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Zero-emission Proterra electric bus comes to Capitol Hill

Altair Nanotechnologies has not had a completely successful string of events these last few years. They lost more money than expected in 2007 and were not always embraced by the investment community. But there was good news, too, like some government spending and a deal with Phoenix Motorcars (well, that's more a good news/bad news sort of thing). This week, though, the company is excited about showing off a rapid-charge hybrid bus in Washington, D.C. with partner Proterra. The bus was on Capitol Hill this week and is full of impressive ... Read more →

Capstone demonstrates turbine compliant with 2010 EPA and CARB diesel standards Domenick Yoney

Capstone Turbine Corporation, maker of the micro turbines that are being used as a power source in some hybrid buses, has announced that they have demonstrated that their 30 kW microturbine is ...

Proterra touring California with fast-charging electric bus Domenick Yoney

Proterra has begun a 4-city "California Clean Bus Tour" with the unveiling of its EcoRide B35 all-electric transit bus in San Jose. The lightweight, composite-bodied people mover features the 10 ...

Burbank getting world's first plug-in hybrid fuel cell bus Domenick Yoney

Burbank Bus has announced that they will be trying out the world's very first plug-in hydrogen fuel cell hybrid transit bus (say that fast 5 times), the Proterra HFC35, beginning this Spring. Now, ...

Al Yousuf adds to Zap buy with shares of Altair Nanotechnologies Sebastian Blanco

Al Yousuf, based in the United Arab Emirates, is a large company with holdings in the automotive, computer and boat industries. Late last week, the company announced it would expand its green car ...

Altairnano to get tested in Designline hybrid buses 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The lithium titanate batteries by Altairnano has been tried in powerstations, trucks and even a dragster and will soon have the opportunity to prove their metal in a hybrid bus application. The company has announced that they have received an order for four demo battery packs by the innovative bus ...

Altair's lithium titanate battery finishes 500th full depth cycle 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Altair Nanotechnologies announced this week that the new lithium titanate battery it is developing for the U.S. Navy has completed its 500th full depth cycle and, perhaps somewhat surprisingly, lost just one percent of its total capacity. The Navy (thanks to U.S. taxpayers) is paying Altair $2.5 ...

Lightning GT out of the bottle at British International Motor Show 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The moment many green-loving speed enthusiasts have been impatiently waiting for has finally arrived with the unveiling of the all-new Lightning GT at the British International Motor Show. The sheet was pulled back around 1 o'clock London time to reveal metal that stays quite true to the earlier ...

Altairnano 2MW battery passes tests, could help green the grid 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

After going through a somewhat tumultuous time with a change of leadership at HQ, Altairnano now has a solid success it can point to. A two-megawatt, 500 kWh battery system of its making has been put through some serious testing by its strategic partner, power company AES, along with independent ...

Altair names Terry Copeland as new president and CEO 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Altairnano's interim president Terry Copeland has moved up to president and CEO, the company announced today. Copeland has been the battery company's interim leader since March, just after previous CEO Alan Gotcher resigned. Copeland has been with Altair Nanotechnologies since November 2007 (when ...

Altairnano releases 1st Q earning report, holds conference call 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Altairnano has had the spot light thrown on it recently as a result of an agreement between Electrovaya and Altairnano partner, Phoenix Motorcars. It is in this environment of speculation that they released their 2008 1st quarter earnings report. In a continuance of recent performance, they ...

Altairnano still in the game for Phoenix Motorcars 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

It appears that along with re-engineering the powertrain of their upcoming electric vehicles Phoenix Motor Cars has decided to hedge their battery bet. Phoenix was the first company to commit to using Altairnano's lithium titanate batteries in an automotive applications. However Canadian battery ...

Phoenix Motorcars to use Electrovaya batteries? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

In an interesting twist to the saga that is the development of the Phoenix Motorcars electric SUT & SUV program comes news that they are now partnering with a Canadian battery maker. In a press release from that company, Electrovaya says that they are now negotiating an arrangement with Phoenix ...

Altairnano expands Indiana facility 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

After losing a CEO and then more money than expected in FY07, there's finally a bit of potential good news from Altairnano. The battery company that should be powering the Phoenix SUVs by now has announced (release after the break) an expansion to Altairnano's facility in Anderson, Indiana from ...

Altair Nanotechnologies lost more money than expected in FY07 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Several factors hurt Altair Nanotechnologies' fiscal results in FY07: warranty replacement costs and higher research and development expenses have made the company report a wider loss despite higher revenues. $6.78m worth of warranty expenses and inventory impairment were related to the ...

Phoenix Motorcars website gets a makeover, savings calculator 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Phoenix Motorcars, the company behind the much-anticipated electric SUT with the SsangYong body and Altairnano battery has given their website a fresh look in anticipation of increased traffic. Set to finally begin building their vehicles for fleet customers and take a few retail orders, the ...

Behold the Lightning GT. And it was good. 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click image for a hi-res gallery of the Lightning GT digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/All_new_all_electric_Lightning_GT'; We were starting to worry. It has been 9 months since we first heard about the all electric Lightning GT sports car from England. At the time there were photographs of a ...

Alan Gotcher resigns, Altairnano seeks new CEO 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

According to a press release on Altairnano's web site, Dr. Alan Gotcher has agreed to resign "as an officer of the company." Dr. Gotcher was appointed CEO back in August 2004 and President in March 2005. No reason was given in the release but the language makes it sound like it wasn't his decision. ...

Phoenix Motorcars ready to start taking a few retail orders, still hiring too 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

One company we haven't been hearing too much from of late is Phoenix Motorcars. They made a pretty big splash in 2006 around the same time that Tesla launched and they've turned up at all the usual conferences and events with prototypes of their electric pickup truck. They grabbed a lot of ...

