Comments on: 7 Startups Building Green Car Tech for a Pre-Electric World

By: Bill Gates, Vinod Khosla Back Efficient Engine Startup EcoMotors

Bill Gates, Vinod Khosla Back Efficient Engine Startup EcoMotors — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:01:22 +0000

[...] for more efficient, lower emission versions of the old internal combustion engine vehicle (see 7 Startups Building Green Car Tech for a Pre-Electric World). The company’s engine design includes stackable modules, one of which can be shut off [...]

By: 5 Ways Nissan Will Deliver Higher MPGs in a Pre-Electric World | iPhone, iPad Weblog

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:43:06 +0000

[...] is readying to launch these technologies at a time when a growing number of startups hope to sell or license fuel-saving, emission-reducing tech to the world’s largest au.... Achates Power, for example, is working on a high-efficiency two-stroke diesel engine that’s [...]

By: 5 Ways Nissan Aims to Deliver Higher MPGs in a Pre-Electric World

5 Ways Nissan Aims to Deliver Higher MPGs in a Pre-Electric World — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:02:01 +0000

By: GM Launches Venture Capital Arm, Starting With $100M

GM Launches Venture Capital Arm, Starting With $100M — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 20:35:57 +0000

[...] $100 million fund, and potentially gain access to its testing facilities? Check out our lists of 7 Startups Building Green Car Tech for a Pre-Electric World, and 20 Battery Startups Hitting the Road With [...]

By: Khosla-Backed EcoMotors Bags $18M Development Deal

Khosla-Backed EcoMotors Bags $18M Development Deal — Tue, 18 May 2010 17:36:45 +0000

[...] The startup faces plenty of competition, however. It remains to be seen whether, and how many, car companies will bet on young ventures for MPG-boosting tech. A slew of startups have emerged in recent years hoping to provide technology that could help boost the fuel efficiency and reduce the emissions of the world’s vehicle fleet — long before electric cars go mainstream (here’s 7 Startups Building Green Car Tech for a Pre-Electric World). [...]

By: Alphabet Energy: Capturing Waste Heat For $1 Watt

Alphabet Energy: Capturing Waste Heat For $1 Watt — Mon, 03 May 2010 15:17:59 +0000

[...] One-year-old Alphabet Energy develops “thermoelectrics” for waste heat recovery — semiconductor materials that generate electricity when you make one side hot and the other side cold. The startup says it can create them at a cost 50 times cheaper than existing materials, and at around $1 per watt for industries such as heavy manufacturing, automotive, aerospace and power generation (see our list of 7 Startups Building Green Car Tech for a Pre-Electric World). [...]

By: Tighter MPG, Emission Rules Go on the Books for 2012

Tighter MPG, Emission Rules Go on the Books for 2012 — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 19:20:29 +0000

[...] long term. But a slew of startups (like Achates Power, Alphabet Energy, EcoMotors and others in our chart of upstarts building green car tech for a pre-electric world) aim to seize the opportunity in coming months and [...]

By: Earth2Tech Week In Review

Earth2Tech Week In Review — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:49:19 +0000

[...] 7 Startups Building Green Car Tech for a Pre-Electric World: There are a raft of startups working on technology that could help boost the fuel efficiency and reduce the emissions of the world’s vehicle fleet long before electric cars go mainstream. Here’s 7 of them. [...]

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Bad Credit: Can You Still Get A Good Car Loan? — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:21:17 +0000