Toyota official says storing hydrogen easier than storing electricity YOKOHAMA, Japan _ Toyota Motor Corp. is responding to the main criticism of fuel cell cars, that making the hydrogen for the fuel is not clean, with plans to help make the hydrogen using wind power. Fuel cells are zero-emission, running on the power created when […]
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GM purchased Cruise Automation DETROIT _ With hopes of speeding development of self-driving cars, General Motors has acquired a small software company that’s been testing vehicles on the streets of San Francisco. The Detroit automaker says it purchased Cruise Automation, a 40-person firm that was founded just three years ago. The move, coupled with GM’s
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Ford Smart Mobility LLC to be based in Silicon Valley DETROIT _ Ford Motor Co. said Friday that it is establishing a Silicon Valley-based subsidiary to build and invest in new mobility options like car-sharing and ride-hailing services. Ford Smart Mobility LLC will be chaired by former Steelcase CEO Jim Hackett, who has been a
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Green energy project part of effort to diversify Alberta’s economy EDMONTON _ Alberta is using money from large industrial greenhouse gas producers to help finance a green energy project. Premier Rachel Notley says $10 million will go to Edmonton-based SBI BioEnergy to build a $20 million facility that will produce a diesel-like fuel from off-grade canola.
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Honda fuel cell Clarity will be sold in California later in 2016 TOKYO _ Honda has rolled out a new fuel cell vehicle, the first of its kind to be a five-seater. The zero-emissions Clarity may not sell in big numbers, however, given its price tag of 7.66 million yen ($67,000). Honda Motor Co. said
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Google self driving car crash highlights negotiations involved in everyday driving LOS ANGELES _ Newly released video shows the moment a Google self-driving car learned the hard way not to tussle with a public bus. The collision happened on Valentine’s Day, when a Google vehicle struck the side of a public bus in the Silicon
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Autonomous cars may evolve as everyday vehicles get smarter GENEVA _ Autonomous cars would mean a revolution in how people get around. But they might arrive just as much by evolution, with everyday cars getting gradually smarter, as by sudden shifts to fully self-driving vehicles. Autonomous driving, and its potential for sweeping change, was much on
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Honda looking for two-thirds of its sales to be zero-emissions by 2030 TOKYO _On Wednesday, Takahiro Hachigo, Honda Motor Co. president and chief executive unveiled the Japanese automaker’s long-term environmental strategy. He said two-thirds of the car company’s sales will be zero-emissions, including fuel cells and electric vehicles, hybrids and plug-ins by 2030. Japanese rival Toyota
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Ford working toward self-driving cars but will continue to build conventional vehicles BARCELONA, Spain _ Ford CEO Mark Fields says the 112-year-old company is tripling its investment in new technologies that will ultimately lead to self-driving vehicles, but will keep making cars for drivers who want to keep their hands on the wheel. Fields said
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Arctic Circle solar energy to fuel community of 150 people While the rest of Canada talks and talks about reducing reliance on fossil fuels, one tiny northern town is leading the way in actually doing it. Colville Lake, high in a corner of the Northwest Territories, has successfully tested a system of batteries and solar panels
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