets of Las Vegas, NV,...
Astris Energi Inc. (Ontario) announced that Astris and ACE Golf Cars, a division of ACE Concept Inc. (Indian Wells, CA), have signed a letter of intent covering the establishment of a joint venture of other small vehicles. Under terms of the letter of intent, ACE proposes to finance the 50-50 venture with an initial investment […]
Midtronics Inc. (Willowbrook, IL) announced the opening of its new European headquarters. The new location remains in IJsselstein, the Netherlands, and is about three times the size of the previous facility. The new office includes an expanded laboratory and facilities for hosting customers and distributor training seminars. According to Wim Koster, vice president and managing […]
UQM Technologies Inc. (Golden, CO) CEO William G. Rankin told shareholders at the company's annual shareholder meeting that it currently has two new fuel cell products under development for a major fuel cell development company. These new products are in addition to the air compressor drive motors currently being supplied to Ford's and DaimlerChrysler's next […]
A new Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) study indicates that consumers think plug-in hybrid electric vehicles offer the best of both worlds with the advantages of both electric and gasoline vehicles, such as savings on fuel and maintenance, use of an existing 120V infrastructure, long range, and popular features. The publicly available study, a cooperative […]
Xoliox SA (Lausanne, Switzerland) announced a major breakthrough in its work to develop high-power batteries. The batteries, which are based on unique lithiated metal-oxide nanomaterials, will have a major impact on the powering of electric vehicles, power tools and other portable applications. Xoliox's recent tests of these new nanomaterials have revealed charge and discharge rates […]
Capstone Turbine Corp. (Chatsworth, CA) announced that it has substantially lowered its expectations for sales of its 30kW and 60kW microturbine units during the quarter ending September 30, 2001, and for the full year 2001. "We reported in our SEC filing for the second quarter that a large portion of our sales occurred during the […]