Ocean Power Technologies completes first 150 kW PowerBuoy device
Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (OPT) has completed the first of its new generation utility-scale PowerBuoy device, the PB150. (Earlier post.) The PB150 PowerBuoy, with a peak-rated output of 150 kW, is the largest and most powerful wave power device de…
Kia Motors signs agreement with Vodafone to develop telematics opportunities in Europe
Kia Motors Corp. signed an agreement with Vodafone Global Enterprise, the business within Vodafone which manages the communications needs of its largest multinational customers, to explore business opportunities in telematics services in Europe.
Unde…
i-MiEV Goes on Sale in Costa Rica
Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) has begun i-MiEV sales in Republic of Costa Rica, mainly to fleet customers such as government affiliates and electric companies. This marks the first country to start sales of i-MiEV in Latin America.
The Costa Ric…
United Continental: U.S.’ ‘new’ airline
The rebranding has begun, and the merger of United Airlines and Continental Airlines results in a new brand: United Continental… Whoa, that’s a mouthful, but travelers who use Raleigh-Durham International Airport are going to be speaking it.
China develops 3rd generation of automotive steel; light weight and safety
People’s Daily. The China Iron and Steel Research Institute Group (CISRI) recently held a press event in Beijing highlighting its successful development of a third generation of automotive steel, intended to significantly decrease vehicle weight …
GS Caltex, JX Nippon Oil Energy to set up JV for Li-ion anode materials
Dong-A Ilbo. GS Caltex, South Korea’s second-largest energy company, and Japan-based JX Nippon and Oil Energy (formerly Nippon Oil) will set up a joint venture to produce anode materials for lithium-ion batteries.
Under the agreement, a plant wil…
Westport awarded C$2.3M by SDTC for natural gas fueling for high-horsepower applications such as mining, rail and marine
Westport Innovations Inc. has secured a funding commitment of C$2.3 million (US$2.35 million) from Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) to develop Westport HD technology for high-horsepower applications using high-pressure direct injection …
PowerTrain to pay $2M penalty for selling nearly 80K engines that failed to meet Clean Air Act standards
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Justice Department (DOJ) announced that Mississippi-based PowerTrain, Inc. will pay a civil penalty of $2 million to resolve claims that the company imported and sold nearly 80,000 nonroad engines…
Shanghai OnStar breaks the 200,000th subscriber mark
Shanghai OnStar Telematics Co., Ltd. more than doubled its subscriber base in the last three months to surpass 200,000.
Shanghai OnStar has responded to:
More than 1,460 Automatic Crash Response victims with immediate crash notification.
More …
Nissan Qashqai tops 1 million units globally in less than 4 years
Global sales of Nissan Qashqai (known as the Dualis in Japan and some other markets) models surpassed one million units as of 31 January 31. Launched in the European market in March 2007, Qashqai made its debut during the same year in Japan followed by…