Posts tagged Electric Vehicles
Nothing says Christmas like LEDs, Facebook ups divorces and more
Dec 23rd
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Rich Wong looks ahead to 2010 — Rich Wong, partner at Accel Partners, sat down with Robert Scoble to provide a venture-eye view of 2010, covering trends in social media, real-time search, clean energy and who will come out on top between the iPhone and Android.
LEDs take over Christmas light market [...]
New supply deal keeps A123 competitor Valence afloat into 2010
Dec 19th
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The relatively minor deal just struck between Smith Electric Vehicles U.S. and Valence Technology may hold broader promise. The $1.4 million contract to supply the automaker with advanced batteries could be the shot in the arm Valence needs to survive among the likes of A123Systems, Johnson Controls-Saft and Panasonic.
Because the two companies designed [...]
A123Systems back on track with SAIC battery supply deal
Dec 18th
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Advanced battery maker A123Systems may not have missed the boat on major automotive contracts after all. The company, which went public in September, just announced that it is launching a joint venture with the Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC) to supply battery components for hybrid and fully-electric vehicles.
Previously, A123’s biggest supply contract was [...]
EnerDel, Mazda team to link EVs, solar and the grid (via postie)
Dec 2nd
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In the research center of Tsukuba City, just outside Tokyo, the first real world vehicle and grid storage experiments are underway. A collaboration between Mazda, EnerDel and Th!nk Global among others, the project is one of the first to look at the synergy between solar power, grid storage, electric vehicles and the average [...]
Nissan’s wireless EV charging could leave Coulomb, Better Place in the dust
Nov 17th
Electric vehicles have come a long way in the last two years. Tesla Motors and Fisker Automotive have proven that EVs can be fast and decently ranged, even sexy. Nissan is promising to make them fairly cheap. General Motors is working on something any flag waving urban American would be proud to drive. But there’s [...]
