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 […]
Vishay Intertechnology Inc. (Malvern, PA) announced its new Dale WSC6927 molded surface-mount wirewound resistor, which provides what is claimed to be the industry's highest derating temperature. It offers a 3W power rating at 70 degrees C and derates linearly to 275 degrees C. It also extends the derating temperature by up to 77 percent, which […]
Toyota Motor Corp. (Japan) demonstrated its new zero-emissions FCHV-4, a space-age fuel cell vehicle that generates its own on-board electricity with compressed...
Teledyne Technologies Inc. (Los Angeles, CA) announced that Teledyne Energy Systems Inc. delivered its first three Teledyne Medusa RD automated fuel cell test stations, used in testing and evaluating proton-exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell products. Teledyne Medusa RD is a next-generation fuel cell test station that provides an easy-to-use platform for the automated testing of […]
Apollo Energy Systems Inc.'s (AES, Fort Lauderdale, FL) Apollo Alkaline Fuel Cells and Apollo Lead-Cobalt Batteries will be used on the first-generation...
Ford Motor Co. (Dearborn, MI) announced it would cut up to 4,000 to 5,000 white-collar jobs in North America, or about 10 percent of its salaried work force, as it struggles to reverse declines in sales, profitability and US market share in the face of fierce competition. The automaker also said it was slashing its […]
AEG Electric Motors (Germany) has opened a new sister company in the UK to represent its activities there. The new company, AEG-Lafert Electric Motors, (UK) will be headed by Nigel Evenett and will improve the local service to existing and potential OEM customers of AEG-Lafert. Evenett stated, "The demands of OEMs today cannot be satisfied […]
Zapworld.com (Sebastopol, CA) is sponsoring a back-to-school sweepstakes for a special-edition electric scooter made by ZAP. Chances to win a ZAPPY scooter...
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA,Washington, DC) awarded a $10,000 grant to promote the use of fuel cells that will help improve air quality in Houston. The grant recipient, Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC, Houston, TX), is a nonprofit organization working with 10 universities and medical centers on fuel cell research and technology development. HARC's […]
ZAP (Sebastopol, CA) announced that the Walt Disney movie The Princess Diaries features a ZAPPY electric scooter. The opening scenes of the...
The Power Electronics Specialist Conference (PESC) 2002 will be held at the Cairns Convention Centre in Cairns, Queensland, Australia, from June 23-27,...
Tyco International Ltd. (Bermuda) plans to cut nearly 11,300 jobs while closing or consolidating nearly 300 plants in connection with acquisitions made during the current and previous fiscal years. In connection with the 2001 acquisitions, which include, among others, Lucent Technologies's (Allentown, PA) power systems division, Tyco plans to cut 8,394 jobs and close 225 […]
The winners of the 2001 American Solar Challenge, the world's longest solar-car race, have been announced. The University of Michigan's M-Pulse completed...
The board of directors of Exide Technologies (Princeton, NJ) voted a cash dividend for its first fiscal quarter of 2002 of $0.02 per share of common stock, payable September 5, 2001, to shareholders of record on August 23, 2001.