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Siemens is gearing up for continued growth in its new fiscal year, especially in the emerging markets like Africa, after ending fiscal 2011 with record operating results. On the occasion of the company's global board members meeti...  more

Smith Electric Vehicles Corp. (Smith), a leader in all-electric commercial vehicles, announced that the company will expand its U.S. operations by adding a manufacturing facility in New York State, creating up to 100 new direct lo...  more

Berlin-based SOLON SE presented its figures for the period ended September 30, 2011. Performance in the major solar markets continued to be very disparate in the third quarter of 2011. The market in Italy picked up again robustly ...  more

Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., will offer a fuel-efficient hybrid at a more accessible price when the Prius c joins the Prius Family of vehicles in the spring of 2012.  The U.S. debut of the Prius c will be next January at the ...  more

Alcoa and BYD have co-developed a new all-aluminum space-frame and electric bus design that has reduced the weight of BYD’s 40-foot, transit, all-electric bus by 40 percent, or nearly one ton, versus the steel design. The first tw...  more

Vestas has received orders for a total of 139 MW for 77 V100-1.8 MW turbines from First Wind for two wind-energy projects in the United States. The 104.4-MW Palouse Wind project in Whitman County, Wash., will include 58 V100-1.8 M...  more

MAGE SOLAR AG, headquartered in Ravensburg, is expanding its commitment as premium sponsor of the German professional soccer league (“Bundesliga”) as it took over the naming rights for the stadium of SC Freiburg. The club is the s...  more

Innovation, as practiced by Nissan's creative design, engineering and product development teams can take many forms - from the recently introduced "most room for the dollar" Nissan Versa Sedan to the all-new category defining Niss...  more

Smith Electric Vehicles Corp. (Smith), a leader in all-electric commercial vehicles, announced the appointment, effective Nov. 4, 2011, of Thomas T. Stallkamp and Robert J. Druten to its board of directors, and Bryan Hansel, Smith...  more

In the third quarter of 2011, SolarWorld AG was able to report an increase in shipments over the same quarter of the previous year. Revenue amounted to € 237.8 (Q3 2010: € 342.1) million. EBIT was at € 20.6 (Q3 2010: € 49.8) milli...  more