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Toyota puts $50 million into electric vehicle firm Tesla
The Japanese-owned giant is looking for help with its own electric vehicles and sees Tesla as a partner. It's also going to help productionise Tesla's own cars
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SGL and BMW spend $100 million on carbon fibre in the US
The lightweight MegaCity vehicle is one of the beneficiaries from the investment in Washington State
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Renault gets French government help to build battery plant
Renault-Nissan is linking with the French atomic energy authority and the French government funding body to build electric vehicle batteries at Flins and will also make its Zoe ZE EV there
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Daimler puts together groups to push hydrogen agenda
It's drawn up accords with carmakers and with utilities and oil firms to set up a plan to roll hydrogen filling stations out, starting from Germany
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PSA signs deal with Mitsubishi for European EV in 2010
Cars for both Peugeot and Citroën will be based on the Japanese company i-MiEV
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Smart set to put electric drive into series production
Its second-generation electric drive incorporating a lithium-ion battery will go into series production at the French plant from November
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Nissan Leaf is first midsize electric vehicle, says maker
Japanese carmaker reckons its Leaf electric vehicle is the first truly affordable zero-emissions electric vehicle
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Daimler's UAE partner takes Tesla stake
Middle East investor in the Mercedes group has taken a share in its investment in the electric vehicle manufacturer too
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US puts $2.4 billion into battery projects
A total of 48 projects receive federal funding as Obama administration pumps cash into technology development
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Johnson Controls-Saft unveils plans for first US Li-ion plant
State of Michigan says it wants to be the centre of battery technology and Johnson Controls' plant at Holland will host first US Li-ion plant
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LDV asks for UK government help to make electric switch
Russian-owned van maker wants to do a management buyout to build electric vehicles and needs €35 million aid to see it over the next few weeks. UK government isn't keen
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Mercedes does deal with battery maker over Li-ion
Daimler is forming a joint venture with Evonik to take charge of automotive battery developments using the German firm's lithium-ion flat cell technology
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BMW will unveil electric version of Mini at LA show
A two-seater electric version of the Mini will be unveiled at Los Angeles and then go on a year-long trial in promising North American markets
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Tesla prepares electric Roadster for European launch The battery-powered sports car is getting ready for production of 2,000 units a year. We look at the technology inside the car Read more...
 
Bosch and Samsung link in Li-ion battery venture
German and Korean groups form a 50:50 joint venture to develop and sell lithium-ion batteries for automotive use worldwide
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Delphi to lead US government-funded inverter project
Aim is to develop a propulsion inverter system that is 50 per cent smaller and cheaper than present ones for next generation hybrid and fuel cell vehicles
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Fuel cells and electric vehicles key to Karmann revival
After losing important OEM business, coachbuilder Karmann is rebuilding itself with commercial vehicle contracts in new territory
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Toyota's new fuel cell vehicle runs further and colder
The company says its new FCHV-adv vehicle has a range of up to 830km and starts better in cold temperatures
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Nissan and partners put cash into lithium-ion
NEC and Nissan spend €75 million to bring lithium-ion batteries into full-scale production at a Japanese plant
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Pininfarina plans own-brand electric vehicles
Design group reckons it can build up to 15,000 a year after tie-up with lithium metal polymer battery firm
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Porsche lends a hand to get Think back into production
Norwegian electric vehicle maker gets back on the road after some consultancy work from Porsche
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Fuel cells company links with AVL on hybrid plan
Proton Power Systems ties up with the Austrian technology group on plans for hybrids for vehicles such as forklift trucks
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University's process may make hydrogen power more practical
US engineers at Purdue University in Indiana have developed an aluminium-rich alloy that produces hydrogen from water
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Researchers look to copper as cheap catalyst
US laboratory is investigating the use of copper rather than expensive gold for fuel cells
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Daimler and Ford buy Ballard's automotive business
The Canadian fuel cell developer has divested itself of its automotive interests and two big players have stepped in
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Magna Steyr brings lighter materials to hydrogen storage
Work on liquid hydrogen storage tank could reduce weight in BMW 7-series hydrogen car from 170kg to just 45
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Daihatsu goes for cheaper materials in fuel cell design
Derivative from rocket fuel could be cheaper than hydrogen, says the Japanese carmaker
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Nissan plans all-electric vehicle for next decade

Electric motors and battery developments are the key technologies, it says, as it unveils its Mixim concept vehicle
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Lithium ion sells to C-segment
Continental will start production of its compact 20kW lithium-ion battery in late 2009. Volkswagen is likely to use the battery in a mild-hybrid version of a compact-class model
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Honda to put fuel cell and hybrid cars into production
The carmaker announced at the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show that it would be bringing its FCX hydrogen fuel cell car and its CR-X hybrid sportscar into production
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Ford tries out first hydrogen racecar at Bonneville
The Fusion Hydrogen 999 achieved 334 km/h across the salt flats
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UK group claims breakthrough in hydrogen storage
They claim to have developed a version of lithium that allows up to 300 miles of capacity for a car
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Ford's new Explorer takes fuel cells on a stage
It's being launched at the LA Motor Show and Ford says it has a range of 350 miles
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US agency researches predictable battery failure
The Sandia research labs in the US are looking at ways to help lithium-ion batteries to fail gracefully
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Fuel cell buses reach 1 million km in real-world trials
Since 2003, 30 Mercedes-Benz Citaro city buses with fuel cell drive have been in operation in Europe within the framework of the CUTE fuel cell bus project with support from the EU; three more are in service every day in Australia.

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Automotive fuel cell sets new standards in performance
Nuvera Fuel Cells says that Andromeda II, its next-generation automotive fuel cell stack, has achieved several major milestones during recent qualification tests conducted at the company's facility in Milan, Italy.
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An analysis of the GM-Toyota fuel cell race
Car manufacturers' views on fuel cell commercialisation seem to show growing discrepancies as they continue improving fuel cell systems.
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First US combined hydrogen and gasoline station
Shell Hydrogen (US) has opened the first hydrogen dispenser at a retail gasoline station to service a fleet of six General Motors fuel cell vehicles.
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Report downgrades fuel cell vehicle market growth
ABI Research has just published "radically revised" forecasts for the growth in numbers of vehicles powered by hydrogen fuel cells.
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Honda develops fuel cell scooter
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Interview with Gunner Linstrom of American Honda
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Bridging the technologies
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Building bridges across the Atlantic
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