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On this page you can access up to 50 recent news concerning fuel cells, alternative energy and transportation by external link27-03-2010 21:53:00 / Pttsburgh Post-Gazette
Scoring the Electric Mini Acid Test
TURNS out there´s a sure-fire way to get the public excited about electric cars: let people have them. After reviewing 1,800 applications on a company..
27-03-2010 20:49:00 / Canada.com
Convention lets green entrepreneurs strut their stuff
VANCOUVER â?? Future Vehicle Technologiesâ?? entry to the Globe 2010 trade show at the Vancouver Convention Centre looks more like a jet fighter than ..
27-03-2010 16:27:00 / Interest Alert
IBM Leads Energy Technologies Institute Study Into the Impact of Electric Vehicles on UK Power Grid
Project to assess infrastructure upgrades required and regulatory issues LONDON, March 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IBM today announced an agreement ..
27-03-2010 16:20:00 / New York Times
Behind the Wheel | Mini E: Gas-Pump Freedom
One promise, backed up on an only mildly nail-biting drive through Brooklyn, Manhattan and the Westchester County suburbs, is that the Mini E — ..
27-03-2010 13:46:00 / AllCarsElectric
With Initial EV Prices High, Is Conversion an Option?
Early this week, Mitsubishi announced that the U.K. purchase price of the 2010 i-MiEV would be a hefty £33,699 ($50,465). With prices for plug-in vehi..
27-03-2010 08:49:00 / MSNBC News
Forbes.com: Cars with the best gas mileage
By this time next year Chevrolet, Ford, Nissan and Fisker will each have a plug-in electric vehicle on the U.S. market. But until automakers can sell ..
27-03-2010 06:14:00 / Autoweek
Destination Hybrid: Ferrari and Porsche speed toward a greener world
From the circuits of Europe to the hearts and minds of enthusiasts the world over, Ferrari and Porsche have traditionally ranked 1-2. And now the sto..
27-03-2010 02:27:00 / Orlando Sentinel
Steven Cole Smith: Startup hopes to charge cars of the future
The chicken or the egg? Andy Kinard isn´t sure which ought to come first. But if electric cars are chickens, and electric recharging stations are the ..
26-03-2010 15:15:00 / Det Økologiske Råd
Pressemeddelelse: Spændende forslag fra Dansk Energi om bilbeskatning
Brancheorganisationen Dansk Energi (DE) har i dag fremsat et forslag til bilbeskatning, som varigt skal sikre elbilernes indtog. Det er en rigtig god ..
26-03-2010 05:18:00 / Reuters
UPDATE 1-Toyota to supply key hybrid parts to Mazda - Nikkei
will introduce a midsize hybrid vehicle by 2013 based on core components supplied by Toyota Motor Corp ( The two automakers reached an agreement under..
25-03-2010 21:39:00 / Zee News
Japan eyeing more nuclear power plants
Tokyo: Japan is considering plans to increase the number of nuclear power plants in the country as a measure to help combat global warming while accel..
24-02-2010 20:43:00 / Ingeniøren
Elbiler fritages for afgifter tre år mere
Lars Løkkes lover, at elbiler kan købes uden afgift helt frem til 2015. Dansk Elbilalliance kalder beslutningen ’klog’. Afgiftsfritagelsen skal finans..
10-02-2010 20:43:00 / http://www.detnews.com
Battery-only cars make no sense
Battery-only cars lose out on every front. The batteries are hugely expensive -- up to $15,000 a throw for the Nissan Leaf being launched later this..
08-02-2010 20:43:00 / Ingeniøren
Fremtidens Bil
Vi får ikke brinttankstationer over hele Europa på en nat. De kommer kun hvis der er efterspørgsel på brint, altså hvis kunderne vælger brintbiler, og..
21-12-2009 20:43:00 / The Economist
All pumped up
They are clean, quiet and provide nippy performance. But even with advances in power systems and improved lithium-ion batteries, their range on a sing..
16-12-2009 20:43:00 / MSNBC
When will plug-in cars pay off?
Automakers are promising that affordable plug-in hybrid electric vehicles will be available in the next couple of years, but a new report contends tha..
14-12-2009 20:43:00 / The Danish Foreign Ministry
Opinions polarise over the range-per-charge issue on Danish EV-market
And while methanol is a carbon-containing molecule that inevitably produces carbon-containing emissions from the reforming process linked to the fuel ..
11-12-2009 14:43:00 / Aftermarket Business
The case for methanol fuel cells
Metha Energy Solutions has developed a methanol fuel cell that can capture the benefits of an electric car with no need to invest in billions in infra..
09-12-2009 09:07:00 / Green Prophet
Can the American-Danish MethaEnergy Compete With Better Place?
The fuel cells that provide the power are also very unique in that they will be powered by methanol and can be “recharged” very quickly – in only a ma..
09-12-2009 08:53:00 / The Globe and Mail
Has the era of the electric car finally arrived?
What you really get is the satisfaction of driving a car that’s cleaner than an internal-combustion car. You don’t get the range of a normal car – the..
08-12-2009 20:43:00 / Product Design and Development
New Concept For Electric Cars
“We are coming forward with a concrete, environmentally-friendly solution, because we use methanol as an energy source for fuel cells instead of hydro..
08-12-2009 20:43:00 / Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Cost competitive fuel cell technology to be unveiled at COP15
One of the technological offerings is from a small group of Danish companies which have converted a Fiat Scudo into an electric-fuel cell hybrid with ..
07-12-2009 10:43:00 / Bloomberg.com
Obama’s Climate Push Plays Catch-Up With Corporate Lobbyists
Now that U.S. President Barack Obama has given fresh impetus to climate-change negotiations in Copenhagen, corporate leaders supporting an agreement t..
06-12-2009 10:13:00 / The Guardian
Renewables to supply one-third China´s energy by 2050
China´s renewable energy strategy through 2050 envisions renewable energy making up one-third of its energy consumption by then, the China Daily said,..
03-12-2009 09:43:00 / MotorAge
Danish technology makes electric cars competitive with gasoline
It has taken seven years for Danish engineers to bring about this development of fuel cell technology in order to gain more energy out of a mixture of..
03-12-2009 08:43:00 / Electronic-supply
Banebrydende dansk teknologi gør elbilen konkurrencedygtig
Hidtil har teknologi afholdt elbilen fra at slå igennem kommercielt, men et nyt koncept sikrer at elbilen kan køre 500 km på en optankning, som kun ta..
01-12-2009 20:43:00 / www.renewableenergyfocus.com
Innovative Danish technology uses methanol to make fuel cell vehicles competitive
Metha Energy Solutions and Serenergy have unveiled a ground-breaking electric vehicle, ahead of the COP15 climate change conference in Copenhagen. The..
26-11-2009 10:20:00 / Forbes.com
End the Mideast Oil Addiction
natural gas, batteries and fuel cells. But if we had a plan to do that we would be able to stop competing with the Chinese for oil. This is a national..
22-11-2009 09:53:00 / The independent
Honda FCX Clarity
It is the world´s first fully-finished, mass-produceable, fuel cell car, the first car built by proper factory processes to use hydrogen fuel to gener..
19-11-2009 09:31:00 / Roll Call
It´s Time to Open the Fuel Market to Methanol
Here´s a fact that is worthy of lawmakers’ attention: Methanol is currently selling internationally, without any subsidy, for $1 per gallon...