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mPhase to Pursue Funding From Stimulus Plan’s $2B for Advanced Automotive Battery Technology

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mPhase Technologies , Inc., says it will pursue funding opportunities arising from the $2 billion allocated for advanced battery technology in the new economic stimulus package. mPhase is developing its Smart NanoBattery as part of a Phase II STTR Grant that was awarded by the United States Army in 2008.

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Bright Automotive Applies for $35M in Stimulus Package Grants to Accelerate Production of PHEV

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Bright Automotive has applied for $35 million in government grants to accelerate the production of its plug-in hybrid the IDEA ( earlier post ), and to deliver battery solutions to the industry through its engineering services arm. The company continues to work with the Department of Energy in support of its application.

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Consortium Seeks Stimulus Funding for DME-Electric Hybrid Buses

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A consortium is seeking US stimulus funding available through the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) Transit Investments for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction (TIGGER) program to convert 20 hybrid diesel-electric buses to hybrid dimethyl-ether (DME)-electric propulsion. a developer of fuel injection equipment for DME-fueled vehicles.

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Li-ion maker Boston-Power adds $30M in funding; China expansion

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Boston-Power recently broke ground on its new manufacturing site in Liyang. Boston-Power recently broke ground on its new manufacturing site in Liyang. GSR Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on building world-class technology companies in China.

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ABB invests $10M in ECOtality

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ABB, a global provider of power and automation technologies, has made a $10-million equity investment in ECOtality, Inc. In conjunction with the investment, ECOtality and ABB have entered into a North American manufacturing agreement that establishes a collaborative and strategic supplier relationship between the ABB Group and ECOtality.

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Pike forecasts 26.4% CAGR for electric-drive buses to 2018; hybrid, battery-electric and fuel cell

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This latter development is due as much to the fact that developed bus markets may experience a general slowdown, due to austerity measures and the end of stimulus funding, as to any changes in demand for electric drive. North America is the leading market for this technology, with hybrids capturing 30% to 40% of annual transit bus sales.

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Odyne Systems delivers 7 plug-in hybrid work trucks through the Wisconsin Clean Transportation Program

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Communities and utilities receiving the new technology were partially funded under the Wisconsin Clean Transportation Program jointly administered through the Wisconsin State Energy Office and the US Department of Energy Wisconsin Clean Cities Program. Manufactured by DUECO, Inc. ComEd received a $1.5

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