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Hydrogen Highway Gains Momentum with SunHydro's First Fueling Station

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 31

This past April, we spoke with a startup that had a grand plan for an East Coast hydrogen highway. That plan is now one step closer to reality with this week's news that SunHydro has built its first hydrogen fueling station.READ»

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It's Official: Tesla Inks Toyota Deal

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 56

Tesla, Elon Musk's troubled electric auto startup, is no longer dependent on the success of its niche sports cars and sedans.READ»

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Solar Power Business Heats Up: Enter GE

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 55

Watch out, solar manufacturers: GE may be about to take over your turf. The corporate giant, which has already carved out a spot as one of the world's leading wind turbine suppliers, announced this week that it is moving into the thin film solar business.READ»

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Saving the Grid From Ugly Overhead Wires

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 34

This week, American Semiconductor received its largest order yet--over 3 million meters of cables for superconductor cable manufacturer LS Cable of Korea.READ»

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Coming Soon: A GM-Branded Diesel Car?

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 32

Watch out, Volkswagen--your ironclad grip on the diesel car market may be about to weaken. READ»

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Good News for EVs: Nissan Leaf Hits 20,000 Pre-Orders

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 35

Analysts and research firms can sit around trying to predict the size of the nascent electric vehicle market, all they really need to do is take a look at the Nissan Leaf, which just reached its goal of 20,000 pre-orders three months ahead of schedule.READ»

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DuPont To Hit $1 Billion in Solar Sales This Year

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 40

The chemical giant finds its solar cell products are selling faster and faster. How big could this industry get?READ»

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BMW Flaunts Affairs With iPad, BlackBerry, Google

BY Austin Carr
Relevancy Score: 31

BMW was one of the first car manufacturers to integrate the iPod into its car designs. It was also one of the first to integrate the iPhone. Keeping with that love of all things Apple, BMW is planning to introduce integration with the iPad at the 2010 Paris Motor Show.READ»

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If You Build It, We Will Come

BY Gwen Ruta
Relevancy Score: 34

In "Field of Dreams," Kevin Costner's cornfield whispers, "If you build it, he will come," and sets off a series of events that change the lives of Costner and those around him. While talking corn is movie magic, the idea of expressing a desire in order to see it fulfilled is a powerful one. And if the expressed desire comes from a Fortune 500 company, it can help change the world.READ»

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Hyundai Goes Electric

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 43

Watch out, Toyota, Nissan, and Mitsubishi. Fellow Asian car company Hyundai is gunning for the growing electric vehicle market with an EV of its own.READ»

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Meet the Hybrid Supermini

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 30

Honda is set to unveil what it calls the world's first hybrid supermini at next month's Paris auto show. READ»

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China Pours Billions Into Electric Cars, Hybrids

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 37

China, that contradictory land of coal, smog, and renewable energy, may be on the verge of leadership in another green technology sector: electric and hybrid vehicles. The Chinese government announced today a plan to invest up to $15 billion in a state-run venture that will research, develop, and generate standards for upcoming hybrids and EVs. The venture will also put millions of electric cars on the road in the coming years, according to The New York Times.READ»

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GM Ventures' First Investment: Electric Vehicle Startup Bright Automotive

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 48

GM may be banking heavily on the Chevy Volt for success in the electric vehicle world, but the automaker is still hedging its bets through a a $5 million investment in Bright Automotive, the startup behind the upcoming IDEA plug-in ...READ»

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Three Steps for Changing Reality

BY Kaihan Krippendorff
Relevancy Score: 30

Last Sunday, an article I was reading covered Elon Musk, who made his riches helping to build PayPal and is now CEO of Space X and Tesla Motors. A few years ago, while doing research for my third book, I interviewed Musk. I was struck by the same thing the article covered: does Musk twist reality? READ»

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Ford's Secret Weapon? Innovation

BY Josh Linkner
Relevancy Score: 32

How Ford used innovation to beat the odds and win where others failed.READ»

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Ford Charges Same Price for Gas, Hybrid Version of Lincoln MKZ

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 37

If you were given the choice between a gasoline-powered car and a hybrid car--same model, same price--which would you buy? Ford is making that formerly hypothetical question a reality with the 2011 Lincoln MKZ Hybrid, which is set ...READ»

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Why Volkswagen is Sheepish on an Electric Vehicle Strategy

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 31

Look out on any street and gasoline-powered vehicles still dominate the road. But in the coming years, automakers like Toyota, Honda, and GM plan to start pumping out plug-in hybrid electric cars in a bid to keep up with the fabled ...READ»

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Is Toyota Working on an Electric Supercar?

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 30

Toyota already has the world's largest range of hybrid vehicles. But the company isn't leaving any potential electric vehicle market to chance. We recently learned that the automaker is teaming up with Tesla to build electric ...READ»

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Can China Turn EV Infrastructure Startup, Better Place Into a Success?

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 50

Electric vehicle infrastructure startup Better Place has a compelling business model: Better Place-branded EV charging stations allow drivers to juice up at home and at work, while gas station-like battery switch stations let ...READ»

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Renault Unveils the Ultra-Slick DeZir Gullwing Coupe EV

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 44

Watch out Tesla, Fisker, and Mercedes-Benz. French automaker Renault is angling for a share of the luxury electric vehicle market with the DeZir coupe, an electric two-seater concept car with a Kevlar body and tubular steel ...READ»

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Abengoa, Abound Solar Score $2 Billion From the U.S. Government

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 31

President Obama made a bold pronouncement in his first Oval Office speech last month: "Now is the moment for this generation to embark on a national mission to unleash America's innovation," he said. It's not too big of a project, ...READ»

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Tesla Unveils Roadster 2.5

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 33

Order now, and Tesla will throw in a few shares of freshly inflated stock!READ»

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Tesla Raises Shocking Amount in Nasdaq Debut

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 42

For all its ambitions to revolutionize the electric car industry, Tesla Motors has only posted a profit once, back in July 2009. It has released just one car (the Roadster), and sells 10 vehicles per week. And yet Tesla's first day ...READ»

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Corporate Activism: GE Sends Giant Wind Turbine Blade to Washington, D.C.

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 30

Climate activism isn't just for nonprofits and idealistic individuals. Sometime, major corporations get on board in a big way--literally, in the case of GE, which recently sent a 131-foot wind turbine blade to Washington, D.C.'s ...READ»

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Shakeup at Volkswagen: Is U.S. Chief Stefan Jacoby Bailing to Volvo?

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 32

Drama in the automotive world isn't limited to struggling startups and bankrupt heavyweights. Case in point: Rumors are circulating that Stefan Jacoby, President and CEO of the Volkswagen Group of America, is ditching VW for Volvo, ...READ»

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