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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 [...]







