DEARBORN HEIGHTS - Ford on Monday kicked off production of dedicated hydrogen fueled V-10 engines that will be used to power Ford's E-450 hydrogen fueled shuttle buses. The buses are scheduled to be delivered to fleet customers later this year, first in Florida and then in other locations across North America. Hydrogen internal combustion engine
DETROIT - Fuel prices are hovering near record levels, while turmoil in the Middle East threatens to cut off supplies of petroleum. Wherever you turn these days, you hear people talking about hybrids, diesels, ethanol, and fuel-cell vehicles. But what exactly do these terms mean? Can they really reduce your fuel bills, trim back on
AUBURN HILLS ? Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman has appointed Mark Chernoby, Vice President - Advanced Vehicle Engineering, DaimlerChrysler, to the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technical Advisory Committee. Chernoby will communicate the latest developments in advanced fuel cell vehicle engineering within DaimlerChrysler. DaimlerChrysler has spent more than $1 billion in fuel cell vehicle research and
DETROIT ? NextEnergy has appointed Dan Radomski as director of market development where he will be responsible for managing the alternative energy incubator's communications activities and partnerships. Prior to joining NextEnergy, Radomski spent more than 11 years at the Society of Manufacturing Engineers where he most recently served as sales manager and product development manager
LANSING - Alternative fuels in Michigan would temporarily be taxed 7 cents cheaper than regular fuel, while 10 renaissance zones aimed at boosting the number of renewable energy facilities would be created under legislation signed Friday by Gov. Jennifer Granholm. Signed were SB 1074 , PA 268; SB 1075 , PA 269; SB 1078 ,
BANGOR - Michigan's first biodiesel plant won't be built by a big energy company, but by a group of farmers pooling their resources to launch a 10 million-gallon plant later this summer. Michigan BioDiesel LLC, a partnership of independent investors, is building the pioneer plant, which will produce biodiesel fuel from soybean oil and create
LANSING ? Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm said on Thursday that she supports the national goal of increasing renewable fuel usage to 25 percent by the year 2025. The governor announced her support of the project, called "25 x 25," during a conference call in which she also outlined state-level efforts to lessen consumption of oil
ROCHESTER - Ethanol use has more than doubled in the United States, but renewable fuel and flex-fuel vehicle development still have a long way to go, a U.S. House Agriculture sub-committee learned during a public hearing Monday at Oakland University. U.S. Agriculture Department Under-Secretary Tom Dorr, several farm organization representatives and automakers testified before the
DETROIT - DTE Energy on Tuesday said it had shut down production at all nine synthetic fuel facilities it operates because of volatility in oil prices and the lack of federal legislation that would have provided the company with what it called certainty for production economics this year. DTE Energy holds a majority interest in
YPSILANTI ? With oil prices flirting with record highs, the environment for investing in alternative energy companies is the best it has been in a decade, a panel of experts at the University of Michigan Growth Capital Symposium agreed Tuesday. But they also agreed that an industry dominated by Fortune 10 global corporations is not