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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prepares electric Roadster for European launch The
battery-powered sports car is getting ready for
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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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