Toyota puts $50 million into electric vehicle firm Tesla
The Japanese-owned giant is looking for help with its own electric vehicles and sees Tesla as a partner. It's also going to help productionise Tesla's own cars
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BMW set to build hybrid versions of 3 and 5 Series
Chairman Norbert Reithofer lets slip the future plans at the group's annual meeting in Munich
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Daimler puts together groups to push hydrogen agenda
It's drawn up accords with carmakers and with utilities and oil firms to set up a plan to roll hydrogen filling stations out, starting from Germany
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Honda to start CR-Z hybrid sportscar sales in 2010
Model was first unveiled three years ago and now becomes Honda's third hybrid
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US puts $2.4 billion into battery projects
A total of 48 projects receive federal funding as Obama administration pumps cash into technology development
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UK government plans subsidies for electrics/hybrids
Buyers of electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids could receive grants of up to £5000 when the production versions are launched in 2011, under new UK government scheme
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Johnson Controls-Saft unveils plans for first US Li-ion plant
State of Michigan says it wants to be the centre of battery technology and Johnson Controls' plant at Holland will host first US Li-ion plant
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Mazda tries out rotary-engined
hydrogen in Norway
It's supplying 30 vehicles to a hydrogen economy project, the
first time the rotary engined Renesis hydrogen version has been
trialled outside Japan
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PSA unveils four-wheel-drive
diesel-electric combination
It's using the Paris Motor Show to introduce HYmotion4, which
puts an electric motor in charge of the rear wheels and a diesel
engine on the front wheels
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Electricity utilities sign
deal to work with GM
Agreement with non-profit research body will see joint projects
to develop the infrastructure that electric vehicles such as
Volt will need
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Delphi to lead
US government-funded inverter project
Aim is to develop a propulsion inverter system that is 50 per
cent smaller and cheaper than present ones for next generation
hybrid and fuel cell vehicles
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Toyota puts hybrid
Camry in Australian and Thai plants
It will make 10,000 a year of the hybrid saloon at the Altona
factory in the state of Victoria from 2010 and 9,000 a year
at its Thailand plant from 2009
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Toyota's new
fuel cell vehicle runs further and colder
The company says its new FCHV-adv hybrid vehicle has a range
of up to 830km and starts better in cold temperatures
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Scuderi air hybrid close to proof of concept
Prototype split-cycle air hybrid gasoline engine should be ready
this autumn, with plans for series production by 2011
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Jaguar and Ford
investigate flywheel energy recovery
Motorsport is moving towards flywheel recovery systems for braking
energy. Is there mileage here for car firms?
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Honda outlines plans to make
hybrids mainstream
Honda intends to introduce a mainstream hybrid vehicle at the
start of 2009 and to make 500,000 a year of four different models
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ZF claims European first for
hybrid drive facility
Transmissions group says its electric motor plant is Europe's
first to be devoted to hybrid drives on an industrial scale,
and it's got a deal with Mercedes among others
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MIRA's plug-in
hybrid can also be unplugged
UK automotive research group MIRA has come up with a plug-in
where the batteries can be detached for easier charging
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Fuel cells company
links with AVL on hybrid plan
Proton Power Systems ties up with the Austrian
technology group on plans for hybrids for vehicles such as forklift
trucks
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Volvo set to build first hybrid
refuse truck
Swedish truckmaker puts a diesel engine and
and electric motor combination into a couple of demo dustcarts
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University's process may make hydrogen power more practical
US engineers at Purdue University in Indiana have developed an aluminium-rich alloy that produces hydrogen from water
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GM progresses with testing
of Volt plug-in hybrid
The aero work is done, but battery durability testing is the
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Ultra-capacitors provide hybrids with power burst
US group ties ultra-capacitor to lithium-ion battery to give hybrid vehicle a timely power boost when it's needed
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Ford partners with utilities
to discover plug-in impact
It's working with a research group from the electricity supply
industry to see what effect plug-in vehicles might have on the
power grid
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Pininfarina plans
own-brand electric vehicles
Design group reckons it can build up to 15,000 a year after
tie-up with lithium metal polymer battery firm
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Porsche lends
a hand to get Think back into production
Norwegian electric vehicle maker gets back on the road after
some consultancy work from Porsche
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Batteries factory is claimed
as automotive first
The Johnson Controls-Saft joint venture opens its €15 million
plant for automotive lithium-ion batteries in France
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Electric vehicle concept moves
Dodge into new area
Chrysler unveils the Dodge Zeo concept at the Detroit Auto Show,
and it's some way from the usual Dodge image of muscle
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Porsche, VW and Audi line
up SUV hybrids for 2008
The threesome are starting from the top end of the market as
they unveil their first full hybrid models
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Joint research
puts hybrids into simulation loop
Work by IPG Automotive and AVL brings hardware-in-the-loop testing
for hybrids to market
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Siemens and Lotus
work towards a small-engine car
Siemens VDO and Lotus have worked together on systems including
mild hybrid ideas that would allow a car to have a smaller engine
without compromising performance
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Europe to set
safety standards for hydrogen vehicles
European Commission aims to develop proposals that will mean
hydrogen cars don't need to get approval in individual EU states
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Prodrive leads UK consortium
on DC-DC converters
It's got UK government money to leads a group looking for more
efficient conversion of energy from braking for hybrids
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Nissan plans all-electric
vehicle for next decade
Electric motors and battery developments are the key technologies,
it says, as it unveils its Mixim concept vehicle
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TRW
adds brake-by-wire for hybrids
Production starts of a hydraulic system intended
for the growing market in hybrids
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Honda to
put fuel cell and hybrid cars into production
The carmaker announced at the 2007 Tokyo Motor
Show that it would be bringing its FCX hydrogen fuel cell
car and its CR-X hybrid sportscar into production
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Audi, Porsche & VW develop
hybrids together
Volkswagen Group and Porsche are preparing hybrid SUVs for next
year
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Toyota ties up with French
utility
The Japanese-owned carmaker gets together with EdF for plug-in
vehicle trials
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Toyota plug-in gets go-ahead
for Japanese road trials
The car can do 13km on one charge, and it's going to be tried
out in Japan first, then North America and Europe
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Maxwell to work on Mercedes
ultracapacitors
It's won a contract to develop technology that will gather energy
from regenerative braking systems for hybrids more efficiently
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Paccar and Eaton move collaboration
up a size
They've got a medium-size hybrid unit for Peterbilt, Kenworth
and Daf trucks in 2008; now they're working on a heavy-duty
version
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Diesels will outsell hybrids
in US, says report
North America has never taken to diesel cars, but that could
be about to change, says a new report
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GM unveils its electric Volt
concept
It's aiming to have a mix and match powertrain technology with
an electric drivetrain and it's been unveiled at Detroit
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Formula One to introduce flywheel
hybrids
A group of UK companies are working on a mechanical flywheel-based
energy recovery system for Formula One. This could subsequently
be used for road cars.
