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Air Liquide joins H2USA; launch meeting today

Green Car Congress

Air Liquide owns and operates 200 hydrogen production sites and approximately 1,242 miles of hydrogen pipeline, the world’s largest hydrogen distribution network. Air Liquide is a leading global supplier of hydrogen for a range of applications and industries.

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USABC awards Cobasys $8.4M for the development of high-energy density Li-ion cells and packs for EVs

Green Car Congress

USABC is a subsidiary of the United States Council for Automotive Research LLC (USCAR), the collaborative automotive technology organization of Chrysler Group LLC, Ford Motor Company and General Motors Company, whose mission is to further strengthen the technology base of the domestic auto industry through cooperative research and development.

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Can Toyota really claim to be green? The Green Piece

Green Cars News

The vehicle has earned almost iconic status, lauded by celebrities and generally seen as the ‘ultimate green car’. The Prius came under fire in The Washington Post , which openly questioned its manufacturing process as explained in our article ‘ Could the Prius be harmful to the environment? ’. How green is this green car? Our verdict.

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Comedy CAFE Clowns Crack Me Up

Creative Greenius

Bird Cage Liners article this morning: Asking carmakers to comply with California’s rules would be tantamount to forcing a cancer patient to “finish chemo and then go run the Boston Marathon,&# General Motors Corp. Maybe some Washington Mutual stock instead? spokesman Greg Martin said. Now that’s funny!

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

In late 2008, BYD started selling the first production PHEV in China. Weve kept the summary table below generally up-to-date for passenger PHEVs, but not for BEVs, motorcycles or larger vehicles like buses and trucks. Daimler/Mercedes Took over Daimler/Chrysler Sprinter PHEV program. Establishing dealer network.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Electric car supporters are rising to defend General Motors’ development of the Chevy Volt after the Obama Administration’s automotive task force proclaimed that the car was probably too expensive to be commercially successful in the near future. and Chrysler struggle to come up with business plans that regulators will embrace.

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GM on the brink…

Revenge of the Electric Car

DETROIT — The rapidly deteriorating finances of General Motors are forcing the federal government to decide whether to bail out the largest American automaker or face the prospect that it might go bankrupt. Ford and Chrysler have been lobbying hard in Washington for more help. November 8, 2008. Cash Is Its Best Hope.

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