In a year that kept industry watchers on edge until the very end, greentech ended up marking its best year ever. But the good news came unevenly across sectors and classes… Read more »
This year saw some improvements in public market investors’ appetite for cleantech companies, but not enough to make it a good year. As always, the hopes are that 2011 will prove… Read more »
The Obama administration has just unveiled a proposal to require some of the biggest vehicles on the road — including school buses, fire engines, big rigs, large pickup trucks and vans… Read more »
Smith Electric Vehicles U.S., an electric truck and van maker based in Kansas City, Mo. and backed by $32 million in stimulus grants, has become the great green hope for its… Read more »
President Obama’s visit to Smith Electric Vehicles in Kansas City, Mo. last week was just a warm-up for what’s shaping up to be a full-on electric car and battery offensive by… Read more »
Absent from Obama’s speech today at Smith Electric Vehicles was any mention of the energy bill now languishing in the Senate, in contrast to his speech at the government-backed factory site… Read more »
President Obama on Thursday plans to swing by Smith Electric Vehicles, a company working with government backing on electric trucks for commercial fleets and eying an IPO. Read more »
There’s already 19 green IPOs on deck this year. Still more greentech firms have been rumored to be eying the public markets for some time. Here’s our 10 picks for which… Read more »
Smith Electric Vehicles has already won a $10 million grant from the Department of Energy. Now the maker of electric commercial trucks is getting $22 million more under the same program… Read more »
If you think of an electric vehicle startup hoping to go public in the near future, Tesla Motors is probably what comes to mind. But another green car venture, Smith Electric… Read more »