California-based ISE Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of ISE Limited and developer, manufacturer and distributor of heavy duty hybrid-electric drive systems, will begin accepting orders for its next-generation, battery-dominant CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) Hybrid System for transit buses with production units expected to be available in 2011.
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NGV Hybrid Optimization Aims Below 90g CO2/km
April 25, 2010 – 4:30 am
Source: Green Car Congress
Germany
Opel, Robert Bosch, IVK (Internal Combustion Engines and Automotive Engineering) and FKFS (Forschungsinstitut für Kraftfahrwesen und Fahrzeugmotoren Stuttgart) have been working on a natural gas hybrid vehicle, aimed at developing an NGV prototype emitting less than 90 g CO2/km emissions. At the recent SAE 2010 World Congress, researchers from IVK, University of Stuttgart and FKFS presented a paper describing the [...]
US Groups to Coordinate Promotion of Natural Gas Hybrid-Electric Vehicles
April 14, 2010 – 12:47 am
USA, Washington
The American Public Gas Association (APGA), NGVAmerica, and Hybrid Kinetic Motors Corporation (HK Motors) has announced the formation of a strategic collaboration to promote the mass production and sales of natural gas-powered hybrid passenger vehicles. HK Motors plans to begin producing a family of light-duty natural gas hybrid-electric passenger vehicles at its plant in Alabama [...]
Electric Plug-in CNG Hybrid Bus Unveiled by Ashok Leyland
January 13, 2010 – 2:01 am
India, New Delhi
Ashok Leyland Ltd, India’s second largest commercial vehicle maker, has unveiled the HYBUS, the country’s first electric plug-in CNG hybrid bus, at New Delhi’s Auto Expo 2010. The series-hybrid HYBUS concept vehicle combines a conventional CNG engine with an electric propulsion system. The engine is operated at optimal efficiency to drive the generator for charging [...]
US National Academy of Sciences Report Highlights Benefits of NGVs
November 8, 2009 – 7:54 am
Source: NGVAmerica
USA
Electric and plug-in electric vehicles worse than gasoline on emissions pollutants
Last month, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) released a report that attempts to evaluate the externalities associated with energy production and use in the U.S. The report, entitled Hidden Costs of Energy: Unpriced Consequences of Energy Production and Use, was prepared at the request [...]
Toyota Surfrider Camry Hybrid CNG
November 2, 2009 – 2:34 am
USA
Gasoline fuel system replaced by CNG system; Range – 250 miles
Toyota Motor Sales (TMS) U.S.A., Inc. has partnered with the Surfrider Foundation to create a specially modified Camry Hybrid fueled by compressed natural gas (CNG), reflecting Toyota involvement with environmental awareness. The Toyota Surfrider Camry Hybrid CNG is on display in the Environmental Lifestyle [...]
New NG Hybrid Vehicle Manufacturer Steps Onto US Stage
September 30, 2009 – 2:56 pm
USA, Montgomery AL
Far East Golden Resources Group Ltd’s new limited partnership, Hybrid Kinetic Motors Project A, L.P. (HK Motors), has launched plans to raise US$7.86 billion to make natural gas and multi-fuel electric-drive hybrid cars, sport utility vehicles, crossover vehicles and large trucks in the U.S. Headed by chairman, Yung Yeung, former chairman, CEO and president of [...]
Opel’s Astra Undergoes Holistic Hybridization – Achieves 90 g/km CO2
July 29, 2009 – 3:35 pm
Germany, Rüsselsheim / Stuttgart
Natural Gas Engine and Electric Drive Combination
Adam Opel GmbH (Opel), in a collaborative project sponsored by Germany’s Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, has developed an innovative gas hybrid prototype that emits only 90 g/km CO2 from a start-stop system, recovery of braking energy and a ‘proactive hybrid coordinator’ developed by the Institute for Combustion [...]
US Government Accountability Office Casts Doubt on Plug-in Hybrid EVs
June 30, 2009 – 3:27 am
USA
The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has examined and reported (GAO-09-493) on the implications of implementing the government’s goal for federal agencies to use plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (EVs) when available, casting doubt on their suitability for carbon emissions reduction. Two weeks after the GAO report was released, the US Department of Energy (DOE) announced [...]
