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Australia's Quantum Performance Vehicles reveals the GP700, an extreme machine packing 700 horsepower, weighing 1,500 pounds, and capable of a 2.6-second 0-62 time.

The upcoming relaunched Fisker Karma will look a lot like the old one. Turns out, the brains of the car will share a lot with the old Karma as well.

When you're within spitting distance of the Motor City, you've got to defend your turf.

No, that is not the world's most awesome Michigan Wolverines beer pong table. It's a million-dollar race car that's powered by the sun, and in the most recent epsiode of Translogic, our sister site visits the University of Michigan Solar Car Team to learn all about it.

Production of the Fisker Karma's solar roof, made by Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc along with Asola of Germany, is due to begin in early 2011. This solar roof will set the record for "largest continuous and most highly curved solar roof in a passenger car application." Additionally, the solar roof of the Karma one-ups that of the Toyota Prius by not only allowing the solar panel

On the outside, the Clandestine Extended Range Vehicle (CERV) and the Fisker Karma don't have a lot in common (the CERV is so clandestine we can't even find a picture of it). Underneath, though, both use a powertrain from Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies. This week, Quantum delivered the CERV to the U.S. Army. The CERV uses the Q-Force drivertrain,

Fisker Karma - Click above for high-res image gallery

The Orange County Business Journal has picked the crew behind the Fisker Karma as its entrepreneurs of the year. Alan Niedzwiecki, the President and CEO of Quantum, Henrik Fisker, cofounder and CEO of Fisker Automotive Inc., and Bernhard Koehler, cofounder and COO of Fisker Automotive were recognized for their efforts in starting Fisker. Six of the seven recognized executives, including the three from Fisker, were awarded for succeeding in businesses that are getting particularly hammered by the

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Quantum has been working on adding hydrogen capability to the Norwegian infrastructure, both through hydrogen stations and converted hydrogen Priuses. In the U.S., Quantum is also working on Sebastian Blanco

Now that we've seen the Fisker Karma, we're glad to know more about the company behind this $80,000 plug-in hybrid. As part to the Karma's unveiling, Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, the company that is part of the joint venture behind Fisker Automotive, announced that the funding group Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers gave a second round of funding to Fisk

Mazda is sending 30 Mazda RX-8 Hydrogen RE vehicles to Norway next summer, the first time the company has sold hydrogen vehicles outside of Japan. The buyer is HyNor (the Hydrogen Road of Norway), which is a Norwegian national project that is also running some hydrogen-powered Priuses, converted by Quantum.

Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies is one of the largest suppliers of fuel storage systems for compressed gas fuels like natural gas and hydrogen. Now they are supplying three mobile hydrogen filling stations to General Motors for refueling fuel cell vehicles. The rigs will be used by GM for refueling vehicles at various locations like proving grounds, off-site tests, public demonstrations and fleet tests.

Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc., a fully integrated alternative fuel company, has just imported several more of its hydrogen hybrid Toyota Prius' to Heroya Porsgrunn, Norway where they unveiled their first hydrogen refueling station. The goal that this first station is helping to be realized is a hydrogen-fueled highway between Oslo, the capitol, and Stavanger. The 360-mile route will require four additional stations, at least, which will be c

Chery cars are coming to the U.S. one way or the other, and the first ones might not carry a Chrysler nameplate.

We've mentioned fuel cell manufacturer Quantum a few times recently in conjunction with their hydrogen storage systems being selected by General Motors for the fleet of fuel cell powered Equinoxes GM are building, plus via their supply of hydrogen fuel systems and storage to Ford for its Escape Hydrogen Hybrid.

Ford's advanced hydrogen internal combustion engine (HICE) powered shuttle bus program delivered three vehicles in early December to Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada to begin an important pilot program. Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. are providing the hydrogen fuel injectors used in the HICE E450s which will be included in the Senate shuttle bus fleet for