Reuters “These are big sea changes,” said Alan E. Salzman, the chief executive of VantagePoint, a venture capital firm, referring to the market’s shift from hydrogen cars to electric cars.
The enthusiasm for electric vehicles keeps growing, but only few years ago the auto industry was betting on hydrogen-powered fuel cell cars.
That led to ...read more
By John DeFore
Green Right Now
Tesla Roadster
Environmentally-sensitive lifestyles and luxury goods would not, to many of us, seem to go together very well. People who own billion-dollar yachts, for instance, aren’t exactly worrying about their carbon footprint.
But plenty of purveyors of high-end goods hope to fight that assumption. Gathering a few steps from Central Park at ...read more
EPA The actor and comedian Ben Stiller could be seen taking furious notes during a panel discussion on the clean-energy infrastructure at Thursday’s meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative.
The Crown Prince and Princess of Norway joined the comedian and actor Ben Stiller — and hundreds of other eager guests — to hear a ...read more
This Sunday evening PBS will debut the first episode of famous documentary-maker Ken Burns’ The National Parks: America’s Best Idea. It’s a 12 hour long epic story, ided into six parts. PBS will be sequentially airing one new episode each night over the week.
If you are not aware who Ken Burns is, perhaps you ...read more
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Fisker Automotive announced Tuesday that US Department of Energy will loan the company more than half a billion dollars to create affordable, fuel-efficient plug-in hybrid electric cars. Fisker said it expects to create or save at least 5,000 US jobs among auto suppliers and …
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From LATimes: “The loan will go toward development and production of its Karma plug-in hybrid sedan and development of Project Nina, its next-generation plug-in.”
“The $528.7-million low-interest loan 'is another critical step in making sure we are positioned to compete for the clean energy jobs of the future,' Energy Secretary Steven Chu said. Over the summer, ...read more
Zeta Communities Zeta Communities, a high-efficiency modular home startup in San Francisco, plans to open a 91,000 square foot manufacturing facility next week.
The same economic downturn that wreaked havoc on home manufacturers appears to be creating opportunities for Zeta Communities, a hopeful purveyor of ultra-efficient, multi-family housing.
To date, the company has constructed just ...read more
By Bill Sullivan
Green Right Now
Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, (Photo: Ford Motor Co.)
Not every abandoned automobile manufacturing plant is doomed to a future of dust, rust and general obsolescence. Thanks to a creative deal between Ford Motor Co., the state of Michigan, and a pair of energy concerns, a shuttered facility near Detroit soon will be ...read more
The proposed layout of the Wixom plant as a green energy center. (Ford photo)
No mistake, the recession has ravaged the auto industry. Ford, for instance, has 14 idled assembly plants in North America, and it has closed five since 2005. That’s the bad news. The good news is that some of them are being reborn ...read more
Regardless of your opinions regarding the American auto industry, we can all agree that it's been a rough ride for American manufacturing. Nevertheless, some good news is coming from Ford this week. The company has just finalized a deal to bring renewable energy manufacturing, and 4,000 green collar jobs, to Michigan.
Ford announced this week that ...read more
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