| Union Pacific Q32009 (Qtr. End 09/30/10) Earnings Conference Call Union Pacific Corporation. (UNP)Q32009 Earnings CallOctober 22, 2009 10:00 a.m. ET Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |
Customer Is the Winner in the Electric Vehicle Market John Addison submits:Electric cars and hybrid cars are prominent here at the LA Auto Show. GM highlighted big plans for the Chevy Volt. Toyota (TM), owning some 65 percent of the U.S. hybrid market, displayed the Prius Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle [PHV] along with a growing family Toyota and Lexus hybrids. The Volt will have triple the electric range of the PHV. Toyota may have a $10,000 price advantage over the Volt.For extended driving, the Toyota plug-in will normally blend power from the 1.8L gasoline engine and from the 60kW electric motor, just as the Prius does now. The Volt, however, is powered purely with its electric drive system, with a one liter gasoline engine configured in series to act as a generator. Although series designs have been used for years, GM insists that the Volt is in a unique category – the extended range electric vehicle [EREV]. What may be unique is consumer confusion. Clean Fleet Report refers to both the Volt and Prius Plug-in as plug-in hybrids.Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |
Peak Oil Investments I'm Putting My Money On: Part II, Hydrogen and Vehicle Electrification Tom Konrad (AltEnergyStocks) submits: In Part I of this series, I listed four potential substitutes that have been proposed to replace oil as limited supply and growth in developing markets draw oil away from traditional users. I've since added a fifth to my list of potential substitutes: Biofuels and Biochemicals Vehicle Electrification Hydrogen Natural Gas Coal and Gas to Liquids Part I looked deeper into the potential for biofuels to displace oil, and made some recommendations as to which stock might benefit most from this trend. In this article I'll look at vehicle electrification (including traditional hybrid electric vehicles [HEVs] such as the Prius, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles [PHEVs] and pure electric vehicles [EVs]), and hydrogen vehicles, since they have many similarities. Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |
Seaspan Corporation Q1 2010 Earnings Call Transcript Seaspan Corporation (SSW)Q1 2010 Earnings CallMay 12, 2010 8:30 am ETComplete Story » seekingalpha.com |
ArvinMeritor CEO Discusses F3Q10 Results - Earnings Call Transcript ArvinMeritor Inc. (ARM)F3Q10 (Qtr End 07/30/2010) Earnings CallAugust 3, 2010 10:00 am ETComplete Story » seekingalpha.com |