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General Motors says it will ask the federal government for one national gas mileage standard, including a requirement that a percentage of auto companies’ sales be zero-emissions vehicles. Mark Reuss, GM’s executive vice president of product development, said the company will propose that a certain percentage of nationwide sales be made up of vehicles that…

LONGMONT, Colo.–UQM Technologies, Inc. (NYSE American: UQM) (“UQM” or the “Company”), a developer of alternative energy technologies, today announced the introduction of its Integrated Fuel Cell Compressor System (“PowerPhase®FCS”). This product is designed to meet growing demand in the fuel cell market for a high performance, cost-effective compressor solution. Few competitors feature an integrated high efficiency motor and…

Investment of £7 million over 2 years with creation of 60 new jobs in Redhill, Surrey UK Manufacturing capacity of ~2MW per year by end of 2019, expandable to 10 MW New site to act as “lead plant” to provide near-term volume and further develop processes to enable high volume manufacture with international partners under…

Hyundai and BTIRDI sign MOU to establish Hydrogen Energy Fund Fund aims to foster growth of startups with innovative hydrogen technologies Fund aims to raise a total of USD 100 million Cooperation to lay strong foundation for Hyundai to start FCEV business in China BEIJING, Oct. 29, 2018–Hyundai Motor today entered into a memorandum of…

Monica NAGASHIMA — Ifri Studies, October 2018 With the release of its hydrogen strategy on December 26, 2017, Japan reiterated its commitment to become the world's first “hydrogen society”. The main objective of this strategy is to lower hydrogen production costs so that they are comparable to those of competing fuels: gasoline in transport and liquefied…

34 hydrogen fuel cell buses are already running in various states including California, Massachusetts, Michigan, and Ohio. An additional 37 fuel cell buses are planned to be on the roads soon. Source: DOE and NREL

New Zealand freight and logistics company TIL Logistics Group Limited (NZX: TLL) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with New Plymouth-based Hiringa Energy Limited to develop hydrogen fuel cell technology transport solutions in New Zealand. The project has the potential to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from TIL’s national fleet of 900 trucks, 310 forklifts…