General Motors (GM) and Honda are investing $85m each into a joint venture (JV) that intends to start mass production of hydrogen fuel cells by 2020. The JV, Fuel Cell System Manufacturing, will operate within GM's existing battery pack ...
Toyota Motor Corporation has installed stationary pure hydrogen fuel cells at the energy management facility which had been completed at its Honsha Plant in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, in August 2016. The fuel cells started operations on ...
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Hyundai and the US Department of Energy (DOE) are extending their fuel cell vehicle confirmation program, originally from 2013 through 2015, to its second phase, from 2016 through 2017. The program involves Hyundai providing a number of ...
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GM will rename GM Powertrain as GM Global Propulsion Systems. Global Propulsion Systems is a company with more than 8600 people that design and engineer all propulsion related products and controls for GM worldwide. GM Global Product ...
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H2 Mobility, a joint venture of Air Liquide, Daimler, Linde, OMV, Shell and Total to expand hydrogen (H2) filling stations across Germany is now operational. The new company aims to introduce around 400 hydrogen filling stations across ...
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A Virginia Tech research team has developed a battery that runs on sugar and has an unmatched energy density, a development that could replace conventional batteries with ones that are cheaper, refillable, and biodegradable. The findings ...
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A hybrid-electric delivery truck leaving a FedEx distribution center in Charlotte, N.C. The “hydrogen economy” just got a nice push from the Obama administration, which is now partnering with the private sector to facilitate a ...
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FedEx Express is hybridizing some of its electric delivery trucks. The Memphis, TN-based company is taking part in a US$3 million project being funded by the US Department of Energy. The other participants are Kansas City, MO-based Smith ...
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According to a new report from Fuel Cell Today, a London-based market intelligence firm, annual global fuel cell shipments increased by 86% between 2011 and 2012. Shipments for transport-related fuel cells, which includes battery ...
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After more than a decade in development, the hydrogen-powered Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell will launch in the US in the first quarter 2014 with a unprecedented free fuel offer. Speaking at the Los Angeles auto show, Hyundai Motor America CEO ...
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Plug Power has received funding from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to demonstrate the viability of replacing diesel generators with hydrogen fuel cells for powering transport refrigeration units ...
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Grocery merchants in Texas, California and New York will soon have ice cream, frozen foods and fresh produce delivered by tractor trailers whose refrigeration units are powered by fuel cells, a clean technology that makes energy silently ...
Plug Power, a leader in providing clean, reliable energy solutions, has announced that Mercedes-Benz US International has ordered 123 additional hydrogen-based GenDrive fuel cell units to power new forklift trucks for its material handling ...
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Plug Power, a leader in providing clean, reliable energy solutions, today announced the newest member of the GenDrive Series 1000 product family, the GenDrive 1900. It is Plug Power’s highest-power fuel cell yet and one of the largest ...
A million electric cars could be on roads across North America before the end of the decade with the help of research by the University of Waterloo, U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) and Los Alamos National Laboratory. Professor Zhongwei ...
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