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Nuvera breaks ground on automated fuel cell production facility in China

Green Car Congress

Nuvera Fuel Cells, LLC, a provider of fuel cell power solutions for motive applications, is building a fuel cell stack production line in the Hangzhou district government of Fuyang, China. The fuel cells will power heavy-duty vehicles such as delivery vans and transit buses. Nuvera is a subsidiary of Hyster-Yale Group, Inc.,

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Winnebago, Motiv unveil all-electric healthcare vehicles

Green Car Congress

The eMLU and the bloodmobile share the same chassis, developed with partner Motiv Power Systems. The first all-electric Mobile Lung Unit (eMLU) is powered by a Ford F-53-based EPIC 6 all-electric chassis from Motiv Power Systems. Motiv Power Systems all-electric/zero-emissions EPIC chassis, removing the need to idle an engine.

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NASA’s New Shortcut to Fusion Power

Cars That Think

Physicists first suspected more than a century ago that the fusing of hydrogen into helium powers the sun. 440 fission reactors operating worldwide, which together can generate about 400 gigawatts of power with zero carbon emissions. And modern spacecraft need more power than an RTG of reasonable size can provide.

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Cadillac embarks on first hands-free cross-country highway drive with Super Cruise

Green Car Congress

A group of stakeholders and media will put the power of Super Cruise technology to the test in twelve Super Cruise-equipped Cadillac CT6 vehicles, which departed from Cadillac House in New York City and will travel to Los Angeles, California. Super Cruise will be available this fall in the 2018 Cadillac CT6. Earlier post.)

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Testimony: Why I like my electric vehicle

Electric Auto Association

Like many of the residents that come to our EV Ride & Drive events or email me for advice on what EV to buy, I appreciate the many advantages EVs have over internal combustion engine-powered ones. I love that my EV is so efficient: EVs convert over 77% of the electrical energy from the grid to power at the wheels.

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Tale of Two 2,000-mile EV Rural Road Trips

Clean Fleet Report

Instead, I drove to Cleveland and then back westward to the center of Iowa, where I visited a relative. At that time the only car that came close was the Wankel-powered NSU Ro80. That prediction came true in 2018, when the Volkswagen IDR4 shattered the previous overall time. At a popular stop Since I was back to the U.S.,

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