Acer is going off the rails and into the world of Star Trek with its Aspire R7 all-in-one computer.
Lenovo has introduced the delicious looking ThinkPad Helix laptop/tablet hybrid, with an 11.6-inch tablet that can be attached to a comfy keyboard.
Convertible tablets and gesture recognition to be the stars of Intel's developer conference next week.
Talk to any independent auto-repair mechanic, and you'll learn that the single most important item that keeps a shop in business is brakes. But hybrids and electric cars use their friction brakes far less aggressively than regular cars.
We already know that April was a great month for Toyota Prius hybrid sales, but it turns out that the first quarter of the year produced stellar sales numbers for hybrids in general, as well as plug-in electric cars.
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Brace yourselves, electric-car advocates, for another possible round of alarmism and superficial reporting about fires in plug-in cars.
A Bloomberg story from Friday highlights a third fire involving a Chevrolet Volt range-extended electric car–only 7,500 or so of which are …
Here’s the latest action we’re following on the GreenBeat today:
Solyndra raises $75 million in credit facility – The solar manufacturer’s latest round of financing to shore up its capital needs come in the form of a secured credit facility …
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Vinod Khosla strikes back at the WSJ — Range Fuels, a biofuels startup backed by billionaire venture capitalist Vinod Khosla, got dealt a pretty tough criticism in a WSJ editorial …
After several rounds of delays and price increases, electric car startup Fisker says it will start production next month for the Karma, a luxury plug-in hybrid priced at $95,900.
The company raised $150 million earlier this month at a $600 …
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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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 …
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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 …
It’s been quite a year for energy-related investments and other ventures looking to make some green from green. Here’s a look back on the biggest successes and flops of 2010.
Best of cleantech in 2010:
Bloom Energy — The fuel …
Recently, we wrote about the move in the private sector to use electric and hybrid delivery trucks. Companies like FedEx and Frito Lay are tapping into benefits of greener cars — even ahead of the broader consumer market because they’re …
Here are the top cleantech stories we’re following today on the GreenBeat:
Smart grid communications company Trilliant announced it has inked a deal with British Gas to roll out one million smart meters by 2012. The deal could open up …
Here are the top cleantech stories we’re following on the GreenBeat today:
Coda CEO Kevin Czinger has stepped down by “mutual consent,” according to a company statement. Co-chairman Steve Heller will serve as interim CEO until a replacement has been …
Smartphones aren’t the only devices where apps will dominate. As our cars get smarter, apps will inevitably become a bigger part of our driving experience as well.
Smartphone apps connected to electric vehicles will let us track charging levels and …
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Tesla has completed the $42 million purchase of a factory in Fremont previously owned by a Toyota and GM joint venture, the Wall Street Journal reports. CEO Elon Musk …
In its $9.4 million first-round financing, SG Biofuels has attracted the backing of a subsidiary of Koch Industries – the first time the oil and agriculture conglomerate has invested in biofuels. SG Biofuels makes fuel from the inedible seed of …
