Solar startup GreenVolts has found a friend in power giant ABB, in a very difficult solar market this year. Read More »
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Cutting the battery cost out of owning an electric vehicle could be a key way to push electric vehicles into the mass market, according to a report from consulting giant Accenture. Read More »
ECOtality and Cisco are joining forces to manage home energy and car charging in a way that consumers and utilities can use. The first systems could be deployed by year’s end via the DOE-funded EV Project. Read More »
The new wave of electric cars will be connected cars, both via a power cord, but also through the increased use of communication networks. The latest example of this comes from Sprint, which is providing the connection for Ecotality’s Blink electric car charging stations. Read More »
Swiss grid giant ABB has put $10 million into car charging company ECOtality and linked a North American manufacturing agreement. Looks like ABB is picking its preferred winner for the U.S. car charging network to come. Read More »
Cutting electric vehicle charging time from hours to minutes is a holy grail of the car charging industry. But plenty of bumps lie ahead for the dream of a gas station equivalent for the EV market. Read More »
NRG looks to be trying out a vertical green energy play from generation to consumer, combining its fossil-fuel-based electricity, its wind and solar power, and it’s green consumer strategy. Will it work? Read More »
California regulators voted unanimously on Thursday that companies providing electric vehicle charging stations and services will not be regulated as public utilities in the state, which is expected to be one of the earliest and largest markets for plug-in vehicles. Read More »
ECOtality CEO Jonathan Read described the company’s new Blink smart charging stations for electric vehicles as a “Swiss army knife of telecommunication,” designed to connect with local area networks, Wi-Fi, Zigbee and cell phone networks. Can Read build a business with these stations? Read More »
How important will the design of some of the first charging stations be for the success of plug-in cars? Here’s how GE, Better Place, Ecotality, AeroVironment, and Coulomb Technologies stack up. Read More »
When you plug in and juice up your battery, are you buying electricity? No charging infrastructure providers say in comments filed with the California Public Utilities Commission. You’re paying for an electric vehicle service, and regulators need to make that crystal clear. Read More »
Want to know how the Nissan LEAF will look and feel on the road when it launches later this year? The first shots of a pre-production LEAF have been snapped in Arizona, and Nissan is kicking off a week of test drives. Read More »
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