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Ultracapacitors, the New Thinking in the Automotive World

Due to the increasing power demand in future vehicles for comfort improvement, as well as ongoing pressures for more environmentally friendly means of transportation, automotive manufacturers are developing alternatives to existing fossil fuel-driven vehicles. Perhaps the most promising near-term alternative to fuel-cell vehicles, which will not be ready for volume...

Tags: storage system, transportation, battery, storage

White papers

Ultracapacitor System Design: Optimizing Hybrid Electric Vehicles With Fuel Cell Power

The automotive industry's recent push towards developing electric and hybrid electric vehicles EV and HEVs is a direct response to the growing global pressure to improve the environment and has resulted in a search for significantly cleaner and more efficient vehicles. So far, the outcome of this search has not...

Tags: Fuel cells, fuel cell, environment, industry

White papers

A Purely Ultracapacitor Energy Storage System for Hybrid Electric Vehicles Utilizing a Microcontroller- Based dc-dc Boost Converter

The design and testing of a purely ultracapacitor energy storage system for the improvement of hybrid electric vehicles is presented. The system utilizes two large ultracapacitor banks for energy storage and a dc-dc boost converter that is capable of supplying 8kW for voltage regulation. The system provides greater roundtrip efficiency...

Tags: microcontroller, battery, bank, hardware

White papers 2004-05-11

Development of a Prototype Specialist Shuttle Vehicle for Chipped Woodfuel

High capacity dedicated woodfuel harvesters, such as those now operating and under development, are extremely capital intensive. They therefore need to operate at the highest possible productivity in order to produce woodfuel at a viable cost. One way to achieve high productivity is to ensure that the harvester does not...

Tags: storage, chip

White papers 2003-06-01

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Fleetwood Launches Power Bridge Chassis™ at FMCA Summer Rally in St. Paul, Minn

RIVERSIDE, Calif., July 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Fleetwood Enterprises' RV Group, a leading producer of recreational vehicles, announced the launch of its Power Bridge ChassisTM, a brand new diesel chassis platform, during the Family Motor Coach Association's FMCA summer rally in St. Paul, Minn. on Monday, July 14, 2008. ...

Articles 2008-07-15

Optessa Helps Green Manufacturing Meet Lean & Flexible Manufacturing

While leading automotive brands areaccelerating the release of more environmentally friendly vehicles, manyare also striving to "go green" in their production. With the help ofoptimized scheduling, manufacturers can simultaneously achieve lean andflexible practices, while reducing the plant's impact on the environment. However shifting to green manufacturing is no small task...

Articles 2008-07-14

Sentry®Safe Launches AS-1 autosafe®

- Protect Your Vehicle from "Smash and Grab Crimes" with the AS-1 - ROCHESTER, N.Y., July 11 /PRNewswire/ -- SentryRSafe, the world leader in residential and small office security-storage containers, today announced its newest product, the AS-1 autosafeR, to protect valuables inside a vehicle from "smash and...

Articles 2008-07-11

Arrowhead Forms New Subsidiary to Commercialize Energy Storage Devices

PASADENA, Calif. -- Arrowhead Research Corporation (NASDAQ: ARWR) announced today that it has formed Agonn Systems Corporation to explore, develop and commercialize nanotechnology-based energy storage devices for electric vehicles and other large format applications. Agonn has initiated a strategy to acquire energy storage technologies based on nanoscale engineering from research...

Articles 2008-07-09

European Drive Train Integrator Selects Maxwell Technologies to Supply Ultracapacitor Modules for Emission-Free Electric Buses for Milan

Ultracapacitors Provide Efficient, Low-Maintenance, Energy Storage for Electric and Hybrid Vehicles SAN DIEGO, July 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Maxwell Technologies Inc. announced today that Vossloh Kiepe GmbH, a leading producer of heavy vehicle drive systems, has selected Maxwell's 125-volt BOOSTCAPR ultracapacitor modules for braking energy recuperation and...

