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Kleiner Perkins backs solar sales & marketing startup

By May. 17, 2012, 2:40am PT 9 Comments

Gen110 started out as a solar sales and marketing company in 2009, and now it plans to add other residential energy services and has lined up Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers as an investor to help its expansion, Gen110 said Thursday. Read More »

Battery maker A123 posts big losses

By May. 15, 2012, 1:00pm PT No Comments

A123 Systems was supposed to be a success story about an innovative U.S. battery company, but it has struggled to live up to that expectation. The company on Tuesday posted lower revenues and greater losses for the first quarter of this year, about two months after … Read More »

Tesla will ship first Model S electric cars a month early

By May. 9, 2012, 3:50pm PT 3 Comments

The Model S Betas got buffed between rides.

Electric car company Tesla Motors is continuing to spend heavily to get its second electric car the Model S out the door, but now says the first Model S shipments will happen in June, a month earlier than expected. Read More »

Who’s liable in the share economy?

By Adam Lesser May. 8, 2012, 11:45am PT 3 Comments

The tragic story in which a man rented a car in Boston via peer-to-peer car sharing company RelayRides and wound up seriously injuring four people while losing his life, raised a familiar question for the share economy: Who’s responsible? Read More »

Oh, the places solar cells will go

By Apr. 20, 2012, 5:00am PT 4 Comments

A solar-powered loo prompts us to wonder where else can solar cells go to produce and promote clean power use. See our list of 8 places where solar cells make a good source of power. Read More »

Tesla, SolarCity quietly selling building battery projects

By Apr. 17, 2012, 5:00am PT 17 Comments

Electric car company Tesla and solar roof installer SolarCity have quietly been making deals that could one day lead to dozens of sales of battery projects coupled with rooftop solar systems built at both residential and commercial buildings in California. Read More »

Green Overdrive [video]: Test driving the electric Ford Focus

By Apr. 17, 2012, 12:00am PT 5 Comments

Ford is finally showing off its biggest push to date into the electric car market: an electric version of its Ford Focus. For GigaOM TV’s Green Overdrive show, we bring you a test drive! Read More »

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Ups and downs for cleantech in Q1
By Adam Lesser Apr. 15, 2012, 11:55pm PT No Comments

This quarter the EV market struggled to find its footing. Meanwhile, the smart-grid sector solidified and low-power technology proved itself important in the data center. Read more to learn what these news pieces and others mean for the larger space over the next few months.

Ford banks on Yahoo reality series to launch electric Focus
By Daniel Frankel, paidContent Apr. 10, 2012, 5:03pm PT No Comments

The Ford Motor Company, which will typically spend up to $100 million on a TV-rich ad campaign when it launches a new car, is creating its own original reality competition series on Yahoo to spark interest in its new Focus Electric model. Read More »

A growing wind farm in Alaska looks to batteries
By Apr. 10, 2012, 7:43am PT 2 Comments

While wind power is one of the cheapest forms of clean power, it’s also one of the most fickle, and to combat that problem, utilities are experimenting with energy storage, and in particular batteries. Read More »

Your next NYC cab ride could be in a mobile office
By Apr. 4, 2012, 6:28am PT No Comments

Nissan will deliver a fleet of new taxicabs to New York City starting in 2013. The new model, dubbed the NV200 minivan, is less a traditional cab and more of a comfortable mobile office with more amenities, outlets and leg room than an office cubicle. Read More »

Fisker unveils 2nd electric car the Atlantic (formerly Nina)
By Apr. 3, 2012, 6:19pm PT 4 Comments

Electric car startup Fisker Automotive unveiled a design prototype of its second extended-range electric car that is now being called the Atlantic (formerly called Project Nina) at an event in New York City on Tuesday night. Read More »

Electric car charging: Let’s not make this more complicated
By Adam Lesser Apr. 3, 2012, 2:35pm PT 19 Comments

When it comes to electric cars, it’s already slow going, so why make electric car charging more confusing, says GigaOM Pro analyst Adam Lesser, who takes a look at the early emerging market for electric car charging networks. Read More »

EV charging networks: Let’s not make this more complicated
By Adam Lesser Apr. 3, 2012, 6:00am PT No Comments

With eVgo rolling out subscription model pricing plans for its EV charging network in Houston and Dallas, it’s time to take stock and consider the ramifications for customers of making charging networks more difficult to access.

