Research at the lab will involve Eaton’s hybrid electric drive business group and WMU researchers in the University’s Center for Advanced Vehicle Design and Simulation— CAViDS. The Department of Defense award was part of spending bill passed by Congress in late December. Eaton Corp. TARDEC); and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. MORE >>

Electric Vehicle Consortium. The newly formed Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) Consortium has set itself a pair of ambitious goals, according to David West, the director of marketing for Raser Technologies. Plug-in or grid-chargeable hybrids utilize a much larger battery pack that is charged from the local electric power grid. MORE >>

of the electric power required in full-capacity operation and 100% of demand when the plant is not in production. CO 2 emissions by the European new vehicle fleet will be reduced by some 30% during the period from 2006 to 2015—emissions will be below the threshold of 120 grams CO 2 /km for the first time by 2015. The 9.5 MORE >>

Nissan is developing an inductive charging system capable of transmitting power wirelessly over longer distances, and is exploring scaling it up for use with its electric car. The two coils must be very close together, but do not make direct electrical contact. Nissan Hypermini Urban Electric Vehicle Testing (US DOE, January 2006). MORE >>

study by Delphi Powertrain presented at the SAE 2010 World Congress in Detroit concluded that a 3-cylinder turbocharged gasoline direct injection (GDI) engine—such as the 1.0L Ford is on track to deliver on its promise in 2006 of offering EcoBoost on 90% of its North American lineup by 2013 and to be producing 1.5 Earlier post.). MORE >>