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Report: Sumitomo to begin selling fuel cells for commercial vehicles with US Hybrid

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the giant Japanese integrated trading company, will start selling fuel cells for commercial vehicles via a partnership with California-based US Hybrid. to license its FlowCath platinum-free liquid cathode technology for proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuels cells in Japan. The Nikkei reports that Sumitomo Corp., earlier post ).

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Who is winning the green car race? The Green Piece

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Toyota: When the Toyota Prius originally went on sale in 1997, it was the world’s first mass-produced hybrid car, meaning the Japanese automaker effectively stole a march on its rivals. The vehicle scooped the Car of the Year award in Japan in its debut year, and the third generation of the model took the prize again in 2009.

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Slow start for charge of the electric cars - Times Online

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The 2011 start date has been chosen to coincide with theexpected introduction of a wider variety of electric and plug-in hybrid carsin Britain. How far hybrids will be encouraged in the new government initiative remains tobe seen. Electric cars remain dependent on the development of better,affordable batteries.