DETROIT NextEnergy, Detroit?s alternative energy R&D incubator, has signed agreements with DaimlerChrysler, Ford Motor Company and General Motors to deliver a comprehensive Codes and Standards Project to help build a critical part of the hydrogen future ? delivering hydrogen fuel to vehicles. The project is a part of the broader U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
TROY - ECD-Ovonics is working on a unique, non-PEM fuel cell design which could end up being cheaper and easier to produce than current PEM stacks, and which could also replace conventional batteries as energy storage devices. Claims like this may sound like pie-in-the-sky, but dissenters hardly faze this group, because they?ve heard it all
ANN ARBOR - While Shell Hydrogen has taken some baby steps toward the coming hydrogen economy, it has yet to make that big leap of faith. And although caution may be the watchword right now, the underlying message is one of extreme optimism, especially coming from an energy giant like Shell. Created as a wholly-owned
ANN ARBOR ? Volkswagen?s technology chief, Wilfried Bockelmann, discusses the state of his company?s fuel cell vehicle development program and outlines the main challenges still faced by the German automaker. To read this Interview with Bockelmann, Volkswagen AG management board member in charge of VW technical development, click on HydrogenForecast.Com
ANN ARBOR - Nissan is working hard to catch with the leaders in fuel cell vehicle development. The company should be able to reach the same stage as Honda and Toyota within three years, predicts Nobuo Okubo, executive vice president and member of the board, research and development/powertrain, at Nissan. The FCV program has been
MOUNT PLEASANT - Seventeen Central Michigan University students hope to build the most fuel-efficient vehicle in the country topping last year?s record breaker, which recorded a whopping 1,819 miles per gallon. The students, under the supervision of CMU engineering and technology faculty member Benjamin Ritter, will enter the 397A/SAE Supermileage class, part of the Society
DETROIT - Larry Burns, GM vice president of research and development, provides perspective on GM's new Sequel fuel-cell-powered vehicle and on GM's vision for a hydrogen future. This 10-minute video is provided courtesy of content partner, Hydrogen Forecast Magazine. You?ll need a flash plug in to view this video. To watch, click on HydrogenForecast.Com
MIDLAND - The Dow Chemical Company and General Motors Corp. on Monday launched the second phase of their joint project to prove the viability of hydrogen fuel cells for motor vehicles and, perhaps, distributed power generation for homes and businesses. The project has now expanded from a single GM test cell, installed in February 2004,
DETROIT ? Toyota will allocate 100,000 Prius hybrids to its U.S. arm next year as the automaker meets strong demand for the gas-electric alternative energy vehicle, which would make the Prius the company?s third best-selling sedan, after the Camry and Corolla. Toyota had already planned to boost production of the Prius due to increased worldwide
LANSING ? Legislation before the Senate Technology and Energy Committee would, among other things, require that companies selling electricity in the state maintain a minimum power reserve to ensure reliability of the power supply in the state. But officials with the entities that oversee transmission of power in and around the state told a workgroup