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PHEV Set to Raise and Become More Mainstream

Plug in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) are set to raise their niche profile and become more mainstream. The global market for PHEVs is poised for expansion, with major vehicle manufacturers pronouncing plans for their production. Issues related to the cost and safety of lithium ion batteries, used in PHEVs, are being resolved. Simultaneously, efforts are on to boost production volumes and achieve related decrease in costs.

7 Apr 2008

How Much Abuse Can Batteries Take Before They Blow Up

Researchers in the Power Sources R+D group at Sandia National Laboratories have been driving nails into batteries, heating them to extreme temperatures, overcharging them, and putting them into some of the most adverse conditions possible to see how much abuse they can take before they blow up.

31 Mar 2008

Partnership Represents Concerted Effort in Advancing PHEV Technology

The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and Ford Motor Company today announced a three year agreement to develop and evaluate technical approaches for integrating plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) into the nation's electric grid system, a key requirement to facilitate widespread adoption of the vehicles.

28 Mar 2008

GridPoint Working with Duke Energy to Demonstrate PHEV Smart Charging

GridPoint Inc., a leading clean tech company whose smart grid platform benefits electric utilities, consumers and the environment, and Duke Energy announced positive results from what is believed to be the first commercial test of utility-controlled "smart charging" for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs).

27 Mar 2008

CNG Vehicles Hit the Streets in California, Texas and Georgia

UPS today announced the deployment of 167 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) delivery vehicles in Texas, Georgia and California. The CNG vehicles, part of UPS’s global alternative fuel fleet, will help reduce the company’s carbon footprint and its dependence on fossil fuels.

27 Mar 2008

Ongoing Efforts in Applying Electric Car Technology in Real World Situations

Subaru today announced that it would begin evaluating its R1e electric vehicle (EV) in the United States this summer.

20 Mar 2008

Zero-Emission Vehicles Can Avoid Health Costs From Deaths and Illnesses

According to a study sponsored by the American Lung Association of California, $142 billion in human health and global warming reduction benefits would result from converting the entire California motor vehicle fleet from gasoline vehicles to zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) technologies in the 2010-2030 timeframe, or $96 billion more than relying on the lowest emitting gasoline technologies.

20 Mar 2008

Significant Progress in the Development of More Fuel-Efficient and Hydrogen-Based Vehicles

A public-private effort to develop technologies for more fuel-efficient automobiles and to investigate the feasibility of hydrogen-based vehicles has made significant progress in most research areas, says a new report from the National Research Council.

19 Mar 2008

ZAP Xebra Electric Car is the Best-Selling Model

The New York Times in a March 9, 2008 article reported that the ZAP Xebra electric car is the best-selling model at the nation's top electric car dealer.

19 Mar 2008

Patented New Energy Storage System Is Smaller and More Efficient

Eden Energy Ltd., through its wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary Hythane Company LLC, today announced it has received a U.S. patent for its cryogenic storage vessels for liquid hydrogen. Among the applications, the new technology will advance the practicality of hydrogen cars by optimizing energy storage, reducing or eliminating the need for bulky lithium ion batteries.

18 Mar 2008