As the inexorable rise of AI and robots proceeds, the division is growing between those that embrace cognitive computing and Intelligence as a Service as an inevitable good and those that… Read more »
Moves like SolarCity’s vertical integration of rooftop solar signal an industry that has actually matured. Meanwhile major players hinted at their respective smart-home strategies. Read more »
Last spring I mused on whether we would see vertical integration in the solar market when First Solar acquired TetraSun and eyed the Japanese residential rooftop market. The opportunity to be… Read more »
Cleantech appears to be turning the corner after some very difficult years. Positive acquisitions are occurring and public market performance of cleantech companies highlights growth prospects at market leaders like SolarCity,… Read more »
If you were going to create a car company today, who would you look to for inspiration? General Motors? The world beater of the 20th Century, that ‘led global vehicle sales… Read more »
Last week Tesla turned in very respectable Q3 earnings and revenue figures but nonetheless got hammered, tumbling around 20 percent after already having a difficult October in which shares dropped 17 percent, its worst month… Read more »
The first quarter of cleantech was a mix of good and bad news. Avis’ purchase of Zipcar and Silver Spring Networks’ long-awaited IPO finally occurring were further signs of thawing capital… Read more »
Tesla is promising its first profitable quarter this year. But in order to please Wall Street, it’ll need to expand those gross margins to 25 percent, just as Elon Musk has promised. Read more »
The fourth quarter in cleantech saw attention paid to two prominent and publicly traded companies: EV maker Tesla and newly minted public listing SolarCity. It remains a transitional period for the… Read more »
In some cleantech sectors we’re nearing the end of painful times, but 2013 will still be a challenging year. VC funding remains tight, solar is seeing further consolidation, and the production… Read more »