article thumbnail

NACFE releases guidance report on hydrogen fuel cell heavy-duty trucks

Green Car Congress

—Amy Davis, President of New Power Business, Cummins. Hydrogen is a regional solution, cheap hydrogen even more so. Buses and trains will likely be some of the first applications to transition to hydrogen, with the Hydrogen Council predicting that heavy- duty trucks will fall further out on the curve with about 2.5%

Hydrogen 482
article thumbnail

We’re the New Renewables

Cars That Think

But the net-zero target would never have been reachable without innovations in renewable- energy generation that let structures generate power on- site. Diana Gamzina, founder and CEO of Davis, Calif., Much effort was devoted to making lighting, heating, and cooling more efficient so buildings consumed less energy. The Holmdel, N.J.,

article thumbnail

Does your home have the power you need?

Electric Auto Association

We live in a small 1991 townhouse in Davis, California. What’s more, the street transformer is already maxed out, so an increase in power is likely impossible even if we could upgrade. Realistically, the cost of such a panel is not cheap (approximately $3500) and an electrician would likely charge an additional $3500 to install it.

Power 52
article thumbnail

Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

Green Car Congress

Neil Auerbach is a Managing Partner at Hudson Clean Energy Partners which is a global private equity firm investing in renewable power, alternative fuels, energy efficiency and storage. Within the US electric power sector the biggest question was whether the Production Tax Credits (PTC) were going to be extended beyond 2008.

Financing 150
article thumbnail

Wall Street Report

Plug In Partners

FIALKA Staff Reporter THE WALL STREET JOURNAL January 25, 2006 DAVIS, Calif. -- In the 1950s, an aspiring Pasadena hot-rodder named Andrew Frank shocked the competition by powering his 1936 Ford with a Cadillac V-12 engine. "It It had gobs of torque," he recalls. Saturn and a 200-horsepower electric motor.

article thumbnail

Smart Grids, Electric Vehicles: A Financial Win-Win for All -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Millions will plug-in their electric vehicles [EV], plug-in hybrids [PHEV] and fuel cell vehicles [FCV] at night when electricity is cheap, then plug-in during the day when energy is expensive and sell those extra electrons at a profit. Hybrid electric buses and heavy trucks could power many homes or a school or a hospital in an emergency.

Grid 28
article thumbnail

Buffett's Chinese electric car company

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

BYD’s conventional gas-powered cars are selling well these days in China, and his electric plug-in electric model looks like it will come to market with a longer range and a lower sticker price than the new Toyota Prius much-hyped Chevy Volt. They are the top of the top,” Mr. Wang told me, when I visited BYD last year.

Chinese 28