The Problem With MPGs: The folks behind the Automotive X Prize lay the smack down on General Motors’ 230 MPG claim for the Chevy Volt, and make the case for their MPGe (miles per gallon equivalent) method of calculating the fuel efficiency of plug-in vehicles. — […] Read more »
Cozy Coda-Goldman Sachs Connection: Former treasury secretary Henry Paulson, onetime chairman and chief executive of Goldman Sachs, recently invested in electric car startup Coda Automotive and joined the advisory board. Coda’s ties to the firm run deeper than that: CEO Kevin Czinger and co-chairman Steven Heller […] Read more »
We knew electric car startup Coda Automotive was on the hunt for more funds to help it bring its planned $45,000, China-built electric sedan to market next year — but we didn’t expect this: Former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, who oversaw the government’s bailout negotiations with […] Read more »
[qi:gigaom_icon_chip] Texas Instruments last year said it would exit the wireless baseband business (it will still make custom radios for clients, but will dump its catalog of wireless baseband chips), and today the Wall Street Journal notes the effect this is likely to have on TI’s […] Read more »
Launching a vehicle on the mass market doesn’t come cheap. As legacy players like General Motors work to resolve their own funding issues, startups are racing to finance production of fuel efficient and plug-in vehicles that just might gain a foothold among mainstream consumers before the […] Read more »
MySpace is cutting nearly 30 percent of its U.S. workforce, or roughly 420 people, the social networking site said today, bringing its total number of U.S. employees to around 1,000. The announcement comes just two months after MySpace CEO Chris DeWolfe and President Tom Anderson left […] Read more »
The electric Coda Automotive sedan, unveiled yesterday as the first highway-capable model from low-speed electric vehicle startup Miles EV’s new spinoff, isn’t just “made in China.” Companies based in China, including Hafei Motor and Lishen, have been working with Santa Monica, Calif.-based Miles throughout the development […] Read more »
Coda Automotive‘s first model, the just-revealed electric Coda sedan, is about as far as you can get from the Tesla Roadster or Fisker Karma — and that’s the point. Low-speed electric carmaker Miles Electric Vehicles launched Coda today as a separate brand with an independent board […] Read more »
Since GigaGamez is all about the business of games, it just makes sense that we would want to take a look at what’s happening when it comes to gaming technology in the stock market. We’re going to be following the market closely and keeping an eye […] Read more »