A123 fixing problem batteries, including ones for Fisker’s Karma
By Mar. 26, 2012, 8:10am PT No Comments

Lithium ion battery maker A123 Systems announced that it will replace some of the battery modules and packs that it’s sold that could contain defective prismatic cells, and that includes batteries for Fisker’s electric car the Karma. Read More »

Fisker electric Karma was pushed to market before it was ready
By Mar. 12, 2012, 3:10pm PT 27 Comments

Updated: Electric car startup Fisker Automotive pushed its long-delayed inaugural electric car to market before it was market-ready in order to try to meet government milestones, according to a former Fisker employee that left the company. Read More »

Coda ships its first electric sedan (finally)
By Mar. 12, 2012, 10:00am PT 4 Comments

Electric-car startup Coda officially drove its first ready-to-ship electric car off the assembly line at its plant in the Northern California city of Benicia, California, on Monday morning, saying that the move is the start of its customer sales. It’s been a long time coming. Read More »

GM plans to relaunch marketing for electric Volt in a month or so
By Mar. 7, 2012, 9:24pm PT 3 Comments

General Motors plans to relaunch a marketing, PR and advertising campaign for its extended-range electric Volt in the next 30 to 60 days, according to GM CEO Dan Akerson, to help boost under performing sales. Read More »

Here come the natural gas trucks
By Mar. 5, 2012, 9:00am PT No Comments

Spurred by recent support from the U.S. government and rock-bottom natural gas prices, the big auto makers appear to be getting on board with natural gas-powered vehicles. Read More »

GM temporarily stops making electric Volts
By Mar. 2, 2012, 1:21pm PT 2 Comments

General Motors is suspending production of its electric car the Volt for five weeks to help supply catch up with demand, according to The Detroit Free Press. Read More »

Electric car maker Bright Automotive to shut down
By Feb. 28, 2012, 8:10pm PT 7 Comments

According to local reports, Bright Automotive, which was a spinoff from the not-for-profit think tank Rocky Mountain Institute, and which had been developing a plug-in hybrid car called the IDEA for commercial fleets, plans to close shop. Read More »

Abound Solar suspends production, lays off 180
By Feb. 28, 2012, 7:11pm PT 2 Comments

The past year has been difficult for solar panel makers as many of them shuttered factories and filed for bankruptcies. The latest sign of this bleak time comes from a Tuesday announcement by Abound Solar, which is now suspending production and letting go of 180 workers. Read More »

If cars could talk to one another, what could (and should) they say?
By Feb. 28, 2012, 10:20am PT 7 Comments

Ford envisions a future of 4 billion cars that communicate with one another as peers, sharing information such as their speed, direction and the moment they brake with all of the other vehicles on the road. It’s a revolutionary vision, but it’s also a very scary … Read More »

Why Zipcar is tapping the college market
By Adam Lesser Feb. 28, 2012, 6:00am PT No Comments

Zipcar’s decision last week to make a strategic investment in peer-to-peer car-sharing startup Wheelz surprised many. But Wheelz is another way for Zipcar to access a young demographic, college students, which it has been courting for some time as a way to build its relationship with …

Karma lets you send gifts by phone to Facebook friends
By Feb. 27, 2012, 9:01pm PT 4 Comments

A new app from the founders of Tapjoy is emerging to combine mobile and social commerce on iOS and Android devices. The app, called Karma, makes gifting to friends a breeze, by integrating with a user’s social graph on Facebook and suggesting gifts for them. Read More »

Battery breakthrough could bring electric cars to all
By Feb. 26, 2012, 3:03pm PT 37 Comments

A startup called Envia Systems that’s been working on lithium ion battery technology says it’s developed a key breakthrough that could one day lead to an electric car that has a 300-mile range and could cost around $25,000 to $30,000. Read More »

The case of the Tesla “brick”
By Feb. 22, 2012, 11:21am PT 4 Comments

A few early Roadsters that have been left without a charge for an extended period of time, have turned into so-called “bricks.” Here’s what Tesla has to say about it: Read More »

Today in Green IT: What’s the future of Zipcar?
By Adam Lesser Feb. 16, 2012, 11:30am PT 1 Comment

Zipcar reported fourth quarter earnings this week and Wall Street was not happy (shares traded down an immediate 13 percent). Despite actually posting its second consecutive quarterly profit of $3.9 million, concerns are rising about revenue numbers, particularly in Europe. Read More »

Analyst: Pretty certain Fisker’s DOE loan is gone
By Feb. 16, 2012, 8:34am PT 14 Comments

How likely is it that electric car company Fisker Automotive will be able to draw down on the remaining $339 million of its Department of Energy loan? According to one analyst, not likely. Read More »

Tesla scores electric Mercedes-Benz deal
By Feb. 15, 2012, 1:51pm PT 5 Comments

Tesla reported fourth quarter and full year earnings on Wednesday and in its shareholder’s letter revealed that it has started a development program with Daimler to build a new electric Mercedes-Benz vehicle with a Tesla powertrain. Read More »

Tesla says reservations of Model X have hit $40M worth of cars
By Feb. 14, 2012, 4:36pm PT 8 Comments

