Less than eight months after Ford Motor CEO Alan Mulally hightailed it to Capitol Hill in an Escape Hybrid, pleading for a bailout, the automaker has today posted a $2.3 billion quarterly profit and increased its U.S. market share by 2 percentage points — not too […] Read more »
As a rule, neither utilities nor automotive standards groups tend to win many points for speed. We’ve written before about automakers and utilities ratcheting up efforts to hash out standards for how plug-in vehicles will interact with the grid. So far they’ve stopped short of forming […] Read more »
The big business news — whether you’re a green geek or not — in the last week has been the auto industry. GM dominated headlines, as it emerged from bankruptcy and brought back the brash Bob Lutz as “vice chairman responsible for all creative elements of ... Read more at GigaOM Pro »
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The launch of the Google G1 phone, which the firm Mike and Maaike helped Google design, came after years of speculation and months of waiting. Now the San Francisco-based design firm that had such influence on the look of the G1 has come up with the […] Read more »
Until the launch of Honda’s low-cost hybrid Insight earlier this year, Toyota was pretty much the unchallenged king of the hybrid market. It took an early lead with the launch of its Prius, and has hung onto it, acquiring patents along the way — or, as […] Read more »
Ford President and CEO Alan Mulally and Department of Energy chief Steven Chu don’t agree on everything, but both are laying out plans for the potential of higher oil prices in the future, though neither are sure when, if or how high oil prices will rise. […] Read more »
A few decades ago, it seemed like a good idea to install mobile phones into vehicles. But as mobile devices advanced, car phones soon became about as cool and essential as an 8-inch floppy disk is for today’s computer users (read: not very). Having jumped onto […] Read more »
It’s official: Tesla Motors has won approval for $465 million in low-interest direct loans from the Department of Energy under the delayed Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Program. Tesla, which now sells a $109,000 electric sports car, has just been awarded what the DOE calls “conditional loan […] Read more »
Updated with comment from Tesla: Tomorrow could be a big day for Tesla Motors and the would-be customers who have logged more than 1,000 orders for the startup’s planned electric sedan, the Model S. The San Carlos, Calif.-based company’s request for $350 million in loans under […] Read more »
Electric and hybrid car enthusiasts who were just beginning to warm up to General Motors for its recent work on the plug-in hybrid Chevy Volt, and who years after the film “Who Killed the Electric Car?” skewered the automaker for pulling the plug on its electric […] Read more »
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Plug-in cars have barely made a dent in the global vehicle fleet, and automakers have yet to launch their first real entries into the race for a mainstream electric car. When carmakers do start selling those models — late next year and beyond — they for […] Read more »
Twitter might be Oprah’s new tech love, but it goes without saying — she loves Skype, the Internet calling service that makes an appearance on her show pretty much every day. She is going to reaffirm her love for Skype on Thursday, May 21, 2009, in […] Read more »
Solar Swing and a Miss: JA Solar has reported a net loss of $23.3 million on $33 million in revenue for the first quarter of this year, missing analyst estimates “by a mile and a half.” — Business Insider’s Green Sheet A123Systems Update: Battery developer A123Systems […] Read more »
Neighborhood electric vehicles (NEVs) have won over the more passionate electric car fanatics, but for many drivers they seem impractical, unsafe, and somewhat less-than-thrilling to drive. But a growing number of automakers, including General Motors subsidiary Vauxhall, Ford, Norway’s Think Global, Toyota, Daimler and others are […] Read more »
Updated with clarification from Tesla: Ford Motor Co. took a big step today on the road to producing an all-electric Ford Focus by 2011, pledging to invest $550 million to retool an SUV and truck factory for the new Focus and other small-platform cars in Wayne, […] Read more »
Ford’s $550M Electric Focus Factory: Ford plans to invest $550 million retooling a truck and SUV plant in Wayne, Mich. to build subcompact cars, including an electric version of the Ford Focus developed in partnership with Magna International. — Detroit Free Press Carbon Cap/Tax Throwdown:Is all […] Read more »
