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EEVC Belgium: Lessons from the first day

This two yearly event again had about 400 delegates. Once again it provided a forum for the huge number of European and global EV related organisations with overlapping agendas. Of the hundreds of millions of dollars they spend each year, too much goes on soft topics such as consumer attitudes to car models that will not be with us for long or how cars may form a meaningful part of a smart grid over ten years from now.

Ballard's fuel cell module to be tested

Canadian company Ballard Power Systems is supplying a FCvelocity®-HD7 fuel cell power module to a North American bus manufacturer.

Fuel cell powered buses delivered

The unveiling and delivery of two new fuel cell buses, each powered by a Ballard FCvelocity®-HD6 fuel cell module.

Scientists to gain from inside view of fuel cells

The new Nano X-ray Computed Tomography tools will become part of a nationally unique fuel cell testing and characterization facility.

Nanocrystal catalyst transforms impure hydrogen into electricity

Brookhaven Lab scientists use simple, 'green' process to create novel core-shell catalyst that tolerates carbon monoxide in fuel cells and opens new, inexpensive pathways for zero-emission vehicles.

BAE Systems delivers hydrogen fuel cell bus for Sunline Transit

BAE Systems has delivered a zero-emissions bus for SunLine Transit, a Southern California regional transit agency, this week.

Electric Vehicle Range Extenders - Rival Approaches

Led by the Japanese and with Hyundai of Korea, the Europeans and the Americans coming up fast, we are in the decade of the hybrid vehicle, with much more being spent on them than on pure electric vehicles. This is because traction batteries alone cannot affordably provide sufficient range in most of the large applications by land, sea or air.

Electric vehicle range extenders - a large new market

This article shares some of the research in the new IDTechEx report, {{Range Extenders for Electric Vehicles | http://www.idtechex.com/research/reports/range-extenders-for-electric-vehicles-2011-2021-000276.asp}}. We are in the age of the hybrid electric vehicle which is strongly outselling the pure electric vehicle in market value though not in numbers over the next decade.

BAE Systems gains Bus EV business

In 2009, BAE Systems reported sales of £22.4 billion (US$ 36.2 billion). BAE Systems is a global defence, security and aerospace company with approximately 107,000 employees worldwide.

Enecsys appoints Bernd Kohlstruck

Enecsys appoints Bernd Kohlstruck as Vice President of Sales and Marketing - Europe and Managing Director of new Enecsys Europe GmbH

Enecsys names Mossadiq Umedaly as Executive Chairman

Enecsys Limited, a manufacturer of solar photovoltaic micro-inverters, has named Mossadiq Umedaly as Executive Chairman. Umedaly has over 20 years' experience in growing clean energy businesses.