Electric vehicle (EV) fans the world over have been getting excited about the prospect of Toyota’s upcoming electric RAV4 model (pictured). The original RAV4 EV is still celebrated by its owners and EV enthusiasts alike — and commands impressive prices …
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Gevo shares rise after $107 million biofuels IPO — Gevo’s shares have climbed about 13 percent today to $16.94 at the time of this posting, up from its initial offering price …
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Bridgelux raises $21 million — According to an SEC filing, the LED company has raised $20.7 million of a $21 million fundraising goal. The company recently announced a new line …
Is what’s good for GM also good for the environment?
We asked last year if the new GM would be a cleantech play. It’s looking more and more like that’s the case. Today, the company announced it would be rolling …
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Nissan admits to Leaf delays – VentureBeat first reported on expected delays of the all-electric Nissan Leaf last year. Now the automaker has formally acknowledged Leaf delivery delays due to …
During the first half of 2010, nearly 13,000 U.S. taxpayers wrongly claimed a staggering $33 million under the electric tax credit incentive scheme, a Treasury Department inspector general report has revealed.
The credits, designed to encourage the uptake of plug-in …
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Cleantech investing hit $4 billion in 2010 — Investments in cleantech companies are up 8 percent from the year before, according to a report by accounting firm Ernst & Young. Most …
The first business day of every month is when automakers release sales data for the previous month. Today, we got January’s sales figures, which are an improvement over last January’s.
But the question that we keep hearing is: Which sells …
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Comverge software expands to cars, air conditioning — The company is a top player in demand response, a peak load-reducing program popular among utilities. But it’s expanding its software …
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Think City electric car recalled — The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has recalled 39 of the 2011 Think City two-seater electric cars (pictured), Green Car Reports writes. …
Electric car charging company Ecotality has integrated its Blink car charger with Cisco’s home energy management systems. The Cisco-Ecotality parntership will allow electric car charging status and electricity rates gathered by the Blink charger (pictured, above) to be viewable on …
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NRG, ConocoPhilips and GE create $300 million fund – Energy Technology Ventures will look to invest in early-stage technologies within the energy and cleantech fields. GE will conduct due diligence …
Electric carmaker Tesla will recycle its battery packs in Europe by refining its innards to cobalt, nickel and other metals.
Tesla joins a long list of electric car manufacturers that are trying to figure out what to do with batteries …
Riding high on a bout of good press for its Chevy Volt, GM is putting $7 million into its next big bet on electric cars: cheaper, higher-energy batteries.
In his state of the union address yesterday, President Obama called for …
In his state of the union address last night, President Obama called for an end to oil subsidies and set a national goal of reaching 80 percent clean energy by 2035.
“I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but they’re doing …
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Tesla will unveil Model X electric SUV this year — Elon Musk laid out the company’s electric car lineup plans and said Tesla would develop a “mainstream” car costing $30,000 …
First came VentureBeat’s scoop on the Model S prototype’s completion. Then came Tesla’s trifecta of professionally-edited videos showing off the engineering of the all-electric 2012 Model S sedan. Now, Tesla has released a video showing the Model S alpha going …
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BrightSource Energy raises $1.75 million — According to an SEC filing, the solar thermal power company, which is a rumored IPO candidate this year, has raised a small round of …
Looks like one company has had enough of the rare earth shortages.
Toyota is in the advanced stages of creating a hybrid car “induction motor” that doesn’t use rare earths, Bloomberg reported today. Rare-earth minerals are used in a number …
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Valero will invest $50 million biofuels plant — The plant is operated by venture-backed Mascoma and will churn out biofuels from wood chips. Valero will also purchase 40 million gallons of …
