Clean Energy Trends 2008
by: Joel MakowerThe latest annual edition of Clean Energy Trends has just been published. My colleagues and I at Clean Edge have identified five key trends affecting clean-energy markets and produced...
View ArticleActress Kristin Scott Thomas Drives a(n electric) G-Wiz!
by: Michael HoexterOn a Top Gear show aired last night on BBC America, the well-respected actress Kristin Scott Thomas (”The English Patient”, “Four Weddings and a Funeral”, “Mission: Impossible”)...
View ArticleThe Greening of Mobility
by: Joel MakowerThe push to get electric and other alt-fueled vehicles into the market has gone from zero to, well, 20 over the past year — that is, from a standstill to a puttering pace. But recent...
View ArticleBetting on the Future
by: Jonathan Salem Baskin A photo of Chevy's VOLT electric car appeared in USAToday yesterday even though it's two+ years away from the market, and GM is promoting new hybrid vehicles in three. It's a...
View ArticleA Green New Deal for Detroit (and Beyond)
by: Michael HoexterNow as the Big Three American automakers are teetering on the brink, is the time for the government to provide direction to an industry that has lacked a decisive winning strategy...
View ArticleThe Green Future of the 'New GM'
What to make of this week's bankruptcy filing by General Motors? The beginning of the end? The end of the beginning? A death? Rebirth? Something in between?Given the months-long anticipation of this...
View ArticleWhen It Comes to Cars, ICE Is Still Hot
If you were to believe the mainstream media, the future of transportation is electric. And so it seems: In the coming year or two, we'll see a parade of electric vehicles (EVs), hybrid-electric...
View ArticleNeeding A Recharge
The North American International Auto Show kicked off in Detroit earlier this week, and it seem that almost every manufacturer is either promising or delivering some version of an electric car. Chevy's...
View ArticleWhy Tesla's Technology Sharing Is Beneficial for the Electric Vehicle Maarket...
On 12th June Tesla announced that it was making its electric vehicle patents available to open source users. This is seen by many as a bold move – Tesla has developed a different battery technology to...
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