Electric Fuel Corp. (Iselin, NJ) has announced that the US Federal Transit Administration has approved and agreed to fund 50 percent of the costs, up to a total program cost of $2.72 million, connected with Phase II of the company's Zinc-Air Electric Transit Bus Program. The cooperative agreement provides funding for Electric Fuel, the Regional […]
Advanced Wireless Systems Inc. (Scottsdale, AZ) announced that it has entered into a letter of intent to acquire Voltage Vehicles Inc. (Fulton, CA), an EV marketing company, and has been granted the exclusive marketing rights to establish a nationwide dealer-distribution network for the Solectria Corp.'s (Wilmington, MA) Force four-door sedan by Auto Distributors Inc., the […]
Evercel Inc. (Danbury, CT) received an order for 3,250 of its 1.5kWh nickel-zinc batteries, worth about $2.0 million from Oxygen SpA (Padua, Italy). The first 600 batteries are to be delivered in the first quarter of 2001 for use in Oxygen's Lepton-E electric scooters. Oxygen will sell and distribute the Lepton-E, using Evercel's batteries, in […]
Zogby America (Utica, NY) polled 1,199 Americans this December, asking the question, "Considering the price of gasoline, how likely would you be to buy an electric or hybrid vehicle if they were available, but only at a higher price than most new cars?" In response, more than one-quarter (27 percent) of Americans say that they […]
Mercedes (Germany) electric bikes will be sold in the US for the first time through select dealers and direct from Total EV,...
Dynetek Industries (Canada) has announced that the new fuel cell-powered Xterra FCV, produced by Nissan (Japan), uses Dynetek's lightweight fuel-storage system. Nissan...
DCH Technology Inc. (Valencia, CA) announced that Daido Metal Ltd. (Nagoya, Japan) and DCH's wholly owned subsidiary, Enable Fuel Cells Corp. have finalized their joint venture agreement. The announcement was made to the Asian press in Nagoya, Japan. DCH Chairman David Haberman and Daido President Segio Hanji formally launched the NeWave Fuel Cell Corp. (Japan) […]
The aXcessaustralia, an HEV built to promote the abilities of Australian automotive component manufacturers overseas, won the CSIRO (Australia) chairman's gold medal...
New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York, NY) has approved an order for 200 hybrid-electric transit buses, worth $77.0 million. The buses will be purchased from Orion Bus Industries (Oriskany, NY) and the propulsion units will be manufactured by BAE Systems (Johnson City, NY). "These buses will pay important health dividends by dramatically reducing […]
Methanex Corp. (Canada), Mitsubishi Corp. (Japan) and Mitsui &and Co. Ltd. (Japan) have entered into a strategic alliance aimed to promote the merits of methanol in Japan as the fuel of choice for fuel cell vehicle applications. The parties will work with governmental and nongovernmental agencies to address any potential regulatory hurdles and encourage the […]
Ballard Power Systems (Vancouver, BC) announced that it has commissioned its initial fuel cell manufacturing facility, Plant One. A 9,900 square-meter facility, Plant One is located adjacent to Ballard's corporate headquarters. Construction of Plant One was completed in October 1999, and the building was officially opened by Jean Chrétien, prime minister of Canada, in October […]
Electric Fuel Corp. (Iselin, NJ) announced that their annual meeting of shareholders was held in Penn West, in New York, NY, on 4 December 2000. Robert S. Ehrlich, chairman and CFO of the company, updated shareholders on the company's progress and introduced the management team. Ehrlich commented, "Our management team includes Yehuda Harats, president and […]
Shanghai Forever Co. Ltd. (Shanghai, China) now offers a steel electric bicycle with a basket. Model 975 runs on three 12V batteries...
Mid-December saw the arrival of a number of a hybrid electric-diesel bus to the Orange County Transit Authority (OCTA) in Santa Ana,...
Evercel Inc. (Danbury, CT) has announced that, with its joint venture in China, Xiamen Three Circles-ERC Battery Corp. Ltd. (China), it has received an order for its premium rechargeable nickel-zinc batteries from the Flying Electric Motor Co. Ltd. (Taiwan) to be used in a new line of electric scooters for the Taiwan market. The initial […]