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ZAP Signs Fuel Cell Distribution Agreement With Anuvu

Automotive technology pioneer ZAP (OTC BB: ZAPZ) that has signed a purchase order with Anuvu Incorporated (Sacramento, CA)for its patented Power-X(TM) hydrogen fuel cell engine systems. "I believe that this is the largest order ever for PEM fuel cell engines," said Anuvu National Sales Director Craig Newhouse, PhD. "We look forward to working with ZAP to make reasonably priced zero emission fuel cell powered vehicles available for both consumers and fleet buyers." According to officials from ZAP and Anuvu, the two Northern California companies intend to deliver the first fuel cell powered vehicles to consumers in 2005. ZAP CEO Steve Schneider says it is another opportunity for ZAP to take the lead in introducing automotive innovations into the marketplace. Said ZAP CEO Steve Schneider, "ZAP had the first practical electric bicycle, first practical electric scooter, first practical electric car, and recently the first federally approved SMART Car in the United States. Now, with Anuvu, we have set a goal of marketing the first practical hydrogen fuel cell powered car by 2005." Newhouse calls Anuvu's fuel cell systems "fuel cell hybrids" because they run on both hydrogen and electricity, like the gasoline-hybrids currently on the market. Unlike the gasoline hybrids, the […]

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Weekly Clean Energy Roundup:December 15, 2004

News and Events General Motors and DaimlerChrysler to Team Up on Hybrid Vehicles Honda Debuts Its Third Hybrid Vehicle, the Accord Hybrid Bay-Area Postal Facilities to Combine Efficiency, Fuel Cell, and Solar Power Major Corporations Buy 62 Megawatts of Green Power in 2004 Wood Products Companies in Oregon Achieve Big Energy Savings Energy ConnectionsU.S. Dependence on Imported Energy to Grow by 2025 News and EventsGeneral Motors and DaimlerChrysler to Team Up on Hybrid VehiclesDaimlerChrysler AG (DCX) and General Motors Corporation (GM) announced on Monday that they will work together to develop a hybrid propulsion system for use in GM, Chrysler Group and Mercedes Car Group vehicles. Although both companies have been working independently on their own hybrid propulsion systems, they have signed a non-binding “memorandum of understanding” for the joint hybrid project and intend to enter into a definitive agreement in early 2005. See the GM press release.The companies will be working on a patent-protected hybrid system that incorporates two electric motors into an electrically variable transmission, creating a system that uses much smaller motors than today’s hybrid vehicles. The system appears to be modeled on a drive for buses and other transit vehicles developed by Allison Transmission and used […]

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