Posts Tagged ‘hybrid’

12 January 2009

Fallbrook Technologies closes $25m financing round

Fallbrook Technologies, a company focused on transmissions for engine and human powered devices, has completed the first close of a $25.4m funding round. NGEN III acted as lead investor, providing the fund with $10m. Robeco, the investment arm of Rabobank, supplied an extra $10m, with Windstone Capital Partners providing advisory support for the round.

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16 December 2008

Pragmentalists vs Environmentalists: Prius: Green or Greenwash?p

What is the actual impact of hybrids? In this article from Vinod Khosla, he analyses hybrids, ranging from the conventional Toyota Prius to fashionable plug-in hybrids. The focus here is on highlighting the actual carbon emission reduction of hybrids (particularly vis-à-vis biofuels), and discussing the best possible solutions to reduce these emissions at a reasonable cost both in the near and long-term. We object to greenwashing (powered by large marketing machines) that obfuscate the facts that suggest hybrids can solve our problems.

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9 December 2008

Better Place joins mission to bring electric vehicles to Japan

Better Place will join Japanese company Fuji Heavy Industries, the maker of Subaru automobiles, and other Japanese carmakers in the first Ministry of Environment electric-vehicle project in Japan.

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18 November 2008

ISE closes $17.5m funding to expand energy storage technology

ISE Corporation, Siemens Venture Capital, Macquarie Clean Technology Fund and DTE Energy Ventures have completed a $17.5m equity investment in ISE. The funding will be used for the expansion of the company's energy storage systems as well as enhancing sales to the transit bus marketplace in the US and Europe.

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12 November 2008

Venture-backed hybrid car company Fisker opens engineering and development centre

Green car company Fisker Automotive has opened a new engineering and development centre in Michigan, US. The company previously received backing from venture capital firms Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Palo Alto Investors and QIA.

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5 November 2008

Obama’s New Energy Plan for US

Barack Obama's victory in the US presidential election could spark changes for the country's energy policies. Investors in the renewable energy and cleantech sectors are looking with increased interest at to Obama's New Energy Plan, in which he outlined his proposals for the future in his election manifesto.

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31 October 2008

Envia Systems raises $3.2m in venture capital funding

Californian battery technology company Envia Systems has raised $3.2m in first-round funding from US venture Capital firms Bay Partners and Redpoint Ventures.

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27 October 2008

UK announces £100m green motoring initiative

UK Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon has announced a steps across Government to deliver a £100m commitment to accelerate the emergence of greener vehicles. As part of this, 100 electric cars will be provided in UK towns and cities to allow families and other motorists the opportunity to feedback the practical steps needed to make greener motoring an everyday reality.

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20 October 2008

Battery cell company Ener1 to acquire stake in South Korean battery producer Enertech

Battery cell company Ener1 is to acquire stake in South Korean battery producer Enertech Ener1 has agreed to acquire an 83 per cent interest in South Korean lithium-ion battery cell producer Enertech International.

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