While Fisker is in the spot light for failing to pay back its close to $200 million loan from the DOE, there were a half dozen other alternative car startups that wanted loans from the DOE but were rejected. Was the DOE’s ATVM performance all that bad? Read more »
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. Read more at GigaOM Pro »
The woes of battery maker Ener1 keep piling on. Following on the heels of its loss on electric car maker Think, the company’s CEO stepping down, and its planned restatement of its earnings, Ener1 has now officially been delisted from the Nasdaq. Read more »
Battery maker Ener1 already was forced to write down a $59.4 million impairment charge for its investment in electric vehicle maker Think. But now it’s time for Ener1 to report its latest earnings and the Think problem is still weighing down the company. Read more »
Just how many times can a company emerge from the ashes of bankruptcy? For Norwegian electric car maker Think Automotive, it plans to rise from at least its third bankruptcy after announcing that Russian investor Boris Zingarevich has bought the assets of the company. Read more »
The supply of batteries for electric cars could far surpass the demand for electric vehicles over the next few years, estimates Lux Research. It could be a “severe mismatch,” that could cause consolidation and the need for new markets for battery makers. Read more »
Norwegian electric car maker Think just veered off the bumpy road it had been driving on, and fell square into a ditch. Think has filed for bankruptcy proceedings in Norwegian courts. Read more »
Lithium-ion battery maker Ener1, which held a 48 percent stake in electric car maker Think, says partly because Think has halted production of its electric cars, Ener1 has written down a $59.4 million impairment charge for its Think investment. Read more »
Twenty-year-old Norwegian auto maker Think is kicking off the U.S. market this morning by delivering its first U.S.-made Think City’s to the state of Indiana for a government fleet. Read more »
A variety of auto makers are vying for the second car market for electric vehicles, so instead of competing head-to-head with traditional car makers for an internal combustion engine replacement, they’re offering EVs as second and even third cars. Read more »
Norwegian electric car maker Think has been slowly unveiling details about its plans to sell the Think City in the U.S.: At $34,000 (before subsidies) it’ll be available via 3 to 5 stores in San Francisco, Southern California, New York, Washington DC and Indianapolis. Read more »
For Scandinavian electric car maker Think, the moment of truth for its U.S. ambitions could be a mere months away. When it comes to financing a planned factory in Indiana, Think’s CMO Michael Lock told us that everything rides on federal support. Read more »
Through a partnership with Japan’s conglomerate Itochu, EnerDel, is a subsidiary of Ener1, is the exclusive battery supplier for Think City electric vehicles, and has been building a battery factory in Indiana with the help of funds from the U.S. Department of Energy. Read more »
One of the first disappointments a brand new iPad owner often faces is the fact they simply can’t use their magic new toy right out of the box. To setup an iOS device, you need a computer running a compatible version of iTunes. But why? Read more »
How much is an electric car maker worth? Some of the world’s largest automakers have invested significant sums into plug-in vehicle development efforts, but Tesla’s IPO gives us the first real glimpse of how the market values an electric vehicle business. Read more »
The newest music video by pop music sensation/possible crazy person Lady Gaga is a darker spin on her signature “out there” style. While free of product placement (as well as eyeliner) it’s getting a perfectly-executed premiere courtesy of Vevo and YouTube. Read more »
As companies across the nascent electric vehicle market seek Chinese allies to gain a foothold in the world’s largest auto market, Indiana-based Ener1 has found itself a new dance partner: the electric vehicle division of Wanxiang, one of the largest auto parts suppliers in China. Read more »
Online distribution site Blip.tv is aiming to engage with the local web series scene by opening an office in Los Angeles and hiring Epic Fu co-creator Steve Woolf to work directly with creators interested in using the Blip platform. Read more »
Norwegian electric car maker Think has just brought on $40 million in equity investment — enough, the automaker says, to become cash flow positive in 2011. But a key step en route to the company’s planned U.S. expansion remains incomplete: securing government funds. Read more »
Mind maps can be very useful for sketching out ideas, visualizing problems and planning. However, a lot of the mind mapping tools we’ve covered here on WWD are quite complex, which can be intimidating for beginners. Read more »
Google’s Mobile App lands on the BlackBerry Storm and Storm2 today. The voice query supports three languages and searches the web, contacts and emails. But even with apps like these, the BlackBerry platform isn’t really driving the mobile web. Read more »
Think, the Norwegian electric car maker that aims to start selling its Think City model in the U.S. next year, has been doing its homework: slicing and dicing the massive U.S. auto market into an index of cities where its mid-range two-seater is most likely to […] Read more »
For at least one green car maker out there, tomorrow may be the lucky day. According to a press advisory from the Department of Energy today, Secretary Steven Chu will — drumroll please — “make a loan announcement” related to the agency’s advanced technology vehicle loan […] Read more »
Things just got a little cozier between Norwegian electric car company Think and one of its U.S. investors, Ener1. EnerDel, the battery-making subsidiary of Ener1, already had a major contract with Think to supply batteries for the company’s electric City model, as well as “supplier of […] Read more »
Think North America — a joint venture between Norwegian electric vehicle maker Think Global and U.S. venture firms Rockport Capital Partners and Kleiner Perkins — has just named Elkhart, Indiana as the location for its first U.S. manufacturing facility. According to a release from the Indiana […] Read more »
