Well, that didn’t take long.
Back in Feburary, Tesla Motors CEO Ze’ev Drori and chairman Elon Musk said that the electric-car company would come out with a version of its Model S sedan that would be based around a series hybrid architecture. In a series hybrid or REV (for range-extended electric vehicle), the car runs on [...]
It’s like a bobsled on wheels.
That’s the feeling of driving the Tango from Commuter Cars, the latest electric car startup. The company produces an all-electric (and very expensive) car that’s about the size of a large motorcycle. (See photos). In fact, the car is five inches thinner than some touring motorcycles. The passenger sits [...]
SAUSALITO, Calif. — Computer companies initially made everything they needed – chips, software, chassis, cooling systems. Gradually, the business went horizontal: some made chips, others went into software and others just concentrated on equipment.
The same is going to happen in biofuels, Neal Gutterson, CEO of Mendel Biotechnology told me during a break at the GoingGreen [...]
SAUSALITO, Calif. — Solar companies aren’t the only ones raking in the millions.
Coskata, a company that wants to transform trash and old cellulosic vegetable matter into ethanol, is a few weeks away from closing a third round of funding, said CEO Bill Roe at the GoingGreen conference taking place here.
He didn’t say how large the [...]
Microbes have been enlisted to make cheese, alcohol, medicine and fuel. Genomatica is exploiting them to make industrial chemicals.
The San Diego-based company, which for years sold molecular modeling software, has devised a way to feed raw glucose to genetically-enhanced microbes and get a chemical substance out the other end that is a precursor to BDO, [...]
Hydrogen is easily the world’s most maligned alternative fuel. The most common manufacturing process for it generates huge amounts of carbon dioxide. It is difficult to transport in conventional pipelines. Almost no fueling stations exists. And hydrogen fuel cells today continue to cost an outrageous amount.
Critics far outnumber supporters and include noted researchers (Joe Romm), [...]
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