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 Henrik Fisker distances his company from Tesla, GM
Henrik Fisker distances his company from Tesla, GM
www.autobloggreen.com — Fisker Karma - Click above for high-res image gallery Considering the two fledgling automaker's past history, it's not terribly surprising that Henrik Fisker would want to distance his company from Tesla Motors. Recall that Fisker had originally been tasked with penning the design for ...
Henrik Fisker distances his company from Tesla, GM
 Fisker Tries To Create Distance from Tesla
Fisker Tries To Create Distance from Tesla
www.hybridcars.com — Henrick Fisker wants you to know that his car company is different from other start-ups. It’s not surprising that Fisker Automotive and Tesla Motors—two California-based makers of high-end electric-drive sports cars—are ...
Fisker Tries To Create Distance from Tesla
 BMW building more MINI Es for European testing
BMW building more MINI Es for European testing
www.autobloggreen.com — MINI E - click above for high-res image gallery The popularity of BMW's MINI E test program in the United States has evidently prompted the company to expand production beyond the original 500 cars and add a smaller test fleet in Europe. The original plan, as announced last fall, was ...
BMW building more MINI Es for European testing
 A Town With No Cars
A Town With No Cars
www.celsias.com — From Off-Grid.net : Mercedes, Porsche, Audi, BMW, VW. The auto lies at the heart of the German economy and culture. But one small corner has taken a stand against the tyranny of four wheels by creating an entire car-free community. If you want a ...
A Town With No Cars
 BMW X1 coming to America in 2011, diesel a possibility, up to 45.2 mpg (U.S.)
BMW X1 coming to America in 2011, diesel a possibility, up to 45.2 mpg (U.S.)
www.autobloggreen.com — 2010 BMW X1 - click above for high-res image gallery After weeks of teasing and even letting some European media drive prototypes, the crew over at BMW's Munich headquarters finally released all the goods on its newest and smallest crossover, the X1. The U.S. branch of BMW has also ...
BMW X1 coming to America in 2011, diesel a possibility, ...
Rice Husks Co. Seeded By DFJ, Cisco In Business Plan Contest
blogs.wsj.com — After reviewing the business plans of more than 1,000 unknown start-up companies, venture firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson – joined this year by tech giant Cisco Systems – has awarded a seed round of $250,000 to Husk Power Systems Inc., a company that ...
Rice Husks Co. Seeded By DFJ, Cisco In Business Plan Contest
Rice Power: Cisco, DFJ Award Seed Money to Husk Power Systems | Sustainability
www.fastcompany.com — We first wrote about Husk Power Systems, a startup that turns rice husks into energy, back in November 2008 . Now the startup, which already powers an entire small town in India, has beat out over 1,000 competitors to win the Draper Fisher Jurvetson ...
Rice Power: Cisco, DFJ Award Seed Money to Husk Power ...
Husk Power Systems - Electrifying rural India.
huskpowersystems.com — // July 1, 2009 : DFJ/Cisco > Husk Power wins Draper Fisher Jurvetson/Cisco Global Business Plan Competition > // January, 2009 : New York Times > Husk Power named top student innovation > // December, 2008 : FastCompany > Husk Power named "Social ...
Husk Power Systems - Electrifying rural India.
Draper Richards
www.draperrichards.com — Draper Richards L.P. is a venture capital firm investing in early-stage technology companies. We fund entrepreneurs with the energy, vision, experience, and desire to build great companies. Draper Richards is an active investor, dedicated to helping ...
Draper Richards
 Breaking News: Husk Power Systems Wins $250K Venture Competition
Breaking News: Husk Power Systems Wins $250K Venture Competition
www.nextbillion.net — Authored by: Rob Katz Husk Power Systems , a company we profiled here on NextBillion back in October, was announced today as the winner of the Global Business Plan competition sponsored by Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Cisco Systems.  As the ...
Breaking News: Husk Power Systems Wins $250K Venture ...
 Yokohama dB Super E-spec orange oil-infused tires now on sale
Yokohama dB Super E-spec orange oil-infused tires now on sale
www.autobloggreen.com — Yokohama debuted its new ADVAN ENV-R1 orange oil-infused racing tire at the Porsche GT3 Challenge at Sebring a few months back. At the time, the company promised to have new tires using the eco-friendly technology on the market for consumer use in short order. Apparently, that time is now . ...
Yokohama dB Super E-spec orange oil-infused tires now on ...
Video: Hitachi joins eco-battery boom
marketnewslive.blogspot.com — Hitachi is deep in the eco-battery push, spending up to $310 million with a huge boost in capacity of lithium-ion batteries for hybrid cars.
Video: Hitachi joins eco-battery boom
 Hitachi to multiply lithium battery production by a factor of 70!
Hitachi to multiply lithium battery production by a factor of 70!
www.autobloggreen.com — By fall 2010, Hitachi plans increase its production capacity for lithium ion batteries by 600 percent in the first phase of a major expansion. Hitachi will be supplying the batteries for General Motor's second-generation mild hybrid system that debuts late next year for 2011 model year ...
Hitachi to multiply lithium battery production by a ...
 UK funds Low-Carbon Buses with £30 million
UK funds Low-Carbon Buses with £30 million
www.autobloggreen.com — The British Department of Transport has announced a new £30 million fund to help bus operators purchase low-carbon vehicles, like the new GM-Allison Two-mode hybrid system (pictured). A Low Carbon Emission Bus (LCEB) is defined as one that reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent ...
UK funds Low-Carbon Buses with £30 million
 VIDEO: Lightning Hybrids' LH4 hits the road
VIDEO: Lightning Hybrids' LH4 hits the road
www.autobloggreen.com — Lightning Hybrids LH4 - Click above to watch the video after the break Back in early April at the Denver International Auto Show, Lightning Hybrids' showed off its new biodiesel-powered hydraulic-hybrid LH4, the design of which was inspired by the classic 1963 Split-Window Corvette. ...
VIDEO: Lightning Hybrids' LH4 hits the road
 It's Friday: Spanish artist creates staged traffic jam
It's Friday: Spanish artist creates staged traffic jam
www.autobloggreen.com — Maider López's traffic art - Click above for image gallery Art may be the last thing in the world the average person thinks about when sitting idle in a major traffic jam, but Spanish artist Maider López apparently sees things the normal person doesn't. López put a ...
It's Friday: Spanish artist creates staged traffic jam
 Spain backtracks on nuclear power phase-out - Yahoo! News
Spain backtracks on nuclear power phase-out - Yahoo! News
news.yahoo.com — AFP/File Workers of the Garona nuclear plant demonstrate, holding banners reading "Garona is safe" in
Spain backtracks on nuclear power phase-out - Yahoo! News
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