VIDEO: Current Eleminator V record setting 7.956sec 1/4 mile run 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We told a few days ago about Dennis Berube and his record-setting 1/4 mile run in his electric dragster, the Current Eliminator V. Now thanks to the magic of YouTube you can see the 7.956 second run at almost 160mph. The dragster "fueled" by a bank of Altairnano batteries is eerily quiet as it does ...

Dennis Berube breaks his own electric drag racing record again 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Just two weeks after setting an NHRA record for electric dragsters in Whittman, AZ Dennis "Kilowatt" Berube moved on to Tucson, AZ, and did it again. Berube ran 153.6 mph in the quarter mile in Whittman and then turned around and ran 159.65 mph with a 7.956 second elapsed time. His Current ...

Current Eliminator V sets new world speed record - 153.6 mph - for electric vehicles 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Got a need for speed? Strap on a battery pack and his the track. That's the idea behind the Current Eliminator V, which set a new electric dragster world speed record in the National Hot Rod Association's (NHRA) Super Pro class of 153.6 mph at the Speedworld Motorplex drag strip in Tuscon last ...

Phoenix Motorcars gets a refill for the petty cash box 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

There's some interesting financial activity going these days in the electric vehicle realm and it wouldn't be surprising to see some consolidation happen soon. In the past year Phoenix Motorcars and Zap have trailed only the Tesla Roadster and Chevy Volt in attention for battery-propelled vehicles. ...

Motley Fool sez AltairNano stock "missed the mark" 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The popular Motley Fool investment site today published a list of "3 Stocks That Missed the Mark." One of those is the common AutoblogGreen presence Altair Nanotechnologies. Now, AutoblogGreen doesn't get into investment tips or anything like that, but the Fool is not the only one to dampen the good ...

Phoenix SUT to get smaller battery pack, new motors, no supplier named 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

We heard yesterday that Phoenix MotorCars had canceled their order for motors from UQM Technologies. Now Phoenix has issued their own press release revealing that they are adopting new motor technology. The new motors are apparently lighter and more compact than the UQM units although Phoenix is ...

More on the Altairnano powered Fiat Doblo in Norway 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Last week we told you about a Fiat Doblo that Micro-Vett had converted to electric drive and equipped with Altairnano batteries. That car is currently undergoing a two-month test in Oslo, Norway prior to hopefully going on sale in 2008. The wording of the original press release raised some ...

Altairnano and Aerovironment demonstrate Electric Fiat Doblo 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Battery developer Altairnano has teamed up with Aerovironment, Micro-Vett SPA and Go Green Holding AS to demonstrate an electrified Fiat Doblo in Oslo, Norway. The Fiat is powered by of Altairnano's 18 kWh lithium titanate battery packs and is currently undergoing a sixty-day test. During a single ...

ABG Reader Question: What does it take to charge a battery in 10 minutes? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

We regularly get questions from readers asking for more detail or clarifications on the topics we write about. This morning Andrea wrote in with this question: I was wondering if you could help me out. I was reading about this new car, the Lighting, that uses NanoSafe batteries you talked about in ...

Altairnano and AES collaborating on home energy storage 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

One of the biggest concerns with a large-scale move toward electric vehicles is the ability of the electrical grid to cope with the extra load. The grid is designed to have balanced loads across all points. If the loads in any area get too high or too low, the grid can collapse. Altairnano ...

Lightning Car Co to use Altairnano batteries in new sports car 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click the photo for a high-res gallery of the Lightning GT digg_url = 'http://digg.com/hardware/New_700hp_Altairnano_powered_Lightning_GT_sportscar_coming/blog'; Another British specialist car maker has popped up with a new electrically driven sports car. With styling that looks like a Jaguar ...

Altairnano shows off SUV from Phoenix at shareholder meeting 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Last week at their annual shareholders meeting battery developer Altairnano Technologies showed off the SUV version of the Phoenix Motor Cars truck. The fully enclosed version of the vehicle was available for meeting attendees to drive and most came away fairly impressed. In the Reno ...

Berko throws cold water on Altair Nanotechnologies as an investment 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

I know jack squat about Malcom Berko. According to this little write up, he's been working in the investments field for 50 years. He currently writes a column where he answer's investor's questions, and he recently took on Altairnano. I also know very little about investing, so I'm not really the ...

Phoenix makes $2.2 million order for Altair's NanoSafe battery packs 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Last December, Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. shipped the first ten 35 KWh battery packs of a large order from Phoenix Motorcars, and those ten batteries cost Phoenix $750,000, and Phoenix must have been happy with the packs, because today it was announced that a $2.21 million extension of the order ...

AutoblogGreen Q&A: AltairNano CEO Alan Gotcher 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

In AutoblogGreen Podcast #4, ABG talked to Dr. Alan Gotcher of Altairnano Technologies about the battery technology that makes the Phoenix SUT go. You can now read the interview transcript below. AutoblogGreen: This is Sam Abuelsamid from AutoblogGreen and I'm talking today with Dr. Alan Gotcher ...

General Motors invites us behind the curtain: battery development details revealed 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The hybrid battery test lab at the GM Technical Center Earlier this week, General Motors invited members of the media to their Technical Center in Warren, MI, for a briefing to talk about batteries, and show off their battery development lab. The purpose of the meeting was to provide some ...

PG&E adds four Phoenix SUTs to their EV fleet 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

California utility Pacific Gas and Electric has picked up four Phoenix Sport Utility Trucks to add to their fleet of clean fuel vehicles. The utility will be testing the trucks in daily operations in central and northern California. PG&E's clean vehicle fleet includes over 1,100 natural gas ...

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