Articles 2008-07-01

Solarflare Demos 10GBASE-T with CommScope

Company highlights Microsoft's Hyper-V virtualization, iSCSI and SAN/LAN convergence over standards-compliant 10 Gigabit Ethernet IRVINE, Calif. -- Solarflare Communications, the leading provider of standards-compliant 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) silicon, recently completed a 10GBASE-T product demonstration with CommScope, Inc. (NYSE:CTV), the global leader in enterprise cabling infrastructure solutions for...

Articles 2008-07-01

Quantum Technologies Reports Fiscal 2008 Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year Financial Results

IRVINE, Calif., June 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. , a leader in the development and production of advanced propulsion systems, energy storage technologies, and alternative fuel vehicles and applications including hydrogen fuel cell, hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and alternative fuel vehicles, today reported results for the...

Articles 2008-06-30

Hydrogenics Provides Clean Energy Hydrogen Generation System to Shell-Hydrogen for California Hydrogen Highway

Hydrogenics Corporation (TSX: HYG) (NASDAQ: HYGS), a leading designer and manufacturer of hydrogen electrolyzers and fuel cell systems, today announced that it has provided an integrated hydrogen generation system to Shell Hydrogen LLC. The fueling station, which opened today in Los Angeles as part of California's Hydrogen Highway initiative, will...

Articles 2008-06-26

New Jersey water suppliers will share in settlement

More than a dozen water suppliers in New Jersey likely will share at least $67 million as part of a national settlement with oil companies over drinking water contamination caused by the fuel additive MTBE. The chemical, methyl tertiary butyl ether, was added to the nation's gasoline supply beginning in...

Articles 2008-06-21

Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide Set to Join Russell 3000 Index and Russell Global Index

IRVINE, Calif., June 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. , a leader in the development and production of advanced propulsion systems, energy storage technologies, and alternative fuel vehicles, is set to join the Russell 3000 Index and the Russell Global Index when Russell Investments reconstitutes its...

Articles 2008-06-20

Woman carjacked on Highland

A woman eating her lunch while sitting in her car under a shady tree in a church parking lot was carjacked at knifepoint Wednesday. About 12:45 p.m., a 32-year-old woman was in her car near 5900 S. Highland Drive when she was approached by a man...

Articles 2008-06-19

ECOtality's Innergy Power to Develop and Manufacture Battery Systems for Electric Vehicle Applications

Innergy Power's battery systems for EV and PHEV applications to feature eTec's Advanced Charge Management technology to optimize fast-charge capabilities SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- ECOtality, Inc. (OTCBB: ETLY), a leader in clean electric transportation and storage technologies, today announced immediate plans for its subsidiary, Innergy Power Corporation, to develop...

Articles 2008-06-16

U. records theft disturbing

The billing records of 2.2 million people at University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics are missing because they were swiped out of a courier's car. Instead of directly delivering the backup information tapes to a secure mountainside vault, the courier for Perpetual Storage went to his second job and then...

Articles 2008-06-12

VSE Opens New Center of Excellence

Improved 45-acre Ladysmith facility includes 58,000 sq. ft. of shop and office space and 3 acres of secure storage area ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- VSE Corporation (Nasdaq:VSEC) recently held a ribbon cutting ceremony for a new $6.2 million state-of-the-art military vehicle and equipment refurbishment center in Ladysmith, Virginia.1 ...

Articles 2008-06-10

EnerDel and Think Global Demonstrate Operational Battery Pack in Th!nk City Vehicle

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla., June 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ener1, Inc. , an energy storage solutions company, today reported that its lithium-ion battery subsidiary, EnerDel, has installed and demonstrated a fully functional lithium-ion battery pack in a Th!nk City electric vehicle at its manufacturing facility in Indianapolis. The integration of...

Articles 2008-06-09

Norway's Sevan Marine ASA wins USD569m drilling contract in India

NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT-6 June 2008-Norway's Sevan Marine ASA wins USD569m drilling contract in IndiaC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Norwegian floating production, storage and offloading FPSO units builder, owner and operator Sevan Marine ASA (OSE: SEVAN) said on Friday (6 June) that it has won a three-year drilling contract...

Articles 2008-06-06