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Green Fleet Roundup: Time Warner Cable, Wamart, Plug Power, Clean Energy Fuels

August 6, 2014August 5, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Time Warner Cable is joining the Department of Energy’s Clean Cities’ National Clean Fleet Partnership to further reduce petroleum use and increase efficiencies within its fleet (pictured) of more than 20,000 service trucks and vehicles. TWC’s participation is part of the company’s “Go Green” initiative under which TWC is on ... Read more »

Green Fleet Roundup: Mitsubishi, Opel, Shell, C.R. England

February 18, 2014February 18, 2014 by Kirsten Korosec

Mitsubishi Electric Corp. announced it has developed a prototype electric vehicle motor drive system with a built-in silicon-carbide inverter (pictured), which will allow manufacturers to develop EVs with more passenger space and greater energy efficiency. The company plans to commercialize its new EV motor system after it finishes developing technologies ... Read more »

ACEEE Picks ‘Greenest’ and ‘Meanest’ Cars of 2014

January 28, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Mercedes-Benz’s Smart ForTwo Electric Drive convertible coupe is the greenest vehicle of 2014 while the Ram 2500 truck is the “meanest,” or least environmentally friendly, according to the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy’s (ACEEE) annual vehicle environmental ratings. The Smart ForTwo Electric Drive earns a highest-ever score of 59 ... Read more »

Bosch Plant Cuts CO2 Emissions 30%

August 16, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Bosch Rexroth has reduced its carbon emissions by 30 percent, compared to 2009 levels, at its Glenrothes site in Scotland. The company says the Glenrothes facility’s CO2 reduction puts it on track to achieve a 20 percent emissions cut measured against a 2007 baseline across its UK sites by 2020. ... Read more »

Green Fleet Roundup: Toyota, Nissan, Honda, Mitsubishi, Volvo, Siemens

July 30, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Toyota, Nissan, Honda and Mitsubishi have agreed to work together to promote the installation of chargers for electric-powered vehicles in Japan. Previously, each automaker assessed possible locations for charging facilities on its own. Now, the companies say they have agreed to work jointly under the common understanding that the charging ... Read more »

Bosch, Mitsubishi, GS Yuasa to Develop Li-ion Batteries

June 24, 2013June 24, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Bosch, Mitsubishi and GS Yuasa have agreed to work together to develop lithium-ion (li-ion) batteries. The companies plan to use advanced cell management and progress in electrochemistry and materials to significantly increase energy content. This will reduce weight and space requirements, and increase the range of electric vehicles. The three ... Read more »

Solar: Kyocera Wins $89M Contract with Ag Coop in Japan, Ikea Boosts Colorado’s Largest Array, Upsolar Installs 400 kW in Austria

June 19, 2013November 11, 2019 by Linda Hardesty

Kyocera is building multiple solar systems in Japan — a total of 30 MW — for the National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative Associations (Zen-Noh) and Mitsubishi. Kyocera is engineering, supplying, constructing and maintaining the systems to be installed at roughly 80 of Zen-Noh’s facilities (livestock barns, distribution centers and parking ... Read more »

EV Woes: Toyota, Mitsubishi Recalls, Ford Glitch

June 10, 2013June 10, 2013 by Kirsten Korosec

Toyota, Mitsubishi Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. have had issues with electric and hybrid vehicle models this month, including several recalls. Toyota announced Thursday a voluntary recall involving an unspecified mix of 87,000 2010 Prius vehicles and Lexus HS 250h hybrids for a brake pressure accumulator that could develop ... Read more »

DOE Approves Natural Gas Export Facility

May 20, 2013May 20, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Mitsui and Mitsubishi of Japan, and GDF Suez of France have invested in a US liquefied natural gas (LNG) project following the Energy Department’s Friday decision to end a freeze on natural gas exports and conditionally approve a Texas LNG project. The decision allows the Freeport LNG Terminal (pictured) on ... Read more »

FTSE Launches Environmental Technologies Index

May 1, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

FTSE Group has launched an environmental technologies index, FTSE ET100, designed to measure the performance of companies whose core business is in the development and operation of environmental technologies. To qualify, companies must derive at least 50 percent of their business from environmental markets. These include renewable and alternative energy, ... Read more »

Toyota Unseats GE For Clean Energy Patents Granted in 2012

March 21, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The US Patent and Trademark Office granted a record 3,061 clean energy technology patents in 2012, a 30 percent increase over the previous year and led by Toyota, according to an index published by Cleantech Group. The Clean Energy Patent Growth Index, which provides a measure of inventive activity and ... Read more »

Geneva Motor Show Roundup: VW, Peugeot, Land Rover, Ford, Mitsubishi

March 8, 2013March 8, 2013 by Leon Walker

Here’s a round up of green car news from the Geneva International Motor Show in Switzerland: Land Rover has unveiled seven new electric models of its Defender off-road vehicle. The standard diesel engine and gearbox have been replaced by a 70kW (94bhp), 330Nm electric motor twinned with a 300-volt, lithium-ion battery with a capacity of ... Read more »

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