Electric car startup Coda laying off 50
Following struggles by Better Place, Fisker Automotive and the bankrupt A123 Systems, electric car startup Coda Automotive has laid off 50 workers, according to PluginCars. The car company has...
View ArticleObama calls for action on climate change, clean energy in inauguration speech
Updated: Suggesting that the U.S. could make fighting climate change a priority in his second term, President Barack Obama called out “the threat of climate change” and the need for a “transition” to...
View ArticleChinese companies slowly collecting discounted U.S. electric car assets
Electric car startup Fisker Automotive is reportedly weighing investment and acquisition offers from Chinese auto tech companies. Bloomberg reports that there’s a $350 million offer for 85 percent of...
View ArticleFisker founder Henrik Fisker resigns over disagreements
The founder of electric car startup Fisker Automotive has resigned, citing “major disagreements” with upper management reports Reuters. The news comes at a time when the company has been weighing...
View ArticleElectric car charging company Ecotality could file for bankruptcy
Building a market for new technology is never easy, and the one for electric cars has given us ample examples. The latest is coming from charging company, Ecotality, which warned investors Monday that...
View ArticleSolidEnergy’s materials could lead to safer, cheaper electric car batteries
A startup that’s recently been spun off from MIT — SolidEnergy — is making materials for lithium ion batteries for electric cars that could make them cheaper, less flammable in the event of an...
View Article6 things you should know about the market for big batteries
The market for big batteries that store electricity across the power grid or at buildings, as well as power electric vehicles, has long been just around the corner. But hurdles still remain, despite...
View ArticleChinese auto giant Wanxiang wins Fisker bid
A Delaware judge approved the sale of bankrupt electric car maker Fisker and its assets to Chinese auto parts giant Wanxiang, according to local reports on Tuesday. Wanxiang, which also bought up...
View ArticleA123 auction exposes fears of China, and politicization of electric vehicles
The long awaited auction of the assets of lithium ion battery maker A123 Systems, which is expected to kick off on Thursday, is highlighting both U.S. fears of China as well as the now full-blown...
View ArticleChinese giant Wanxiang wins bid for bankrupt A123 and its battery tech
Chinese auto tech behemoth Wanxiang has won the bidding process in an auction to buy the assets of bankrupt battery maker A123 Systems. On Sunday the companies announced that Wanxiang plans to acquire...
View ArticleA123 Spins Off Energy Storage Venture, Drops Chrysler Project
Lithium-ion battery maker A123 Systems let loose a few tidbits in its earnings call: that it quietly cultivated a new energy storage venture and set it loose, that it has been chosen for a yet-to-be...
View ArticleA123's Energy Storage Spin-out 24M Raises Funds
Last week battery maker A123 Systems quietly unveiled that it had spun out an energy storage venture called 24M Technologies that would raise outside funding. This morning 24M details those backers:...
View ArticleStimulus Milestone: A123 Opens Largest U.S. EV Battery Plant
Lithium ion battery maker A123 Systems officially opened up its stimulus money-funded battery factory in Michigan, which will eventually reach 600 megawatt hours of annual production capacity, and,...
View ArticleA123 Tapped for Chinese Auto Giant’s 2012 Electric Car
One of China's largest automakers has tapped A123 Systems to supply lithium-ion batteries for an electric car slated to roll out in 2012. The deal was a silver lining to the disappointing earnings it...
View ArticleA123 Systems Can Thank AES For Grid Sales
Lithium ion battery maker A123 Systems, which has built a business off of power tools and electric cars, has been increasingly focusing on the power grid and can thank power company AES for pretty much...
View ArticleFisker Has Raised Over $1B, Car Coming in the Summer
In a combination of loans, grants and equity, Fisker has raised over $1 billion, and plans to launch its first electric car the Karma to dealerships for demonstrations in May or June and then to...
View ArticleIn Energy Storage, Value Trumps Cost
Battery-powered energy storage provides an on-demand, predictable source of energy to power systems to keep them running optimally, and even to enable new projects, but the cost seems to be scaring...
View ArticleBraemar Energy Ventures Looking to Raise $300M Fund
Nine-year-old energy-focused venture capital firm Braemar Energy Ventures is looking to raise $300 million for its latest fund, Braemar Energy Ventures III, according to an SEC filing. Braemar Energy...
View ArticleAES Building World’s Largest Lithium-Ion Battery Grid Projects
Power company AES is in the process of scaling up its lithium-ion grid battery projects to a commercial size, and by the third quarter of this year, plans to start operating a 32-MW project in...
View ArticleA123 Systems Posts Lower Sales, Widens Loss in Q1
Auto makers aren't making much money (if any) off of electric cars yet. The same thing is true for the makers of the batteries that will run them. A123 System on Monday reported lower sales and widened...
View ArticleFlush With Cash: Fisker Adds Yet Another $100M
Electric car maker Fisker Automotive has already raised over $1 billion in equity, loans and grants. And yet, the company, which will be launching its first inaugural electric car this summer, has...
View ArticleLithium Ion Battery Baby Steps: A 3-Year-Warranty Laptop Battery
The next-generation of lithium ion batteries aren't just here to power the first wave of electric cars, they'll be providing better energy storage for gadgets and computers, too. Leyden Energy is...
