ANN ARBOR ? Volkswagen?s technology chief, Wilfried Bockelmann, discusses the state of his company?s fuel cell vehicle development program and outlines the main challenges still faced by the German automaker. To read this Interview with Bockelmann, Volkswagen AG management board member in charge of VW technical development, click on HydrogenForecast.Com
MOUNT PLEASANT - Seventeen Central Michigan University students hope to build the most fuel-efficient vehicle in the country topping last year?s record breaker, which recorded a whopping 1,819 miles per gallon. The students, under the supervision of CMU engineering and technology faculty member Benjamin Ritter, will enter the 397A/SAE Supermileage class, part of the Society
DETROIT - Larry Burns, GM vice president of research and development, provides perspective on GM's new Sequel fuel-cell-powered vehicle and on GM's vision for a hydrogen future. This 10-minute video is provided courtesy of content partner, Hydrogen Forecast Magazine. You?ll need a flash plug in to view this video. To watch, click on HydrogenForecast.Com
MIDLAND - The Dow Chemical Company and General Motors Corp. on Monday launched the second phase of their joint project to prove the viability of hydrogen fuel cells for motor vehicles and, perhaps, distributed power generation for homes and businesses. The project has now expanded from a single GM test cell, installed in February 2004,
DETROIT ? Toyota will allocate 100,000 Prius hybrids to its U.S. arm next year as the automaker meets strong demand for the gas-electric alternative energy vehicle, which would make the Prius the company?s third best-selling sedan, after the Camry and Corolla. Toyota had already planned to boost production of the Prius due to increased worldwide
LANSING ? Legislation before the Senate Technology and Energy Committee would, among other things, require that companies selling electricity in the state maintain a minimum power reserve to ensure reliability of the power supply in the state. But officials with the entities that oversee transmission of power in and around the state told a workgroup
FLINT ? Kettering University has named Mark Thompson, a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and an advocate of fuel-cell development, its Bosch Professorship, a chair endowed for three year terms by auto supplier Robert Bosch Corp. Thompson was part of the team led by Thompson, and including ECE Professor Mohammad Torfeh and Associate Professor
SOUTHFIELD - While the corner of 11 Mile and Inkster Roads in Southfield might not look like the proving grounds for the economy of the future, DTE Energy and an array of partners are hoping that lessons learned there at the new DTE Energy Hydrogen Technology Park will help pave the way for widespread use