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Wednesday, August 8th, 2007According to CNN, Tesla Motors all-electric Roadster will be out by October or November of this year. They currently have almost 600 buyers queued up to buy the $100,000 car.
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Cleantechblog update on Tesla Motors: Building a company: 0 to 60 in 4 seconds
Sunday, June 10th, 2007Cleantechblog.com provides some updates in this article on Tesla Motors. Tesla Motors, which is currently trying hard to finish its Tesla Roadster and get it in the hands of the 400 people or so who have paid about $100,000 each for a zero-emission car that can accelerate from zero to 60 in 4 […]
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Meeting the demand for green packaging
Saturday, May 26th, 2007Reducing the size and weight of packaging not only helps a company’s bottom line, it also helps the environment. Berry Plastics is one of a number of companies that handles redesign projects for customers who want to make their products less bulky - last year on one project alone, they were able […]
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Environmentally Friendly Farmers Abandon Tradition for Power
Sunday, May 20th, 2007DW-World.DE has a pretty interesting article about a town in southern Germany that is producing more power than it uses. The farmers in Freiamt, a town of around 4,500 people near the Black Forest, have put up windmills, installed solar panels, and used the extra warmth that’s created when their cows’ milk is […]
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Kohl’s department stores to go solar in California
Sunday, April 29th, 2007Kohl’s Corp. announced this week that they will convert most of their California department stores to solar power starting next month. Plans are to convert 24 stores by the end of this year and another 40 by the end of 2008. Each store will get about 2,300 SunEdison supplied solar panels […]
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CNNMoney: Watch out: Here comes $4 gasoline
Thursday, April 26th, 2007Refinery production issues are causing gasoline prices to move higher. leading experts to predict that gasoline will move close to or above $4 a gallon in many parts of the US.
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Green Car Journal: Making the plug-in hybrid “real”
Tuesday, April 17th, 2007Green Car Journal has a nice article about the growing pressure on General Motors to “make real” the Volt concept car that GM showed off last January at the North American International Auto Show. According to Green Car Journal, there are rumors and reports questioning whether the Volt will ever be built. […]
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USA Today: Hybrid vehicle technology goes commercial
Thursday, April 12th, 2007USA Today has a pretty good article describing all the different ways automobile hybrid technology is being used. From hybrid buses to hybrid locomotives to hybrid tugboats to hybrid earth excavators, the pairing of rechargeable batteries and small gas or diesel engines is leading to significant fuel savings.
Check it out here.
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Venture Capitalists Want to Put Some Algae in Your Tank
Sunday, March 11th, 2007The New York Times talks about some of the entrepreneurial companies and venture capitalists that are putting money into different alternative energy research. The story follows two venture capitalists, Lissa Morgenthaler-Jones, and her husband, David Jones, who are investing their personal fortunes trying to show that they can grow lots of algae and […]
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Hybrids Get New Heart With Better Batteries
Sunday, March 11th, 2007The International Herald Tribune showcases A123Systems in its Business section today. A123Systems is one of a number of companies trying to make low cost batteries for plug-in hybrids. The company is developing batteries for use in the Saturn Vue for GM, and they are hoping to get a similar contract to develop […]
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