Hybrid Technology
Hybrid technology combines a rechargeable energy source (i.e. a battery) with a combustible source (I.e. an engine). Hybrid technology is employed in vehicles such as cars, buses and trucks to cut fuel costs and to meet goals for emissions reductions. We explore the trends for hybrid technology including their implementation on a more wide scale basis, for example, in fleets, ships, and trains.
In Pursuit of Tech Patents, Ford Outranks Competitors
Ford Motor Company announced that its 2010 Fusion and Fusion Hybrid are setting a new standard for technology innovation, having filed almost 120 U.S. patents and applications.
Ford was ranked above other ...
Toyota Certifies Used Hybrids, Starts Green Blog
Recently, Toyota announced that they'd be offering customers a new hybrid pre-owned certification program.
The new program will certify used hybrids and offer a three-month/3,000-mile comprehensive warranty and a seven-year/100,000-mile power-train ...
EIA Releases ‘Annual Energy Outlook 2009′
The Energy Information Administration released their Annual Energy Outlook 2009, presenting a number of U.S. energy consumptions and production projections for the next few decades.
Some ...
Coke Deploys More Hybrid Trucks
Coca-Cola Enterprises can now claim the largest hybrid fleet in North America, according to the company, having announced that they'll be adding 185 hybrid trucks to their fleet, thus boosting the ...
Ford’s Gioia Talks Alternative Fuels at the Detroit Auto Show
Nancy Gioia, director sustainable mobility technologies and hybrid vehicle programs for Ford Motor Company, discusses alternative fuel vehicles at the Detroit Auto Show 2009. ...
Green Roundup: The 2009 North American Auto Show
This year's 2009 North American International Auto Show was expected to be smaller and more low-key than normal, due in part to the United State's economy and the wavering future ...
Lithium-Ion Prius to Arrive in Late 2009
Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc. announced that beginning in late 2009, it will start global delivery of 500 Prius PHVs powered by lithium-ion batteries. Of these initial vehicles, 150 will be ...
Ford Fusion Hybrid May Have Tough Time Proving Itself
Ford claims that its new Fusion hybrid, when it hits markets this spring, will be "America's most fuel efficient mid-size car," with a government mileage rating of 41 mpg city and ...
Ener1 Applies For DOE Funding
Ener1 Inc. was the first applicant for the Department of Energy's Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Incentive Program, a $25 billion low-interest federal loans to encourage development of fuel-efficient vehicles and components, AP ...
Lower Fuel Prices Hurt U.S. Hybrid Sales
Just last summer, high fuel prices were helping to drive consideration of hybrids. But as the prices of fuel tumble to about $2 a gallon, so is American's appetite for hybrid ...
Green Business 2008 – Environmental Leader’s Most Popular Stories
With 2008 just out the door, it's a good time to look back at the green business issues and news items popular with top sustainability executives. Here are Environmental Leader's top green business stories for ...
Coke CEO Talks About Sustainability Efforts
Admitting that "sustainability is critical," John Brock, chairman and CEO of Coca-Cola Enterprises, told Wharton's business journal about some of the company's environmentally and socially responsible decisions over the past few ...
Eaton Launches Sustainability Microsite
Eaton Corp., which recently changed its tagline to "powering businesses worldwide" to reflect a change in focus to hi-tech power management products, has launched a special section of its website devoted to ...
Ford to Pull Back Curtain on New Hybrid in ’09
In what may be a huge marketing coup for a US auto manufacturer, Ford will unveil a hybrid that claims to be the most fuel-efficient midsize sedan on the market and the ...
Alcatraz Cruises Launches Hybrid Ferryboat
Alcatraz Cruises recently launched Hornblower Hybrid, the company is touting it as the nation's first known hybrid ferryboat.
The ferryboat uses power generated by two ten-foot-tall wind turbines and a photovoltaic solar ...
Toyota Halts Construction On US Prius Plant
In response to the "steep decline" in US industrywide auto sales and the yen's continued appreciation, Japanese carmaker Toyota is suspending completion of its newest plant near Tupelo, Mississippi (via Reuters).
The ...
Ryder Introduces Medium-Duty Hybrid Truck
Enterprise Designates Its Second ‘Hybrid Branch’
Enterprise Rent-A-Car said it is doubling the amount of hybrids available at its Denver International Airport branch to 100, and will designate it as the company’s second “hybrid branch,” Denver Business Journal ...
Commercial Vehicles Take On Green Hue
Big Three Automakers Make Green Promises In Return For Bailout
Last month when executives from General Motors, Ford and Chrysler went to Washington to seek a $25 billion public bailout, they traveled in luxury private jets. On the second trip, with the ...
Texas Instruments Sustainability Report: Normalized Emissions Jump 23%
