1. AC Propulsion and Yulon Group Sign EV Agreement

AC Propulsion has entered into an electric vehicle development agreement with Yulon Group. AC Propulsion designs and manufactures propulsion systems for electric and hybrid automobiles, licenses technology, and sells hardware to automakers worldwide.

Yulon Group, founded 1951 in Taiwan, is a leader in automotive information technology and operates internationally.

19/10/2008 | 765 Hits | Print | Email

2. Altairnano Receives $540,000 Order for HEV Battery Packs

Altair Nanotechnologies, a provider of materials and products for power and energy systems, announced it received an initial $540,000 order for four hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) demonstration battery packs from DesignLine International.

The HEV battery packs will be utilized in buses for three city transit customers, and one HEV battery pack will be used for a modular testing program.

19/10/2008 | 667 Hits | Print | Email

3. Axeon to Supply 1000 Lithium-Ion Battery Packs to Allied Vehicles

Axeon Holdings, Europe’s largest independent lithium-ion battery system supplier, is pleased to announce a major agreement worth a minimum of £17.3 million from Allied Vehicles Ltd. Axeon has agreed a contract to supply a minimum of 1000 lithium-ion battery packs to Glasgow based Allied Vehicles, to power a range of zero-emission vehicles.

Allied are building on their strong relationship with Peugeot to provide a 3.5 tonne rated delivery vehicle based on the Peugeot Boxer, while the Peugeot Expert body shell provides options for a 3 tonne rated delivery vehicle, 8 seat minibus, and a taxi. Allied are also developing an all electric 16 seat low floor city bus.

17/05/2008 | 1311 Hits | Print | Email

4. Arcimoto EV "BugE" Prototype Design

Arcimoto BugE is a three-wheeled electric vehicle classified as a motorcycle. Adding motorcycle wheels with disc brakes, a larger battery pack for a 50 mile range, detachable motorcycle saddlebags and trunk, roll bar with canopy latch, full-suspension, a steering wheel and foot controls.

The vehicle ist modeled after the BugE and has a top speed of up to 50 mph. Charged by simply plugging into any wall outlet. At a cost of approximately 1 US-Cent per mile.

22/04/2008 | 985 Hits | Print | Email

5. Argonne's Lithium-Ion Cathode Technology to Be Commercialized by Toda Kogyo

The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory and Toda Kogyo Corp. of Japan have reached a world-wide licensing agreement for the commercial production and sales of Argonne's patented composite cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries, which result in longer-lasting, safer batteries for hybrid-electric vehicles, cell phones, laptop computers and other applications.

"Our agreement with Toda Kogyo is an important step toward bringing to market key advanced lithium-ion battery technologies that are being developed here at Argonne with funding from the U.S. Department of Energy," Gary Henriksen, Manager of the Electrochemical Energy Storage Department at Argonne, said. "The technologies being licensed will enhance the performance, life and inherent safety of lithium-ion cells compared to those that employ the cobalt-based cathode technology that has dominated the market since the introduction of lithium-ion batteries in 1990."

23/03/2008 | 707 Hits | Print | Email

6. Angeleno Group Leads $15 Million Investment in Miles Electric Vehicles

Miles Electric Vehicles announced a $15,000,000 investment round led by the Los Angeles based private equity fund, Angeleno Group, with participation from existing investors.

Funds will be used to advance the development of the all electric MILES XS500 highway speed sedan, which is powered by an advanced technology lithium-ion powertrain, and to expand its leadership in the low speed electric vehicle market.

26/02/2008 | 857 Hits | Print | Email

7. Altairnano Signs $2.5 Million Contract for Development of Nano-Lithium Titanate Battery Technology

Altair Nanotechnologies announced the signing of a $2.5 million contract with the United States Navy for the development of battery backup power systems in Naval applications.

Under the terms of the contract, Altair will develop an optimized battery cell employing its nano-sized lithium titanate (n-LTO) electrode materials and then demonstrate the performance and safety attributes of the cell.

05/02/2008 | 1264 Hits | Print | Email

8. AFS Trinity XH-150 Extreme Hybrid Car on CNN

CNN's Greg Hunter takes a sneak peek at the "extreme hybrid" car from AFS Trinity Power Corp. that gets about 150 miles per gallon.

AFS Trinity XH-150 uses plug-in-hybrid technology in order to achieve large gas savings of up to 150 miles-per-gallon, can run exclusively on electric power for more than 40 miles. Debut at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show (NAIAS).

12/01/2008 | 1313 Hits | Print | Email

9. Altairnano-Powered Electric Vehicle Sets New World Speed Record

Dennis "Kilowatt" Berube set a new National Electric Drag Racing Association (NEDRA) electric vehicle world speed record driving an electric dragster powered by Altairnano battery packs, broke into the 7-second category for the quarter-mile and reaching 160.65 mph.

Using Altairnano's lithium-titanate battery packs, Berube's electric dragster, named the Current Eliminator V, achieved the electric vehicle world speed record at the Southwestern International Raceway in Tucson, AZ on Sunday, December 30th.

01/01/2008 | 2090 Hits | 2 Kommentar(e) | Print | Email

10. Azure Dynamics' Hybrid Shuttle Bus Successfully Completes Altoona Testing

(Source: Azure) Oak Park, Michigan - Azure Dynamics today announced it has successfully completed the durability testing at the U.S. Government's bus certification test facility in Altoona, Pennsylvania.

The successful completion of this test qualifies Azure’s gasoline hybrid drive system for federally-supported hybrid bus purchases by public transit agencies across the United States.

29/11/2007 | 651 Hits | Print | Email