View ArticleWhy Start-Stop Vehicle Tech Is Important (& What It Is)
The market for electric vehicles is moving more slowly than expected. That's why companies like Johnson Controls are focusing more heavily on "start-stop" vehicle technology, which is a system that...
View ArticleWhat’s Next for Next Autoworks (Formerly V-Vehicle)?
The road hasn't been easy for Next Autoworks (formerly V-Vehicle), which is backed by Google Ventures, T. Boone Pickens, and Kleiner Perkins. But the way forward has grown even rockier as legislators...
View ArticleBoston Power launches electric car battery tech
Boston Power took the wraps off some details about its electric vehicle battery tech, and it says it expects other partners (beyond Saab) to deploy the electric car battery tech later this year and in...
View ArticleA123 Systems hooks into China’s grid
Only 72 percent of China's wind-power sources are connected to its grid -- meaning there's a good deal of wind turbines that are spinning that aren't providing usable clean power. Battery maker A123...
View ArticleGreentech stocks rebound, but only partially
After the great market sell-off yesterday, stocks are rebounding slightly on Tuesday, including many of the greentech stocks that took a beating yesterday. But most of them are only up slightly. Here's...
View ArticleAmidst stock slump, A123 touts GM deal
Amidst the stock slump that lithium ion battery maker A123 System's is facing, the company touts a new production contract with GM. Amidst stock slump, A123 touts GM deal originally published by...
View ArticleA123 lowers guidance thanks to electric car startup Fisker
Lithium battery company A123 Systems has lowered its yearly revenue guidance significantly and says it is because of an unexpected reduction in orders for batteries to its customer VC-backed electric...
View ArticleFisker won’t ramp up production of Karma until Q2 2012
Electric vehicle startup Fisker Automotive has dramatically scaled back production plans of its first car, the Karma, in the fourth quarter of 2011, and it won't ramp up to full production until the...
View ArticleWhy FERC’s energy storage ruling is important
The Federal Regulatory Energy Commission recently passed a new rule for frequency regulation to support emerging technologies that can provide quick bursts of power to the grid. We break down what this...
View ArticleThe state of cleantech venture capital, part 3: The companies
Half of successful VC-backed cleantech start-ups stumble along the way. Entrepreneurs who raise big financing rounds at sky-high valuations can end up shooting themselves in the foot. The state of...
View ArticleFisker says its problem Karmas are almost all fixed
Fisker has been rushing to fix the problem with the hose clamp for the batteries on its Karma electric car. It says that the "majority" of its customers' and dealers' cars with problem batteries have...
View ArticleA123 fixing problem batteries, including ones for Fisker’s Karma
Lithium ion battery maker A123 Systems announced that it will replace some of the battery modules and packs that it's sold that could contain defective prismatic cells, and that includes batteries for...
View ArticleFisker boosts fundraising plans by $200M
Electric car maker Fisker Automotive has boosted its fund raising plans by $200 million, according to a filing. The company has now raised around a billion in private funding. Fisker boosts fundraising...
View ArticleBattery maker A123 posts big losses
A123 Systems was supposed to be a success story about an innovative U.S. battery company, but it has struggled to live up to that expectation. The company on Tuesday posted lower revenues and greater...
View ArticleAn accelerator lab for battery startups launches
Can the startup accelerator model work for battery companies? The folks behind CalCharge, the brainchild of Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and California Clean Energy Fund (CalCEF) that hopes to...
View ArticleElectric car battery makers hit the skids
It's not a good time to be an electric car battery maker. On Thursday lithium ion battery maker A123 Systems issued a going concern warning and saw its shares drop by close to 8 percent in trading....
View ArticleBraemar closes $300M fund for energy tech
At least one venture firm is still standing strong behind energy technology. Ten-year-old Braemar Energy Ventures announced on Wednesday that it has closed its latest third fund, of $300 million, to...
View ArticleToday in cleantech: Soft costs of solar, electric cars & carpooling apps
Today in cleantech, we bring you the soft costs of solar, some awesome new research reports and content on electric cars, and the news of the day. Today in cleantech: Soft costs of solar, electric cars...
View ArticleChinese auto firm Wanxiang swoops in to rescue (& own) A123
Suffering battery maker A123 Systems has found a lifeline in Chinese auto giant Wanxiang. Wanxiang will invest up to $450 million in A123 which could see it own up to 80 percent of the company. Chinese...
View ArticleHow sensors and analytics can boost battery life
Because battery chemistry is such a hard problem, it's pretty natural that we're turning to the power of analytics, big data, cloud computing and all those other fun IT buzz words to solve it. How...
View ArticleBeleaguered battery maker A123 Systems finally files for bankruptcy
Battery maker A123 Systems, which was awarded a sizable federal grant, has finally filed for bankruptcy protection, after bleeding cash for months. Johnson Controls will buy up some of the assets....
View ArticleBetter Place and A123: Who will rise, who is down for the count?
Cleantech companies with effective business models still have excellent prospects, while those who don't have a viable product to sell in the marketplace won't be rising from anywhere. Better Place and...
View ArticleBattery startup Leyden Energy is selling off patents & equipment. Is it...
A startup called Leyden Energy is getting rid of a bunch of assets and patents around its lithium ion battery tech. Is it finally closing up shop? Battery startup Leyden Energy is selling off patents...
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