Honda (Torrance, CA) has announced its new Insight CVT, which it claims is the most fuel-efficient vehicle in the US with an...
Caddock Electronics (Riverside, CA) announced the new MP2060, a clip-mount, TO-220-style power film resistor. The MP2060 features 60W at 25 degrees C...
Beacon Power Corp. (Woburn, MA) announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2001. For the first quarter of 2001, Beacon Power reported a net loss of $5.8 million, or $0.14 per share, as compared to a net loss of $3.2 million in the first quarter of 2000. In the first quarter […]
United Technologies Corp. (UTC, Hartford, CT) reported a 16-percent increase in first-quarter diluted earnings per share to $0.86, versus $0.74 in the prior year. Net income was $440 million, 17 percent above the $377 million reported in the first quarter of 2000. Revenues for the quarter were $6.7 billion, four percent higher than the prior […]
Electric Fuel Corp. (New York, NY) announced its results for the first quarter of 2001. For the three months ended March 31, 2001, Electric Fuel reported revenues of $726,000, compared with revenues of $653,000 for the same period in 2000, an increase of 11 percent. The company reported a net loss for the quarter of […]
Beacon Power Corp. (Wilmington, MA) announced the expansion of its flywheel energy storage system product line with the addition the Beacon PQ, a high-power flywheel aimed at generator set support and other high-power and short-duration applications. A 100kWh unit, suitable for generator support and other distributed power applications, is in commercial production and is currently […]
Ballard Power Systems (Canada) reported its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2001. Net loss for the quarter was $22.4 million, or $0.25 per share, compared with a net loss of $14.7 million, or $0.17 per share, during the same period in 2000. Revenues increased by $2.1 million or 52 percent from the […]
Fairchild Semiconductor International (San Jose, CA) announced the new FM809, FM810 and FM1233 supervisory ICs. Featuring a precision comparator and a reset...
Solectria Corp. (Wilmington, MA) announced that it has signed a strategic development and supply agreement with Maxwell Technologies (San Diego, CA) to collaboratively develop advanced hybrid-electric drive systems incorporating Maxwell's PowerCache ultracapacitors. The agreement calls for Maxwell to deliver several thousand ultracapacitor cells immediately. Solectria's CEO, James Worden, reports that Solectria also plans to develop […]
National Semiconductor Corp. (Santa Clara, CA) reported that it will cut 1,100 jobs and revised its forecasted results for this quarter. The company announced that it now expects its results to be between the break-even point and a loss of $0.04 per share. Its revenue will be in the range of $390.0 million to $400.0 […]
FuelCell Energy's (Danbury, CT) partner in Europe, the MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH (Germany) unit of DaimlerChrysler, today began operating a 250kW Direct FuelCell (DFC) power plant at the Rhon-Klinikum Hospital in Bad Neustadt. The power plant will be connected to the internal power supply system of the hospital. It will also provide about 170kW of by-product […]
IdaTech (Bend, OR) announced the delivery and successful testing of a 3kW fuel cell system to the research and development division of Electricite de France (EDF). The system, packaged in a ribbed metal enclosure with plastic wraparound panels, is designed to supply enough electricity, as well as clean, useable heat, to power a typical single-family […]
SatCon Technology Corp. (Cambridge, MA) announced today that it has been collaborating with Powercell Corp. (Burlington, MA) to qualify SatCon's power conversion electronics and controls for potential use in Powercell's PowerBlock family of electric power reliability and power quality products. SatCon has been working with Powercell to develop proprietary assemblies and control software, which are […]
Inverpower Controls Ltd. (Canada) reports that it is continuing its search for additional funding. The company hired PricewaterhouseCoopers Securities to assist it in identifying financial and strategic investors. The company's Board of Directors has recently expanded PricewaterhouseCooper's mandate to include assisting in evaluating all potential strategic alternatives that may be available to the company, including […]
Tyco Electronics Corp. (Menlo Park, CA) announced the introduction of its MAC300 PolySwitch resettable fuse from its Raychem Circuit Protection division. The new MAC300 device is custom-designed for the new AAAA NiMH cells. Tyco reports that pack protection is provided by incorporating the MAC300 device in a molded cap combined with cell interconnect, which is […]