Have you ever thought about buying an electric car but your are waiting for the prices to come down and the technology to mature? What about an electric motorcycle? Here is one start-up company based out of California that is making several very cool models that you can choose from.
Zero Motorcycles has announced that their [...]
Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced the Department of Energy has closed its $465 million loan with Tesla Motors, Inc. for construction of a manufacturing facility in southern California on the Model S electric sedan and a power-train manufacturing facility in Palo Alto, California. The Palo Alto facility will assemble electric vehicle battery packs, electric [...]
NEW YORK — Advertising Age selected electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla Motors as one of “America’s hottest brands” in a special report highlighting the year’s 50 brightest brands and the visionaries behind them.
Rather than depending on conventional advertising, Tesla has relied on the quality of its product and word-of-mouth recommendations from early customers to promote the [...]
smart plant in Hambach, France selected as the location for the large-scale series production of the smart fortwo electric drive – announcement made on the occasion of the visit of French President Nicolas Sarkozy: Dr. Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler AG and Head of Mercedes-Benz Cars (left) and President [...]
In a move that stands to create jobs, boost local economies, and protect human health and the environment, U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today announced $26.5 million in funding for diesel emission reduction projects in Southern California under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. This infusion of money [...]
Two auto industry veterans with deep engineering and manufacturing expertise have joined the leadership team of Tesla Motors.
SAN CARLOS, Calif.-Peter Rawlinson, Vice President and Chief Vehicle Engineer, is responsible for the technical execution and delivery of the Model S, and for leading a world-class vehicle engineering team. He led vehicle engineering at Corus Automotive, an [...]
Electric Transportation Engineering Corporation (eTec), a subsidiary of ECOtality, Inc., a leader in clean electric transportation and storage technologies, announced that it has officially signed a contract with the U.S. Department of Energy for a grant of exactly $99.8 million to undertake the largest deployment of electric vehicles (EVs) and charging infrastructure in history.
The final scope [...]
This year’s conference, Fuel Cells: The New Generation of Green Power,( November 16-19th in Palms Springs, Ca) will expand on the conference’s mission to advance the global energy, environmental, and economic benefits offered by fuel cell technology. Through our extensive technical program and exciting exposition featuring international partners, the FCS&E showcases the importance of fuel [...]
SolarCity® and Rabobank, N.A., has announced a partnership to create the world’s first solar-power enhanced, fast-charge electric car charging corridor. When complete, the corridor will include four locations between San Francisco and Los Angeles (Salinas, Atascadero, Santa Maria and Goleta), allowing all-electric cars to make the trip using solar energy and provide for the fastest charge [...]
Fjord Capital Partners announced that it has participated in the “Series F” funding round, raising $82.5 million, for Tesla Motors Inc.
Tesla Motors Inc. is a designer and manufacturer of all electric vehicles (EVs) together with their power train and battery packs. It is the world’s first all electric sports car manufacturer, with a range of [...]
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