The wireless charging Powermat is due in the 2011 Chevrolet Volt, and in other GM brand cars by mid-2012. (Credit: GM) Universal chargers for port... read more »
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SmartGridView is marketing itself as a service that brings together experts to discuss intelligent power grids, and packages that knowledge for the re... read more »
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In a move that shows how difficult it is to produce and sell electric cars, even for the giants of the auto industry, Ford announced today that 20 U.S... read more »
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NLAB Solar just landed an investment of $2.6 million from‚ Fasadglas B¤cklin, Scandinavia&'s largest glass facade company. NLAB Solar manufactures ene... read more »
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NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.--The ARPA-E Summit opens this morning with seemingly dual purposes: toinspire scientists to invent and to convince Congress of ... read more »
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Molycorp, a U.S.-based supplier of rare earth minerals, said today it has acquired a processing facility to manufacture metals for use as magnets fr... read more »
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Lithium ion batteries aren't just for your laptop anymore. A group of truck-size battery banks are delivering quick bursts of power to the electrici... read more »
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Energy-efficiency company Comverge is getting less picky about whether the hardware it works with is an electric vehicle or an air conditioner. (... read more »
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The Obama administration yesterday unveiled plans to begin issuing new offshore wind energy leases as soon as next year under an accelerated approva... read more »
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First came VentureBeat&'s scoop on the Model S prototype&'s completion. Then came Tesla&'s trifecta of professionally-edited videos showing off the en... read more »
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There's significant interest in all-electric vehicles among car buyers, but automakers have a few obstacles to navigate in order to satisfy consumer... read more »
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Contemporary high-speed rail seems to have gotten the nod as a plan worthy of pursuit from the makers of the long-awaited film version of "Atlas Shru... read more »
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IBM&'s smartcamp global entrepreneur competition culminated in Dublin today with 9 startups from all around the world competing for the title of the &... read more »
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A survey by the U.S. Energy Information Administration confirms what most of have seen first-hand: electronic gadgets are using more and more energy... read more »
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MEDFORD, Mass.--In this densely populated city outside Boston without a farm in sight, agriculture researchers are engineering corn and other crops ... read more »
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Evergreen Solar will close its Massachusetts factory, saying that the U.S. is at a disadvantage in the face of low-cost Chinese solar suppliers. Th... read more »
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Having scoured the globe via the Internet for promising power grid technologies, General Electric today said it and its partners will invest $55 mil... read more »
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By the end of this year, people will be able to buy an LED light bulb controllable from an Android device, part of Google's move into home automatio... read more »
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A battery-switching station for electric taxis in Tokyo. On the right, you can see the white cars drive in. On the left, fresh batteries are deli... read more »
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How the Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf fared in their crash tests. (Credit: IIHS) The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety said today that the C... read more »
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