Tesla’s flashy unveiling of its Model X electric SUV/minivan last week looks like it’s paid off in reservations. The car company announced on Tuesday that just a day after the launch, Tesla had accumulated reservations for more than $40 million worth of Model X sales. Read More »

Why Tesla’s Model X electric SUV is important
By Feb. 10, 2012, 8:18am PT 11 Comments

Tesla’s unveiling of the Model X, an SUV-minivan electric car, this week signals to the world that the electric car can truly go mainstream despite the current difficulties in the EV market. A minivan — the world’s least cool car — just got hip, green, and … Read More »

Tesla’s Model X could make the electric SUV a hit
By Feb. 10, 2012, 5:48am PT Comments Off

Tesla has decked out its Model X, an SUV-minivan hybrid, with innovative design features that, along with a relatively affordable price tag, could attract a mainstream audience. This research note examines why Tesla will be the brand to watch in the electric vehicle market.

Tesla Model X launch party photos
By Feb. 10, 2012, 5:00am PT 1 Comment

Following the sneak preview of Tesla’s third electric car the Model X, an SUV/minivan combo, on Thursday, Tesla threw a party where it officially unveiled the car and invited a thousand or so guests to celebrate the launch. Here’s our pics from the event: Read More »

Hands-on video with Tesla’s electric Model X
By Feb. 9, 2012, 8:00pm PT 60 Comments

We took GigaOM TV’s Green Overdrive show down Tesla’s sneak preview of its Model X, electric SUV/minivan launch, and got this first hands-on video with the car and an interview with Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk. Check it out: Read More »

How electric vehicles lead to better telematics
By Adam Lesser Feb. 7, 2012, 2:00pm PT Comments Off

Offerings in the EV space will explode this year, with everything from a long-awaited plug-in Prius to the first all-electric SUV from Tesla. More important, they will usher in the era of the connected car and an entirely new relationship between a driver and his vehicle.

This is how far off Fisker is from its original numbers
By Feb. 7, 2012, 10:58am PT 6 Comments

It’s now clear that the delays for Fisker’s electric car the Karma have veered the company off track. But just how far is Fisker from its original goals? Read More »

After Solyndra: analyzing the solar industry
By Ucilia Wang Feb. 3, 2012, 8:44pm PT Comments Off

The solar industry has begun 2012 with some trepidation, with many on the warpath to cut costs and reduce output. These moves give the market a chance to reduce inventories and get production more in sync with demand. But recovery will likely come slowly.

VIDEO: The Super Bowl Volt ad (it’s got aliens)
By Feb. 3, 2012, 7:56am PT 1 Comment

Watch the Super Bowl ad for GM’s electric Volt, complete with confused aliens. Read More »

CES 2012: a recap and analysis
By Derek Kerton Feb. 2, 2012, 11:40pm PT Comments Off

This year’s CES was the biggest in the show’s 44-year history. It boasted 15 miles of exhibit hall aisles, 3,100 booths and 153,000 attendees. It is easy to be jaded by the endlessly repetitive products, but the thousands of innovations point toward a future of connectivity.

12 tech leaders’ resolutions for 2012
By GigaOM Pro Jan. 31, 2012, 5:14pm PT Comments Off

If you’re like many of us, you’re already thinking over some New Year’s resolutions that will make you a better “you” in 2012. But how are the tech industries’ thought leaders approaching the new year? We asked 12 of them for their resolutions.

Will an electric SUV be a game changer?
By Jan. 31, 2012, 7:12am PT 6 Comments

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said that he thinks the electric Model X, which will be unveiled on February 9th, will be “cooler” than any SUV or minivan on the market. Tesla teased the frame of the car in its invitations. What do you think? Read More »

Fisker recalls electric cars again, due to software glitch
By Jan. 19, 2012, 11:18am PT 2 Comments

Updated. Electric car maker Fisker Automotive issued its second recall of its inaugural car the Karma, this time due to a software malfunction that affected its entertainment and navigation systems, reports Hybridcars. Fisker will also temporarily halt sales of the Karma until the problem is fixed. Read More »

And the CEO of the 21st century is . . .
By Jan. 19, 2012, 7:44am PT 2 Comments

We are barely into the second decade of this century and already one Harvard Business School academic (who is a former CEO himself) is naming his candidate for CEO of the 21st century. His choice may or may not surprise you. Check it out. Read More »

VIA Motors rolls out converted hybrid electric trucks
By Jan. 10, 2012, 11:37am PT 1 Comment

Trotting out auto industry veteran and the former public face of Chevy Volt, Bob Lutz, as a spokesman, VIA Motors on Tuesday showed off its technology of converting conventional trucks, cargo vans and SUVs into hybrid electric vehicles and laid out production plans. Read More »

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