“One thing I’ll tell you for sure: our ability to forecast has been just horrible,” Bill Ford, the executive chairman of Ford Motor Co. said late Monday in an onstage interview at the Fortune Brainstorm Green conference. While the company has brought in a legion of […] Read more »
Cartman & Co. are headed for Netflix, as the movie rental company has signed a deal to stream the first nine seasons of South Park through its Watch Instantly service, reports The New York Times today. South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone have already […] Read more »
In the latest blow to the emerging U.S. lithium-ion battery industry, Ford Motor said it’s picked the French-American joint venture Johnson Controls-Saft to supply batteries for the automaker’s first plug-in electric vehicle. Ford said today it plans to assemble the system stateside from cells produced (at […] Read more »
Automakers kicked off this year’s North American International Auto Show, commonly called the Detroit Auto Show, yesterday with less glitz and more conspicuous frugality than in years past. But new plans for hybrid and electric models were hardly in short supply. Things picked up again this […] Read more »
UK Wind Farms Tangled in Red Tape: Britain has 262 wind projects representing seven gigawatts stuck in planning stages, and the rate of approvals is only getting slower. — The Guardian Electric Bikes Grow Up: “Even though motorcycles and scooters may represent a smaller percentage of […] Read more »
Listening to most executives talk is a hard thing to do for more than two minutes at a time. There’s so much verbal obfuscation it starts to resemble a game of how to use the most words to say the least, leading to achievements like JetBlue […] Read more »
UPDATED In the interest of avoiding another Jetgate, Detroit’s Big Three auto executives are leaving their leased corporate aircraft on the ground this week. All three will drive to Washington, D.C. to present “viability plans” as part of their second bailout plea. Ford CEO Alan Mulally […] Read more »
Detroit’s top executives have other obligations this week, but in Los Angeles, the auto show must go on. In addition to electric-vehicle infrastructure initiatives, hybrid and all-electric vehicles figure large among more than 30 North American and world premieres at this year’s event, which opens to […] Read more »
As the world moves to fourth generation wireless networks, lawyers for chip firms, handset makers and other technology firms are moving into their bargaining positions. Read more »
We all knew surging gasoline prices would hurt auto sales. But it’s happening a lot faster than many had guessed. Automakers are reporting their June sales figures today, and if red is your favorite color you may like what you see. Ford’s sales were down 28 […] Read more »
Need a quick break from the grind? WWD sister site NewTeeVee Station brings you Watercooler Clips, a selection from our collection of what’s good, interesting and/or of note in the online video world — whatever the web is talking about at the virtual watercooler. Today, it’s […] Read more »
Just received a few notes from luvable ol’ Mike Cane in the Inbox; looks like I’ll need to adjust my spam filters again. (I kid, Mike!). He was asking how a 13-inch notebook could be considered an ultra-portable since many sites are kicking the Mac ultra-portable […] Read more »
We often plunge into research reports to pluck out everything from the boldest to the most most cautious estimates about the past, present, and future of online video. But sometimes numbers don’t come all nicely packaged and illustrated. Here’s some interesting stats we found packaged in […] Read more »
Google is looking to get into games, according to CNN Money, and before this week is out, should be announcing a deal to buy Adscape Media Inc., and through them, work with publishers to feed ads through the Internet into their online games. (Presumably, the elevator […] Read more »
On Friday, Nintendo started a drive to replace broken and faulty wrist straps for their new console, the Wii. This replacement plan was prompted by multiple reports of damaged home equipment and personal injuries caused by over-exuberant players. The manufacturing fault in the straps has caused […] Read more »
Forbes.com: : Deutsche Bank has lowered revenue estimates for Sycamore Networks, saying the company’s story “remains stuck in a rut associated with anemic spending on specialized optical products.” Deutsche Bank said, “Visibility remains elusive and revenues from its very limited customer base are often lumpy, preventing […] Read more »
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