Electric Auto Corp. (EAC, Fort Lauderdale, FL) announced that it plans to start production in California of a full-performance, zero-emission, electric Silver Volt sport utility vehicle equipped with its new Apollo fuel cell and lead-cobalt battery, which will sell at the same average price as today's gasoline engine sport utility vehicle. Performance of the Silver […]
IMPCO Technologies Inc. (Cerritos, CA) reported record revenues for its first quarter ended July 31, 2000. For the first quarter of fiscal 2001, ended July 31, 2000, IMPCO reported a net loss of $608,000, or $0.07 per share, on revenues of $29.3 million, a three-percent revenue increase from the prior year's first-quarter results. This compared […]
Members of the Exide Corp. (Reading, PA) board of directors have voted a corporate cash dividend for its first fiscal quarter of $0.02 per share of common stock, payable September 15, 2000, to shareholders of record on September 5, 2000.Exide Corp., following its planned acquisition of GNB Technologies, plans to have annual revenues of approximately […]
Vishay Intertechnology Inc. (Malvern, PA) announced that it has acquired the business of Spectrol Electronics Corp. (Ontario, CA). Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the acquisition will be immediately accretive. Vishay would not comment on whether it is adding Spectrol facilities in California or the United Kingdom, or employees through the acquisition from […]
The 16th Annual Battery Conference on Applications and Advances will be held January 9-12, 2001, in Long Beach, CA. The conference, sponsored by the Department of Electrical Engineering, California State University, Long Beach, will feature two parallel tracks of 11 technical sessions each examining the analysis, design and selection of batteries and power conditioners that […]
A new report from investment research web-site RedChip.Com called Zapworld.Com (ZAP, Sebastopol, CA) the "purest play" stock in the scooter industry. The report reviews companies involved in the growing market for mini-scooters. "With scooters representing 80 percent of their business, the relatively unknown micro-cap Zapworld.com may be the purest play for investors interested in the […]
In 10 years, many motorists will be turning in their gas-powered vehicles for electrical cars, according to most Americans in a new poll. In a recent Zogby International (Utica, NY) survey of 1,004 adults nationwide who were asked "How soon do you foresee electric-powered vehicles becoming a realistic transportation option for motorists?" over half (52.2 […]
Johnson Controls Inc. (Milwaukee, WI) stated that it is buying Gylling Optima Batteries AG (Danderyd, Sweden) for about $62.0 million in a deal that will add slightly to company earnings of $35.0 million in 1999 revenues. All shareholders of the company will get about $2.14 per share. The deal has already been accepted by the […]
DCH Technology Inc. (DCHT, Valencia, CA) issued its progress report to shareholders along with second-quarter earnings for the period ended June 30, 2000. Revenues reported for the second quarter of 2000 were $265,756, compared with $50,551 for the same period 1999, an increase of 426 percent. Revenues for the first six months of 2000 were […]
Zapworld.Com (ZAP, Sebastopol, CA) reported its audited financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2000. Total revenues for the quarter ended June 30, 2000, were $2,283,000, compared to $1,513,000 in the prior year, an increase of $770,000 or 51 percent. Net loss for the same period was $477,000, or $0.09 per share, compared to […]
Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Traverse City, MI) said it has raised sales forecasts for its gasoline-electric-powered Insight car, and expects the technology to turn a profit when it is introduced in the mass-market Civic. According to Kazuihiko Tsunoda, chief engineer of research and development, Honda lifted its estimate of US sales to 6,500 units from […]
Zapworld.Com (ZAP, Sebastopol, CA) announced that it has an agreement to form a joint venture with Ningbo Topp Industrial Co. Ltd. (Ningbo, China) to manufacture and distribute EVs in China, starting with the Zappy scooter. Under the terms of the joint venture, Ningbo will purchase key components from ZAP, assemble and distribute the Zappy in […]
Siliconix Inc. (Malvern, PA), a subsidiary of Vishay Intertechnology Inc. (Malvern, PA), has started shipping two LDO voltage regulators for power conversion in cellular phones and PDAs, plus a suite of TrenchFET power MOSFETs aimed at 42V bus automotive applications. The Vishay Siliconix Si9182BH and Si9183BT LDO voltage regulators are designed to provide power to […]
General Motors Corp. (Detroit, MI) and Exxon Mobil Corp. (Fairfax, VA), working from an 1998 agreement to conduct research on hardware and fuel options for next-generation vehicles, announced that they have developed a highly efficient gasoline fuel processor for fuel cell vehicles that will be ready for demonstration within 18 months. The processor, which uses […]
International Rectifier's (IR, El Segundo, CA) Automotive Power Integrated Circuit Designer's Manual is now available. The 397-page manual is designed for automotive electrical and electronic control system designers searching for fully protected power MOSFET switches and special function ICs.The manual includes complete specifications, case outlines and application notes for the IR line of application-specific intelligent […]