The entire world hopes to start driving electric cars soon, and Africa, despite its reputation for poor economies, is no exception. Luckily, a South African company called Optimal Energy is working to release a vehicle in 2010.
And unlike the many attempts to make electric cars as small and cheap as possible, the vehicle, called the [...]
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Hope you had a delicious Thanksgiving. Here’s proof the news machine never stops:
Yahoo’s European head says arrivederce – Toby Coppel, in charge of Yahoo’s Western European market, is out, according to All Things D.
But Icahn is buying — Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is circling the bleeding hulk that is Yahoo like a shark, having just [...]
A common idea for making solar cells more effective is to concentrate sunlight on them with lenses and mirrors. But for thin-film solar, which is made up of cheaper materials than typical silicon-based photovoltaic cells, these focusing techniques are hardly mentioned. Optony hopes it can bridge this gap with a new technology.
At first glance, the [...]
With a carbon cap and trade now a near certainty for the United States, investors are rushing to fund companies that will help create the market. A Sterling, Va. company called Clear Standards is the latest, with a new $4 million for an inventory system corporations can use to track their greenhouse gas emissions.
Measuring emissions [...]
To some, the idea of buildings that can be delivered by trucks conjures up visions of depressing rural trailer parks. But Project Frog’s designs offer a modern variation on the prefabricated building theme, with cheap modular buildings that are also energy efficient.
Project Frog’s buildings are making inroads in education and child care. Because they are [...]
Laser maker Raydiance has picked up $20 million more in its quest to manufacture lasers for everyday commercial use in medicine, manufacturing, energy and other fields.
Raydiance’s lasers are a type called ultrashort pulse (USP) lasers, which pulse light on the femtosecond time scale — a method that can help keep excess heat from building up, [...]
Google has released a new feature called SearchWiki that allows users to vote search results up or down, remove them entirely, or leave notes with their thoughts. While the rankings appear to only affect the account of the user who made them (for now), the notes are public and readable by anyone, and seem to [...]
Better Place (formerly Project Better Place) has scored a coup in the California Bay Area. The electric vehicle startup has struck a deal with the region, including the cities of San Francisco, San Jose and Oakland, to set up a $1 billion charging network for electric cars, with car availability beginning in 2012.
Unlike its charging [...]
For years, Austin, Texas has been a hub of the semiconductor and computing industries. But the city has always been known more for its large corporations than Silicon Valley-style startup culture. The founders of a new incubator called Tech Ranch Austin say that’s a changing equation.
The problem, says cofounder Kevin Koym, is the lack of [...]
We may be in the depths of a credit crunch, but some banks still seem willing to give loans to renewable energy projects. This morning, solar services firm SunRun is announcing a $105 million commitment by U.S. Bancorp (USB) to buy about 2,000 of the residential projects it installs.
Keep in mind that this isn’t equity [...]
For anyone who doubted that president-elect Barack Obama would push for carbon-cap legislation immediately upon entering office, he provided reassurance today with an address to a meeting of state governors in Los Angeles.
Both business spokesmen and politicians have opined that a carbon cap and trade system — which places a limit on the greenhouse gases [...]
A technology that might offer some respite to first-generation ethanol makers like Verasun and Pacific Ethanol has received a significant $25 million from backers including oil giant BP and George Soros’s investment fund. The company in question is Qteros, formerly called SunEthanol, a little-known startup placing big bets on a plucky microbe.
Qteros is one of [...]
Another significant funding deal for the energy conservation crowd was announced this morning, with ReGen Power Systems taking $5 million for an engine that converts waste industrial heat into power. That may sound a bit boring, but the investment and technology are a harbinger of big changes to come.
Everyone has experienced waste heat from electricity-driven [...]
The trimmed down, one-size-fits-all automobile chassis Gordon Murray Design is building isn’t as impressive as, say, a Tesla Roadster or Aptera Typ-1. But the United Kingdom automaker’s plan to revamp the auto industry and boost fuel efficiency is nevertheless getting some attention.
Modern cars are designed and built much the same way as the first mass-produced [...]
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SEC charges [...]
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