Advanced Vehicle Systems Inc. (Chattanooga, TN) has manufactured the first electric bus to have ever completed the testing required for buses purchased with federal funds. The 22-foot shuttle bus was for the Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority, which cooperated in the testing project. The federal bus testing is a durability test designed to simulate several […]
Robert Sawyer, President of Invensys Sensors and Aerospace (North Plain City, OH), a division of Invensys Controls, announces the creation of Invensys Sensor Systems, a global leader in sensor and controls technologies. This new company represents the integration of eight previously autonomous units from BTR and Siebe: Elmwood Sensors, Fenwal Electronics, Fasco Controls Corporation, SenSym, […]
Evercel Inc. (Danbury, CT) recently reported their results for the third quarter which ended July 31, 1999. They claim that the results continue to reflect the company's investment in new production required to commercialize its patented, nickel-zinc battery.Evercel reported a net loss of $1,305,000 or $0.46 per share, compared with a net loss of $478,000 […]
Ballard Power Systems (British Columbia, Canada) announced that it has signed a long-term agreement with UCAR International Inc. (Nashville, TN) for the joint development and exclusive supply of GRAFOIL Flexible Graphite for Ballard fuel cells. Flexible graphite is claimed to be a key material in the manufacture of flow field plates for fuel cells.Flow field […]
Energy Research Corp. (ERC, Danbury, CT) reported revenues for the third quarter ended July 31, 1999, of $4,416,000, compared with revenues of $5,537,000 for the same period a year ago. The company posted a net loss of $386,000, or $0.09 per share, compared to a net loss of $349,000, or $0.08 per share, for the […]
Advanced Vehicle Systems Inc. (AVS, Chattanooga, TN) recently received an order for 31 hybrid-electric buses from the City of Tempe, Arizona. The order reportedly has an option for up to 169 more buses, which are powered by MicroTurbines built by Capstone Turbine Corp. The order is the largest hybrid-electric bus order ever placed, according to […]
Midtronics Inc. (Burr Ridge, IL) recently announced that it posted record sales for its Micro Celltron standby backup battery testing system in June. According to Midtronics, the Micro Celltron is used by 9 of the 15 largest telecommunications companies worldwide, as well as major power utility, network and transportation companies. The Micro Celltron is a […]
Lithium Technology Corp. (LTC, Plymouth Meeting, PA) announced that it has received favorable initial test results from NASA Glenn Research Center (Cleveland, OH) on the company's 8.5Ah lithium-ion polymer cells. LTC had shipped 20 of the large (4" x 8" x 1/4") cells to NASA Glenn in March. After four months of storage at the […]
C&D Technologies Inc. (Blue Bell, PA) announced a 17 percent increase in net income for the second quarter ended July 31, 1999, to $7,045,000, or $0.54 per diluted share, from $6,000,000, or $0.47 per diluted share, for the same period a year ago. Net sales for the period rose 40 percent to $111,819,000, compared to […]
Infineon Technologies Corp. (San Jose, CA) introduced the first devices in a new generation of high-side, High-Current PROFET intelligent power switches. The new devices offer high thermal ratings and an Rds(on) of 2.5milliohms, and are capable of handling continuous amp load currents of 100A or more (450A inrush), according to Infineon.Like Infineon's recently announced miniPROFETs, […]
Cherry Semiconductor Corp. (East Greenwich, RI) introduced three new vacuum fluorescent display (VFD) driver ICs designed to eliminate excess circuitry in automotive instrumentation systems where the system microprocessor has sufficient pins to control driver ICs. The CS1084, CS1085 and CS1086 each contain a shift register, transparent data latches, a metal-mask read-only memory (ROM) and anode- […]
Moltech Corp. (Gainesville, FL) announced that the University of Wisconsin students receiving top rankings in the Tour de Sol and FutureTruck 2001...
NASA's solar-powered flying wing, the Helios, returned to earth after ascending 96,500ft. NASA had hoped the $15.0 million aircraft would reach an...
The Dynaload division of Transistor Devices Inc. (Randolph, NJ) recently introduced the WCL488 electronic load which uses a water cooling technique for...
Evercel Inc. (Danbury, CT) announced that its manufacturing partner, Xiamen Three Circles-ERC Battery Corp. Ltd. (China), has successfully completed a road test comparing Evercel's nickel-zinc battery to an equivalent size lead-acid battery. A nickel-zinc equipped scooter achieved twice the total life distance of the lead-acid alternative. The test, designed to determine the total lifetime range […]