1. Lotus Engineering Invests in Low Carbon Vehicle Programmes

Lotus Engineering, the automotive consultancy division of Lotus has won two contracts as part of winning project consortia announced by the UK Government Technology Strategy Board.

These two project consortia will be allocated part of a total £23 million for 16 low carbon vehicle development programmes. Including investments from companies such as Lotus, these projects collectively represent a total value of £52 million.

18/06/2008 | 969 Hits | Print | Email

2. Lutz: 80% of GM Vehicles Will Be Hybrid by 2020

General Motors vice chairman Bob Lutz said that the automaker would have produce 80 percent of its vehicles as some type of hybrid by 2020 in order to meet new tougher fuel economy standards.

"Ultimately by 2020, we figure that 80 percent of vehicles are going to require some sort of level of hybridization," Lutz said in an interview today. "We cannot get to 35 miles per gallon with anything resembling the current product portfolio with conventional technology."

23/03/2008 | 723 Hits | Print | Email

3. LTC Introduces New High-Energy Lithium Iron Phosphate Cells

Lithium Technology Corporation (LTC) announced that it launched its new product line of high energy density lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) cells, the largest cells of their kind in the world.

This product line is aimed at answering the need of the electrical vehicle (EV) and the plug in hybrid vehicle (PHEV) markets.

25/02/2008 | 1230 Hits | Print | Email