And as reported by Wheels early last year, Valence has also partnered with Smith Electric Vehicles to develop electric delivery trucks for customers like Frito-Lay, Staples and Coca-Cola.
"We've been working with the next generation of electric technology to develop this model over the past five years," chief executive Mr Marazzi, 42, said.
In recent months, Ballard has shipped a stationary 250-kilowatt fuel cell generator to European utilities for testing; introduced an improved, compact version of its first automotive cell, which Ford Motor is testing; and announced a partnership with the Sunbeam Corporation's Coleman Powermate unit, a big distributor of portable electric generators, to develop a co-branded fuel cell.
BMW invested tremendous resources in its electric car platform to develop an all-electric vehicle platform, and it is willing to integrate legacy technology in order to deliver immediate value to its customers.
Both companies are working with the National Electric Manufacturers Association, a trade group representing electric equipment companies, to develop hardware and software specifications and protocols that charging networks will use to talk to each other.
Reduced emission using LCD approach is imposed on the existing electric power system to develop the model used to evaluate its effect on projected increment in the subregional electricity consumption level.
The Shenzhen BYD Daimler New Technology Company was formed in May to develop electric vehicles for the Chinese market.
To help get there, Daimler agreed in March with BYD of China to develop electric cars for China.
Several companies in different countries have been trying to develop electric planes in the hope of offering fuel-, emissions- and noise-free flights in the future.
It did identify opportunities to develop electric vehicles and biofuels; important for a sparsely populated country with high use of road transport.
Environmental groups contend that no other cars are as clean and that the pressure on auto companies to develop electric vehicles had spurred innovation.
