The Project Better Place model was always interesting, but I was never confident that the company would work out. The service the company offers, fast battery exchange for electric cars, offers electric car drivers a convenience similar to what gasoline car drivers enjoy at the ubiquitous gasoline stations. A fast…
Susan Rice, current US Ambassador to the United Nations, and candidate to replace Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State, has been found to hold significant investments in more than a dozen Canadian oil companies and banks, according to a report published by OnEarth on Wednesday. These holdings would stand to…
Jon Lauckner spoke in Beijing today about GM’s research into vehicle electrification, and the expansion of GM’s electrified vehicle research and development operations in China. In Beijing on Tuesday, Jon Lauckner, GM Chief Technology Officer, vice president of Global Research & Development, and president of GM Ventures, told the FISITA…
You may be good about saving energy at home, wearing sweaters, turning down the thermostat and using CFL or LED light bulbs, but what about at the office? A new project announced on Tuesday by the Univ. of Nottingham aims to look into workers attitudes around energy conservation in the…
On Friday morning local time, a fire and explosion ripped through an oil platform owned by Black Elk Energy in the Gulf of Mexico near the mouth of the Mississippi River. The company is a minor oil producer, and was started in 2007 by John Hoffman, a former BP Amoco…
One day after BP agreed to a $4 billion settlement over the Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, we have news of another oil rig blowing up off the coast of Louisiana. On Friday (today) an explosion and fire ripped through an oil platform owned by…
This marks the first time that a vehicle not powered by an internal combustion engine has received Motor Trend’s COTY award. Tesla CEO Elon Musk may need to make some more room on his trophy case, because the Tesla Model S has just won another prestigious “Car of the Year”…
Last weekend I had the chance to meet Ford’s Director for Sustainability at the SF Green Festival. Ford had a big presence offering test rides of the range of electrified vehicles as well as have a large booth in the center of the show. The SF Green Festival is a…
Earlier this year a long-running legal battle between the State of California and a couple of NRG’s subsidiaries was settled in a way that stands to vastly improve the electric car recharging infrastructure in California. The lawsuit stems from the California Energy Crisis of 10+ years ago, and to settle…
Modern society requires a massive amount of electricity to function, and traditionally that electricity comes from burning fossil fuels which then cause a range of environmental and climate problems. In the search for an alternative to fossil fuels, both nuclear power and renewables like wind or solar are prominent contenders…
Last week 16 Fisker Karma’s caught fire and burned after being submerged under Hurricane Sandy flood waters while waiting in an automobile processing yard in Newark NJ, and the main battery pack was ruled out as the cause of the fire. Last week in the middle the Hurricane Sandy turmoil,…
While Tesla Motors is revolutionizing the automobile, the company itself is transforming a from visionary role to that of a mass production automobile manufacturer. As Tesla Motors transitions from electric vehicle visionary to a mass production automobile manufacturer, many are wondering whether the company will make it financially. It has…
Start-up automaker Tesla Motors has won a prestigious award for the company’s first self-designed self-manufactured electric car, the Tesla Model S. One of America’s top automobile magazines, er Automobile Magazine, has awarded it’s top honor, Automobile of the Year 2013, to a brand new electric car, the Tesla Model S.…
It took the Superstorm, Hurricane Sandy, for N.Y. City Mayor Bloomberg to choose a Presidential candidate to endorse. Bloomberg had criticized both candidates for failing to candidly confront the problems afflicting the nation. On Thursday, Bloomberg announced his endorsement for President Obama, describing him as a leader who is far…
The Wednesday, October 31st edition of CNN International’s Amanpour featured an interview with Former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer (D-NY), about the aftermath and impact of “super storm” Hurricane Sandy. Governor Spitzer talked at length about the risks from climate change, the lack of political attention on this issue, as…
