Mercedes-Benz unveiled its Citaro FuelCELL Hybrid at the UITP World Congress and Mobility & City Transport Exhibition in Vienna earlier this month. The bus is hydrogen powered and has so far shown good performance during fleet testing.
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders has created a new Electric Vehicle Group as an industry-wide collaborative promotion effort. The group’s focus is to bring together all of the various players in the EV industry in the UK and internationally to promote interaction and collaboration between industry partners, government, science, and more.
Read More: Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders’ New EV Group
So you’re zipping down the highway in your new, sleek, hydrogen-powered ZeroFuel car and you suddenly see the fuel gauge glowing red. Uh oh.
Well, no matter. Those two cups of coffee and that 44oz Big Gulp you had and that are coming back to haunt you will save the day.
How?
Read More: ZeroFuel: the Hydrogen Car Powered by Used Big Gulps and Coffee
If you remember Dale Vince, the self-proclaimed King of Wind Power in the UK and founder of Ecotricity, then you’ll probably recall that he had a rather egocentric plan to build a “Wind Powered Car.” In reality, it was an electric car concept that would be charged by power from the wind turbine grid.
Read More: The “Wind Power Car” Lives, Breathes, and Burns Rubber
Shaped very similar to the iMiEV, this car made its debut in 2008. Since then, the Maya 300 has been undergoing road and technology testing and is now ready to hit the streets at large.
Read More: Electrovaya Announces New Maya 300 NEV
In 2006, ExxonMobil Chemical made the news when it was announced that they, along with their Japanese affiliate Tonen Chemical, had developed a prototype separator for use in lithium-ion batteries. This new technology, they claimed, would boost the power:density ratio by at least 40%.
Read More: ExxonMobil Chemical and Electrovaya Team Up To Exploit Lithium-Ion Breakthrough
Tesla has announced that they expect to be profitable before the end of July, as was expected and announced in February. While some questioned that the company would ever become profitable, battery sales greatly augmented pre-sales and purchases of the Tesla Roadster. New deals with Daimler and others didn’t hurt either.
Read More: Tesla Moves Towards Profitability Despite Lawsuit By Former CEO
The first of the electric Mini Coopers (called the Mini E) from BMW have been hitting the streets throughout the U.S. in recent weeks. One of the most notable of the first rollouts is the ones leased by the LA County Sheriffs Office.
Read More: Electric Mini E’s Hitting the Road…and Blogs
The Department of Energy has finally announced the first receipient of a low-interest loan from the Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Incentive Program (ATVM) program: Ford Motors. Nissan and Tesla Motors are expected to be the next in line.
Read More: U.S. DoE Begins Giving Out ATVM Loans: Ford Gets 1st One
The ZeroTruck by Electrorides has finally entered production with the first unit being sold to the City of Santa Monica in California.
Read More: ZeroTruck Enters Production, First Model Sold to Santa Monica
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