green transport
22 February 2012
US cleantech company Danotec Motion Technologies has won a blanket purchase order for the supply of electric hydraulic steering system units from Electric Vehicles International.
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21 February 2012
Swedish energy company Vattenfall has opened a hydrogen refuelling station for fuel cell buses and cars in Hamburg, Germany.
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20 February 2012
US clean transport company Smith Electric Vehicles has received a $25m investment from Chinese automobile component manufacturer the Wanxiang Group.
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17 February 2012
US cleantech engine developer Cyclone Power Technologies has completed the acquisition of Advent Power Systems.
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14 February 2012
Private equity firms are adding value to portfolio companies through the networks that they open to start-up companies and through the management teams they can attract, investors told NewNet.
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14 February 2012
Canada’s clean technology sector received $245m of venture capital investment in 2011, up 43 per cent, from the previous year, new figures show.
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13 February 2012
US electric vehicle charging specialist ECOtality has appointed Paul Gordon as chief technology officer.
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13 February 2012
US electric vehicle distributor Green Automotive has entered into a merger agreement and plan of reorganisation with its wholly-owned subsidiary Matter of Time I.
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10 February 2012
Swedish furniture giant IKEA has added four ECOtality electric vehicle charging stations to its store in East Palo Alto, California.
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9 February 2012
Upcoming European legislation on vehicle emissions is creating an opportunity for innovators to establish themselves in the global automobile market.
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9 February 2012
US car rental giant Hertz is set to trial a wireless electric vehicle charging system developed by Virginia-based company Evatran.
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8 February 2012
US car rental giant Hertz has unveiled a programme called Living Journey designed to make the company more sustainable and reduce its environmental impact.
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6 February 2012
The Chinese government has ordered airlines based in the country not to comply with the European Union’s charge on carbon emissions.
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27 January 2012
An electric vehicle battery maker has filed for bankruptcy in the latest of a strong of cleantech casualties.
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27 January 2012
Japanese electronics companies Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Hitachi have been selected as contractors for the Smart Community System Demonstration Project in Spain.
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26 January 2012
US car manufacturer Ford is set to triple production of vehicles that include its fuel-efficient EcoBoost engine design.
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26 January 2012
The Colombian capital city of Bogota has launched a pilot project to spur the use of electric vehicles in the city’s taxi fleet.
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26 January 2012
US cleantech engine developer Cyclone Power Technologies has appointed Douglas Hutchinson as vice president of business development.
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24 January 2012
Technology giants BAE Systems and Caterpillar have signed a 20-year agreement to collaborate on an energy efficient hybrid propulsion system for heavy-duty trucks.
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23 January 2012
The UK-based Dearman Engine Company has said a team of UK academics and research experts have concluded that a demonstration of its liquid air engine concept could be built within two years.
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