4 Feb 2011

Atlantic Motor Yachts presents zero carbon emission Atlantic Sea Hawk
The Atlantic Sea Hawk is a hi-performance, 18 meter, zero carbon emission cabin cruiser capable of reaching a top speed of 50 knots. It is the result of collaboration between Sauter Carbon Offset Design and Atlantic Motors.
External press release
4 Feb 2011

Evergreen Solar To Close Devens manufacturing facility
Evergreen Solar, Inc., a manufacturer of String Ribbon® solar power products with its proprietary, low-cost silicon wafer technology, have announced its intent to shut down operations at its Devens manufacturing facility to better position the Company to pursue its industry standard size wafer strategy and preserve the Company's liquidity.
4 Feb 2011

Traction battery winner will be Toyota?
We used to have battery makers and car makers and little connection between the two
3 Feb 2011

Self powered electronic lock
The patented technology charges the lock with each turn of the lever, thereby eliminating the need to ever buy or replace any batteries.
3 Feb 2011

Printed electronics enters fast growth phase
Printed electronics is associated with some orders, investments and acquisitions that are one hundred times as big as the largest two years ago.
3 Feb 2011

Renault-Nissan Alliance has New Partner
The Renault-Nissan Alliance has partnered with The Mobility House to promote zero-emission mobility
External press release
2 Feb 2011

Creative Materials introduces conductive tapes and films
Creative Materials, Inc., announces a new series of pressure sensitive tapes.
2 Feb 2011

Solar powered smart road of the future
The Solar Roadway is an intelligent road that provides clean renewable energy using power from the sun, while providing safer driving conditions, along with power and data delivery.
2 Feb 2011

Ambitious Mahindra Reva
It has been widely reported how the largest automotive company in India - Tata - is taking a long term view including leap-frogging electric technology with its Jaguar and Land Rover acquisitions.
External press release
2 Feb 2011

The 1st Peugeot iOn electric car is delivered in the UK to EDF Energy
Peugeot delivers its latest generation electric car in the UK.
External press release
2 Feb 2011

Cost-effective financing of photovoltaics
The European Commission has released a communication titled "Renewable Energy: Progressing to 2020", in which it suggests ways to ensure a more cost-effective financing of renewables.
2 Feb 2011

Yissum and Vaxan collaborate on printed electronics ink
Yissum Research Development Company, the Technology Transfer Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Vaxan Steel a Korean company in the field of innovative printing, signed a licensing and research agreement for the development of silver nanoparticles and silver-coated copper nanoparticles for conductive inks.
External press release
1 Feb 2011

Sony to unveil two professional OLED monitors
Sony plans to unveil two professional OLED monitors aimed at the CRT replacement market, at the Hollywood Post Alliance Tech Retreat, 14-18 February in Palm Springs, California. Carolyn Giardina reports.
1 Feb 2011

Over 800,000 pure electric EVs delivered
Pihsiang Machinery is the top graded listed biomedical company in Taiwan. The company recently announced that it has marketed more than 800, 000 "SHOPRIDER" brand electric scooters and power chairs all over the world.
1 Feb 2011

Ulvac sees demand for small OLED panel gear
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Ulvac Inc said on Tuesday that demand for gear used in making small and next-generation OLED display panels for smartphones is strong, making up for a fall in demand for large liquid-crystal display (LCD) equipment.
31 Jan 2011

Color change confirms a new way to harvest energy from sunlight
Professor Richard Watt and his chemistry students suspected that a common protein could potentially react with sunlight and harvest its energy - similar to what chlorophyll does during photosynthesis.
External press release
31 Jan 2011

Mazda to lease electric vehicles in Japan
Mazda Motor Corporation is independently developing an electric vehicle (EV) with plans to commence leasing in Japan in spring 2012.
31 Jan 2011

Organic transistor with metal oxide gate dielectric
In early 2011, researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology described a new method of combining top-gate organic field-effect transistors with a bilayer gate insulator, one layer being inorganic.
31 Jan 2011

Indian EV market to benefit from new lithium battery technology
India, like the West, has to play catch up if it is to achieve volume manufacture of electric vehicle traction batteries. The following press release is therefore interesting.
28 Jan 2011

Nanoscoops could spark new generation of traction batteries
An entirely new type of nanomaterial developed at Rensselaer could enable the next generation of high-power rechargeable lithium (Li)-ion batteries for electric automobiles, as well as batteries for laptop computers, mobile phones, and other portable devices.