Posts Tagged ‘ Tesla Motors ’

The Great, Fake Lithium Supply Scare

“But there’s not enough lithium for all those batteries- and now you’ll switch dependency to a few lithium supplier countries!” That is the claim less informed journalists and hacks often make when they need a counter point to balance their first article on the emerging, electrified transportation sector. Why do we care? Because if true [ READ MORE ]

Which way, Toyota?

If everything goes according to plan, Toyota will make hydrogen fuel cell vehicles available to private buyers within six years. The company that pioneered the hybrid, made it popular, economical and sexy- is now moving forward with fuel cell vehicles as well as a plug in version of the Prius. Is Toyota now advancing from [ READ MORE ]

Energy Storage Notes

EEStor still not producing- EEStor CEO Dick Weir had mentioned that a prototype would be released in the Q4 of 2009 to their partner Zenn Motors. Because Q4 09’ has passed and no announcements have been made- well let’s assume for now another deadline was missed. EEStor fans around the world are yet again let [ READ MORE ]

CleanTech Investing in 2009 & 2010

356 investments in CleanTech occurred in 2009, a new high. However the dollar amount is down to $4.85B from $7.6B in 2008 over 350 deals comparatively, according to a new report from GreenTech Media. The downward trend over more deals may reflect the global capital markets as much as it does the CleanTech sector itself. [ READ MORE ]

Top 10 cleantech stories of 2009

In no particular order, here are my top 10 cleantech stories of 2009. Any other interesting stories that you think should be on this list? 1. Copenhagen Accord: From Hopenhagen to Nopenhagen The widely anticipated UN climate talks at Copenhagen in Dec 2009 ended with a whimper. After spending much time haggling about the main [ READ MORE ]

Tesla Motors rumored to IPO soon

The company that made electric vehicles cool again and dispelled the ugly golf cart stereotypes is rumored to file for an IPO very soon according to a recent Reuters report. What makes this CleanTech startup unique from say the recent A123 Systems IPO? Tesla is currently profitable! Profitability is one way to counter the IPO [ READ MORE ]

Google Ventures

About: There isn’t much information on Google Ventures’ website. It describes itself as “Google Ventures seeks to discover and grow great companies – we believe in the power of entrepreneurs to do amazing things. We’re studying a broad range of industries, including consumer Internet, software, hardware, clean-tech, bio-tech and health care. We invest anywhere from [ READ MORE ]

VantagePoint Venture Partners

About: VantagePoint Venture Partners is a leader in investing in 21st Century technologies and partners with entrepreneurs in the CleanTech, Healthcare and Information Technology sectors. With a large investment team of experts, a broad network of Strategic Partners and Senior Advisors, and more than $4.5 billion in committed capital, the Firm has the depth of [ READ MORE ]

Sunday Times Green Rich List 2009

This is an interesting article on the Green Rich list by Sunday Times. I just list the top 10 here out of 100: Warren Buffet’s holdings include MidAmerican Energy, BYD. Bill Gates’s holdings include Pacific Ethanol (through his Cascade Investments), Sapphire Energy. Ingvar Kamprad, founder of Ikea, put environmental initiatives at the top of Ikea’s [ READ MORE ]

Draper Fisher Jurvetson

About: Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) backs extraordinary entrepreneurs everywhere who set out to change the world. DFJ achieves its mission through its DFJ Global Network of Partner Funds. Together, DFJ and the Network manage over $6B and have made more than 600 investments on four continents. With a 24-year history (since its founding in 1985) [ READ MORE ]

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