Ballard Sells Automotive Assets to Daimler & Ford to Form New Auto Fuel Cell Company VANCOUVER – Confirming speculation that apparently had been quietly circulating for some time, Ballard Power Systems last month announced it was selling almost all of its automotive fuel cell assets to both Germany’s Daimler AG and Detroit’s Ford Motor Co., to form a new private company, Automotive Fuel Cell Cooperation.
Conservation Voters Compare Presidential Contenders on Global Warming WASHINGTON, DC – Among the Democratic presidential contenders, former Energy Secretary Bill Richardson is, so far at least, the strongest supporter of clean energy to fight global warming, but the others are only about a hair’s breadth behind - and all this may change as the campaign progresses.
Book Report: Simple Solutions for Planet Earth - Book 1 By Peter Hoffmann Maybe it’s far-fetched and a bit off the wall, but I couldn’t help but think of “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” when I read Pat Takahashi’s new book, “Simple Solutions for Planet Earth.”
Driving the Honda FCX Clarity: An Auto Writer’s Impressions SANTA MONICA, CA - Editor’s Note: Norman Mayersohn, a longtime colleague who is now an editor for the Automobiles section of The New York Times, drove the Honda FCX last month during the Los Angeles auto show. Norman allowed me to share his note with H&FCL describing his drive to Malibu.
Briefly Noted: Hydrogenics Fuel cell developer Hydrogenics Corp., Mississauga, Ontario, says it is shutting down its fuel cell test equipment business, focusing instead on its core activities of onsite hydrogen generation and power systems.
Briefly Noted: FuelCell Energy/Linde Danbury, CT-based FuelCell Energy Inc. reports it has sold four fuel cell power plants with a total rating of 3.9 MW to German industrial gas and engineering company The Linde Group.
Briefly Noted: GM in China General Motors is setting up a center for Advanced Science and Research, part of a new $250 million “GM Campus,” in Shanghai to carry out advanced automotive research projects in China.
Events The “EVS-23 Sustainability: The Future of Transportation” electric drive symposium will be held Dec. 2-5 at the Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, CA.
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