All About Alternate Fuel Vehicles (AFV)

Solana Beach, CA., May 29, 2007
http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2007/05/29/049755.html

Armor Electric Inc. is pleased to announce that negotiations for the sale of a fleet of electric scooters to a significant vehicle dealer in Florida have progressed to the field testing stage. Last week Armor shipped a lithium-ion battery powered scooter, developed and rigorously tested over the past 18 months by Armor’s EPS partner, to the dealer for performance evaluation and demonstration.
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Mattew Krieger, May 21, 2007
Source: Jerusalem Post
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1178708650103

Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor Eli Yishai and Vice Premier Shimon Peres met with King Abdullah of Jordan at the World Economic Forum on Sunday with hopes of launching a joint Israeli-Jordanian-European Union project to produce electric-powered vehicles.  If the project becomes a reality, Yishai predicted it could add tens of thousands of jobs in both Israel and Jordan, and it also will allow Israel to strengthen its standing in alternative-energy production, a critical measuring stick in today’s world, he noted.
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Irvine, CA – April 18, 2007
Source: Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies / press release
www.qtww.com

Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. (Nasdaq: QTWW), today announced that its strategic partner in lithium-ion battery systems, Advanced Lithium Power Inc. (ALP), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a leading Chinese automaker to jointly develop battery-dominant propulsion systems for passenger vehicles, with the goal of establishing a cooperative venture to commercialize products globally.

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Irine, CA, May 21, 2007
Source: Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies / press release
http://www.qtww.com/

Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. today announced that it was awarded a contract to develop a diesel hybrid electric version of its Alternative Mobility Vehicle (AMV) “Aggressor.” This program is a follow on to Quantum’s successful “Aggressor” vehicle, a high performance light-duty off-road fuel cell hybrid vehicle developed for the U.S. Army’s Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC), National Automotive Center (NAC). The contract has a total value of $4.88 million.
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By Margery Conner, Technical Editor, Electronics Design, Strategy News / May 22, 2007
Source: EDN.com /  http://www.edn.com/article/CA6445393.html

This year’s Advanced Automotive Battery Conference, which took place May 16 through 18 in Long Beach, CA, offered four days’ worth of technical papers analyzing the challenges inherent in adapting lithium-ion batteries, the favored battery technology for consumer-electronics portables. These batteries find use in automobiles, including EVs (electric vehicles) and PHEVs (plug-in hybrid electric vehicles). PHEVs differ from the more common HEVs (hybrid electric vehicles), such as the Toyota Prius, in that the engine in PHEVs acts only as a backup if the user exceeds the mileage range. The PHEV battery requires daily charging for its primary power.
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Washington, May 24, 2007  /Source: UPI
http://www.upi.com/Energy/Briefing/2007/05/24/energy_dept_to_fund_alternative_vehicles/3701/

The U.S. Department of Energy announced it will provide $19 million in funds to develop plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.  Five research projects were selected to receive the funds, the Energy Department said Thursday. The goal is to advance plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and fuel-cell vehicles. The money is being given as part of President Bush’s Twenty in Ten plan to reduce U.S. gas consumption by 20 percent in 10 years.
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Adam Ledlow, NewCastle-upon-Tyne, England / May 23, 2007
Source: Truck News.com
http://www.trucknews.com/issues/ISArticle.asp?id=69325&issue=05232007

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, England — Electric vehicle maker Tanfield Group plans to double output this year to meet growing demand from emissions-conscious customers, according to a report by Reuters.  Tanfield currently assembles five vehicles a week, but will make 10 a week by the end of the year and 30 next year, the report said. Exports, which make up about 15% of its electric vehicle division sales, are also expected to rise and account for 40% to 50% of sales next year.
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Kevin Davie, 27 May 2007
Source: Mail & Guardian Online
http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=309487

More than 10 years ago, there was a guy who fixed the motor on our front gate. He drove one of those little Suzuki vans known as a half-loaf. But this was no ordinary half-loaf. He had taken out the engine, put in an electric motor used to drive golf carts and a network of batteries, and he had his own electric car. The only reason we all didn’t drive electric cars, he suggested, was that strong vested interests kept us tied to fossil fuel-powered vehicles.

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By Leah Vyse, 23 May 2007
Source: Automobile Business Review.com
http://www.automotive-business-review.com/article_news.asp?guid=3A12FFBA-C242-4932-8455-CBD2C2CB2A6E

United Parcel Service (UPS) has expanded its fleet of alternative-fuel vehicles with the deployment of 50 hybrid electric delivery trucks.  The 50 hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) will operate in Atlanta, Dallas, Houston and Phoenix. The new trucks join roughly 20,000 low-emission and alternative-fuel vehicles already in use.
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Investment in hybrids, electric-drive bucket trucks, and alternative fuels will result in a reduction of more than 81,000 tons of CO2
Newark, N.J, May 29, 2007
Source: Public Service Electric and Gas Company PSEG / press release
http://www.pseg.com/media_center/pressreleases/articles/2007/2007-05-29.jsp

Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) today unveiled plans to reduce its carbon emissions by more than 81,000 tons by replacing 1,300 vehicles with hybrids and making changes in other areas of its corporate fleet.  During the next decade, the utility will invest in hybrid cars and light trucks, hybrid bucket truck prototypes, electric-drives and alternative fuels in an effort to reduce harmful emissions that contribute to global warming.
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