GigaomTenneco Ditched Its DOE Loan Deal: Why?
Do not pass go, do not collect $24 million: That’s the card played by auto supplier Tenneco, which withdrew from a Department of Energy loan program in March 2010, less than… Read more »
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Do not pass go, do not collect $24 million: That’s the card played by auto supplier Tenneco, which withdrew from a Department of Energy loan program in March 2010, less than… Read more »
While Uncle Sam has tapped a select few companies as winners for its green car loan program, it has left a much longer list of loan applicants disappointed or stuck in… Read more »
A new $3 million NIST award could offer a significant boost for Austin, Tex.-based ActaCell, whose backers include Google.org, DFJ Mercury and Applied Ventures. The startup aims to scale up production… Read more »
RelayRides, which aims to help people rent out their personal vehicles, launched today and said it raised its first round of investment from Google Ventures and August Capital. It’s part of… Read more »
Just about one year into his role heading up the DOE’s loan program office, former VC Jonathan Silver tells us he believes the agency has come a long way from it’s… Read more »
Ford and partner Azure Dynamics announced this morning that they have started production and deliveries of the Transit Connect Electric work van — the first of five electric vehicles from Ford… Read more »
Oil baron turned natural gas vehicle advocate T. Boone Pickens, and the company he founded Clean Energy Fuels, were crucial figures in terms of VPG scoring the DOE’s latest conditional loan… Read more »
Wave power startup Columbia Power Technologies is now gearing up for the final small-scale test of its generator ahead of a full-scale demonstration project planned for 2012 in Puget Sound. Read more »
New York City aims to join the city bike sharing wave and has issued a request for proposal for the new system. Here are 10 factors that could help teams gain… Read more »
Much about Honda’s plans for an electric version of its compact Fit car remain shrouded in secrecy. But one thing is set: Honda will work with Google, among other partners, to… Read more »