http://www.inveslogic.com/latest Fuel Cells Sector - Latest Blog Articles at http://www.inveslogic.com en http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1111898?rsstype=latest&cid=25 The Nikkei reports that Lithium Energy Japan (LEJ), the joint venture between GS Yuasa Corp., Mitsubishi Corp. and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (earlier post), will soon begin construction on its factory in Kusatsu, Shiga Prefecture. The plant is slated t... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1111898?rsstype=latest&cid=25 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:44:28 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/1111695?rsstype=latest&cid=25 The Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standard is back in the news. One of the main results of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) was to increase the overall US new car fleet CAFE target to 35 miles per gallon by 2020. Now th... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/1111695?rsstype=latest&cid=25 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:41:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1111745?rsstype=latest&cid=25 The Safe & Sound Hybrid system. Click to enlarge.Lotus Engineering has developed technologies to synthesize external sound on electricand hybrid vehicles to counteract the growing concern these quiet vehiclespose to pedestrians and cyclists.... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1111745?rsstype=latest&cid=25 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:01:03 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1111308?rsstype=latest&cid=25 Sony Corporation will invest approximately 40 billion (US$370 million) to strengthen its lithium-ion battery production operations, targeted on portable consumer applications. The company, unlike its competition, is currently steering clear of the ... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1111308?rsstype=latest&cid=25 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:28:40 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1111309?rsstype=latest&cid=25 In a speech in Lansing, Michigan, Senator Barack Obama outlined a broad energy plan that included a number of policy elements specifically related to transportation and fuel, among them the goal of putting 1 million plug-in electric vehicles on US ro... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1111309?rsstype=latest&cid=25 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:25:07 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1111310?rsstype=latest&cid=25 BorgWarner has developed a multi-loop hybrid (low- and high-pressure, LP and HP) EGR system targeted at meeting US Tier 2 Bin 5, Euro 6 and future emissions standards without the need for NOx aftertreatment, thereby keeping down the cost of diesel sy... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1111310?rsstype=latest&cid=25 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:15:41 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1111312?rsstype=latest&cid=25 Total reported hybrid sales. Click to enlarge.Reported US sales of hybrids in July dropped 6% year-on-year to 26,877 units, representing a new vehicle market share of 2.4% for the month. Through July, reported 2008 sales of hybrids in the US are down... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1111312?rsstype=latest&cid=25 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:36:20 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1111316?rsstype=latest&cid=25 Ceres is readying a number of different switchgrass varieties for Spring 2009 sowing, optimized for different regions in the US. Click to enlarge. Ceres, Inc. is preparing to introduce its first commercial offering of energy crop seeds this fall unde... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1111316?rsstype=latest&cid=25 Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:32:22 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1111318?rsstype=latest&cid=25 Nikkei. Nippon Oil Corp. plans to start mass-producing fuel cells for home heating and power in fiscal 2009 at a pace of 10,000 units a year.Following Nippon Oil s effective acquisition of Sanyo Electric s home-use fuel cell business, the two fir... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1111318?rsstype=latest&cid=25 Sun, 03 Aug 2008 09:00:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1111319?rsstype=latest&cid=25 EAA AirVenture Today. The Electric Aircraft Corp. flew its ElectraFlyer C an all-electric airplane based on a Moni Motorglider at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. ElectraFlyer CThe ElectraFlyer-C is powered by a custom-built 5.6 kWh lithium ... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1111319?rsstype=latest&cid=25 Sun, 03 Aug 2008 08:29:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1111323?rsstype=latest&cid=25 Portland (Oregon) General Electric (PGE) is developing a network of charging stations for plug-in hybrid electric and all-electric vehicles. The move responds to customers concerns about climate change and volatile gas prices, and anticipates the ... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1111323?rsstype=latest&cid=25 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 08:41:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1111324?rsstype=latest&cid=25 The SAAR for US light-duty vehicles dropped to 12.55 million in July. Click to enlarge.US sales of light-duty vehicles continued their decline in July, dropping to a total 1.136 million units, a 13.2% reduction in volume compared to July 2007, accord... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1111324?rsstype=latest&cid=25 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:53:17 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1111325?rsstype=latest&cid=25 Tech-On. Hitachi Maxell will install manufacturing equipment in a new plant in Kyoto, Japan to produce electrodes for Li-ion batteries for use in electrically-powered vehicles such as hybrid cars, plug-in hybrids and electric cars.Operation will star... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1111325?rsstype=latest&cid=25 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:50:28 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1111328?rsstype=latest&cid=25 (A) Schematic representation of the PEDOT/Goretex air electrode. (B) The Goretex membrane coated with gold. Scale bar, 5 m. (C) The PEDOT/Goretex structure. Scale bar, 5 m. (D) Cross-section of the electrode with thickness measurements of the PED... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1111328?rsstype=latest&cid=25 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:06:39 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1111330?rsstype=latest&cid=25 The lithium iron phosphate nanoparticles (100 nm) making up the agglomerate are individually transformed though the domino-cascade process as the battery is charged.Lithium iron phosphate is one of the promising cathode materials for use in nex... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1111330?rsstype=latest&cid=25 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:56:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1111332?rsstype=latest&cid=25 The US Departments of Energy (DOE) and Agriculture (USDA) plan to award 10 grants totaling more than $10 million to accelerate fundamental research in the development of cellulosic biofuels.The grants will be awarded under a joint DOE-USDA program be... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1111332?rsstype=latest&cid=25 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:23:13 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1111333?rsstype=latest&cid=25 The Office of the Mayor and the Department of the Environment of the City and County of San Francisco are reviewing opportunities have issued a Request for Information (RFI) to solicitinformation and conceptual ideas from commercial vendors, service ... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1111333?rsstype=latest&cid=25 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:10:21 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1111334?rsstype=latest&cid=25 Researchers at MIT Prof. Daniel Nocera and Dr. Matthew Kanan have developed a new water-splitting catalyst that is easily prepared from earth-abundant materials (cobalt and phosphorous) and operates in benign conditions: pH neutral water at room ... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1111334?rsstype=latest&cid=25 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:41:39 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1111335?rsstype=latest&cid=25 The US Department of Energy (DOE) will provide $36 million for 15 projects aimed at furthering the development of new and cost-effective technologies for the capture of carbon dioxide from the existing fleet of coal-fired power plants. Research areas... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1111335?rsstype=latest&cid=25 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:01:54 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1111336?rsstype=latest&cid=25 Nuvera Fuel Cells will unveil a hydrogen refueling station in Massachusetts on 11 August. The station, located at company headquarters in Billerica, is separate from a Nuvera hydrogen refueling system in place at Logan Airport as part of a Federal Tr... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1111336?rsstype=latest&cid=25 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:47:08 -0400