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Lithium ion batteries not
ready yet
Toyota is “not putting a date” on the introduction
of lithium ion cells into its hybrid vehicles, insisting they
are still unproven. But it could change its series-parallel
approach, if it were to develop a diesel Prius
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New York's yellow cabs
go hybrid
New York City’s familiar yellow taxi cabs’ days
are numbered. By 2012 every one of the 13,000 Ford Crown Victoria
sedans will be replaced by hybrids
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Next stop – hybrid
buses
Scania and Mercedes are working on hybrid buses, but the two
firms are taking significantly different approaches
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Valeo catches the bus in
Paris
Valeo has fitted its regenerative braking system to a Parisian
firm that operates microbuses. The system uses ultracapacitors
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GM sets 2010 date for plug-in
hydrogen hybrid
GM’s work on a car that combines a hydrogen fuel cell
with a plug-in battery could see a validated, cost-effective
hydrogen version of the Chevrolet Volt ready for production
by 2010-2012
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Honda phases out Accord hybrid
Honda is withdrawing the hybrid version of the Accord sedan
from sale later this year when it updates the US model. The
new car will use cylinder deactivation on its V6s instead to
save fuel
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Zytek goes diesel for ULCCC
Bus makers Scania and Mercedes-Benz have revealed plans for
hybrid vehicles
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Next stop - series hybrid
buses
The technology group has put a diesel hybrid into a Smart Forfour
as its candidate for the UK government's ultra-low carbon car
challenge
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Denso develops cool hybrid
systems for Lexus
Denso is expanding its hybrid component range, supplying a
high-output power control unit (PCU) and a battery cooling
system for the Lexus LS600h and LS600hL luxury sedans
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Connaught aims to be UK
No 1
The company building the world's first hybrid sports coupe
wants to be the UK's biggest carmaker
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A Hydro revolution
Mazda's RX-8 Hydrogen RE is the first production-ready hydrogen
and petrol hybrid, and takes advantage of the company's commitment
to the rotary engine.
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Fuso claims first with hybrid
truck
The Canter Eco Hybrid light-duty truck has a hybrid diesel-electric
drive and meets Japan's long-term emission goals
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Saab claims first fossil-free
hybrid
The 9-3 BioPower convertible uses a 2.0 litre engine running
on E100 bioethanol within its hybrid powertrain
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Efficien-C diesel hybrid takes
CO2 below 100g/km
The UK government sponsored project, developed by Ricardo, QinetiQ
and PSA Peugeot Citroën, emits just 99g/km CO2.
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Warwick Manufacturing Group
develops hybrid simulator
WMG, together with Prodrive and other industry partners, had
developed a hybrid "decision support tool" to assess
the benefits of the technology
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JLR sees extra benefit from
hybrids
TJaguar Land Rover intend to develop modular hybrid technology.
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Bosch and Getrag to develop
hybrids and DCT
The Tier One giants are to join forces to develop hybrid systems
and dual clutch transmissions.
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Toyota plans to make the
new Camry hybrid in the US
Toyota is to build a hybrid petrol-electric version of its
Camry saloon at its factory in Kentucky, US in 2006. The new
came as the Japanese carmaker tries to satisfy booming demand
for the fuel-efficient vehicles.
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Bosch in talks to develop
hybrid engines
Robert Bosch has said that it is in concrete talks with several
carmakers to develop hybrid engine cars.
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GM expands hybrid range
General Motors has expanded the availability of its full-size
hybrid pick-up trucks nationwide beginning with the 2006 model
year.
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GM and SAIC strengthen clean
energy co-operation
General Motors and the SAIC Motor have reached an agreement
to explore oppo rtunities for the local application and production
of energy-efficient and environmentally clean vehicles in
China.
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DaimlerChrysler receives
largest ever order for hybrid buses
DaimlerChrysler Commercial Buses North America has received
a contract for 500 Orion VII hybrid-electric buses from New
York City transport services.
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Mack Trucks develops hybrid
refueller
Mack Trucks, in conjunction with the United States Air Force
Advanced Power Technology Office (APTO), has developed a prototype
hybrid electric powertrain for Class 8 heavy-duty trucks.
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BMW joins DaimlerChrysler
and General Motors in hybrid development
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DaimlerChrysler and General
Motors confirm hybrid deal
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Ford develops new hydrogen-powered
bus
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fuel cell car for trialling
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New generator developed for
hybrid cars
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"Start" now: the
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