Azure Dynamics Corporation announced this week that it has entered into an agreement to sell its portfolio of patents and related rights and assets to a third party.
08/11/2012
Boston-Power’s Swing 5300 cells will be used in multiple BJEV models and brands, beginning with the C70 sedan, which is based on the 9-5 Saab chassis.
08/10/2012
Wanxiang Group will provide a bridge loan of $75 million or so, and eventually invest up to $450 million in A123, which would give it an ownership stake of about 80% in the company.
08/09/2012
Vision will be installing its proprietary electric/hydrogen hybrid drive system in Cargotec’s Kalmar Ottawa terminal tractors.
08/08/2012
Tesla stands by its goal of 5,000 deliveries by the end of 2012, and VP George Blankenship insisted that all is going according to plan.
08/08/2012
Ford’s new C-MAX Energi PHEV has a user-selectable electric-only mode that offers a range of at least 20 miles and a top electric-only speed of 85 mph.
08/07/2012
Galaxy Resources Limited reported this week that prices for both technical- and battery-grade lithium carbonate in its key market, China, have soared - current prices are up almost 17% compared to last year.
08/07/2012
As of June 30, 2012, a total of 814 claims were made for the government’s £5000 electric car grant in the first six months of 2012, compared to 892 claims received during the whole of 2011.
08/05/2012
ECOtality will offer its Blink charging stations free to residents and commercial host sites in the Chicago, Atlanta and Philadelphia metropolitan areas.
08/04/2012
Previously, hybrid transmission production was handled by a supplier in Japan. By bringing the development work in-house, Ford reduced development costs by 20 percent.
08/03/2012
GE’s prototype operates at a peak power level of 55 kW and improves on state-of-the-art motors in the same class in several ways.
08/02/2012
GM sold 1,849 Volts in July, bringing the year-to-date total to 10,666, and total US sales since launch to 18,663.
08/02/2012
Researchers in Italy, South Korea, and Scotland have reported designing lithium-air batteries with major advancements in charge and discharge cycles with little capacity loss.
08/01/2012
The two companies mounted an investigation of the problem, and GE announced the findings to the public on Friday in a brief statement.
07/30/2012
