Fairchild Semiconductor International (South Portland, ME) introduced its new FAN5660, an inductorless, 100mA, dc/dc converter that has greater than 90 percent efficiency,...
Lithium Technology Corp. (Plymouth Meeting, PA) and GAIA Akkumulatorenwerke GmbH (Nordhausen, Germany) announced that they have completed and shipped a first prototype 42V automotive battery to BMW AG (Frankfurt, Germany). The prototype battery, which is now undergoing testing in Europe, delivers 7kW to 8kW of power at ambient temperatures, with a capacity of 27Ah, a […]
Nanomix Inc. (Emeryville, CA), a nanotechnology company developing components for electronics, sensor applications and energy storage, announced the close of a $9.0...
Siemens AG (Munich, Germany) has issued a warning against the use of non-licensed and non-approved third-party batteries due to a recent case...
Johnson Controls Inc. (Milwaukee, WI) and VARTA AG (Hannover, Germany) announced an agreement to acquire Varta's Automotive Battery division, a major European automotive battery manufacturer. Johnson Controls will pay Euro 312.5 million for Varta's automotive battery business. The transaction is targeted to close near the end of 2002. Keith Wandell, president of the Johnson Controls […]
Linear Technology Corp. (LTC, Milpitas, CA) introduced its new LTC1734L, a 50mA to 180mA, linear single-cell, lithium-ion/lithium-polymer battery charger in a ThinSOT™...
Enova Systems Inc. (Torrance, CA) announced that it has entered a consulting agreement with John Wallace, former director of Ford Motor Co.'s (Dearborn, MI) Th!nk Group and current chairman of the board of directors of Th!nk Nordic. Wallace will assist Enova Systems in developing and enhancing its corporate strategy in the areas of electric, hybrid-electric, […]
New York prosecutors have unveiled new criminal charges against former Tyco International Ltd. (Pembroke, Bermuda) CEO Dennis Kozlowski, who is already under indictment for tax evasion. Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau reported that a grand jury indicted Kozlowski, and former Tyco CFO Mark Swartz, on charges of enterprise corruption. The charges allege that Kozlowski and […]
Boeing Co. (Chicago, IL) and Sandia National Laboratories (Albuquerque, NM), a research laboratory of the US Department of Energy (Washington, DC), have...
The California Fuel Cell Partnership (West Sacramento, CA) organized a three-day road rally for fuel cell vehicles, which featured seven prototype fuel...
Wartsila Corp. (Annapolis, MD), a global ship power supplier and a major provider of solutions for decentralized power generation, has entered into...
AltFuel Solutions (Sylvania, OH) announced receipt of a fifty-fifty grant through the Ohio Department of Development, Office of Energy Efficiency, to conduct Phase I of a demonstration hydrogen fuel station project in the Cleveland area. The new facility will refuel natural gas, hydrogen, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, and will include a small stationary fuel […]
Energy Visions Inc. (EVI, Toronto, ON) announced that it has signed amended agreements dated August 11, 2002, and September 4, 2002, with...
The Estonian Technology Agency (ESTAG, Estonia, UK) and AS Elcogen (Tallinn, Estonia) signed a contract under which the Estonian government will be funding the development of fuel cell technology. In the first phase, Elcogen will receive a grant in the amount of EUR 218,000 earmarked for co-financing research and development. At present, Elcogen has invested […]
Avista Corp. (Spokane, WA) announced that Malyn Malquist will join the company as senior vice president in September 2002. Malquist will be succeeding Avista Senior Vice President and CFO Jon Eliassen, who plans to retire from the company in April 2003. Malquist is expected to be named CFO at the November 2002 meeting of the […]