Hybrid News

Intelsat, Ltd., the world's leading provider of fixed satellite services, announced that MYtv has chosen Intelsat for a multi-year capacity contract to deliver its MYtv DTH platform to subscribers throughout the Ukraine over the Thor 6 satellite located at 1o W. Intelsat owns 10 transponders on Telenor Satellite Broadcasting's recently launched ...

Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. today announced that it is developing and shipping diesel hybrid vehicles to the U.S. Army's Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center National Automotive Center , with funding support through the U.S. Special Operations Command , and project administration through Alion.

Although BMW initially shunned hybrids in favor of clean diesels and other alternative powertrains, the German automaker is joining the electrically assisted fray next year with not one but two gasoline-electric vehicles: the 2010 BMW ActiveHybrid 7 - our first drive of which you can read here - and the 2010 BMW ActiveHybrid X6.

"Our goal was to fundamentally change the view of hybrids," said Peter Tunnermann, project manager for the 2010 BMW ActiveHybrid X6.

Denso, a Japanese automotive supplier, is aiming to enter the hybrid and electric vehicle market.

If I had a hammer, I'd hammer in the morning, I'd hammer in the evening all over the Lexus HS250h until I beat it into something that vaguely resembled a luxury car.

Cutaway of the XM1124. Source: Brudnak et al. Click to enlarge. Automotive lithium-ion battery maker EnerDel, Inc.

Wannabee U.S. Military contractor TAC-V amazed the SEMA show Wednesday by unveiling the world's only hybrid-electric, armor-ready, four occupant, triple-machine gun mounting, off-road, recon vehicle that's capable of being transported inside the vertical-takeoff-and-landing V-22 Osprey airplane.

Electrification of the automobile has been proliferating in many interesting ways.

A dentist carrying out root canal treatment will need to use a variety of compounds.

Electricity has been the military's fuel of choice for the very large - 2,500-ton submarines - and the very small - 12-pound UAVs.

TiVo licensee Hybrid Television has teamed up with Telecom and Sony to deliver a series of New Zeland-first services on the TiVo platform a ' including unlimited TiVo downloads for any Telecom broadband customer using the device.

TiVo launched in New Zealand today with some tech goodies not yet available elsewhere.

The HEV and EV power electronics market is booming and may use SiC or GaN technologies before 2020 according to a report by Yole Developpement dedicated to power electronics in vehicles.

Kyocera Mita America, Inc., one of the world's leading document solutions companies, today announced the availability of two advanced applications, ColorLock and AccessLock, utilizing its HyPAS technology for select Kyocera multifunctional products .

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- One of North America's largest truckload fleets, Schneider National, is moving to electronic logs for its more than 13,000 drivers.

As you may know, Quantum Technologies is the company providing the series hybrid propulsion systems for Fisker Automotive, which are showcased in the Fisker Karma and Karma Sunset luxury sedans.

DEARBORN, Mich., Oct. 21, 2009 -- -- Ford and the University of Michigan are conducting pioneering new research to speed the development of advanced hybrid vehicle technology -- Through virtual testing, researchers are conducting as many as 175,000 design simulations of hybrid control systems a week to further improve fuel efficiency and ...

In "hybrid" classes, a significant amount of the course learning activity has been moved online, making it possible to reduce the amount of time spent in the classroom.

Kyocera Mita America, Inc., one of the world's leading document solutions companies, today announced the launch of Capture2go, a free document capture application that utilizes Kyocera's HyPAS technology and is available via the Apple AppStore on iTunes for the iPhone and iPod Touch.