Saturday, February 2, 2008

A number of links to interesting stories on hybrid vehicles

http://www.thomaspmbarnett.com/weblog/2008/02/chinas_ambition_on_hybrids_is.html
China's breakthrough auto companies (it's a crowded field a la 1920s America) have been coming to Detroit's big auto shows for years with their cheap-end cars (now watch India move into that space big time, with even more accelerated ambition). This time China's BYD brings a plug-in hybrid that it says will his China's domestic market this summer.

http://www.greencarcongress.com/2008/01/five-new-major.html
CALSTART, the California operating division of WestStart, a North American advanced transportation technologies consortium, has secured and launched contracts for five major fuel cell bus technology development projects in California with the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). The projects represent an important component of CALSTART’s overall hydrogen pathways strategy.

http://www.greencarcongress.com/2008/01/volvos-nova-bus.html
Nova Bus, a subsidiary of Volvo Bus Corporation, has received an order for 141 hybrid buses from TransLink, the Greater Vancouver (Canada) Area transit authority. The contract includes an option for an additional 110 buses.

http://www.hybridcarblog.com/2008/01/walmart-wants-to-sell-hybrid-vehicles.html
Walmart execs. have been in discussions with major automakers regarding the possibility of selling hybrid cars at the retailer's stores.

http://www.redherring.com/Home/23479

Fill up your Ferrari at the farm?

The Italian luxury sports car maker unveiled a concept car on Monday that can run on ethanol which it said reflected its engineering expertise from Formula One racing and growing demand for alternative fuel vehicles in the United States.

The sleek Ferrari F430 Spider Biofuel, with green stripes on its silver bodywork, consumes an E85 -- 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline -- mix, a growing fuel blend in the U.S.

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