Electric Car Blogging

Companies seeking to establish solar power farms around protected wildlife areas can face a long, byzantine government permitting process. Why not set up utility-scale, renewable energy in polluted zones instead? That’s what the Environmental Protection Agency is proposing. Its map for Google Earth show the potential for solar, wind, … [...]

Pininfarina showed off the B0 in its booth at the Paris Motor Show. (Credit: CBS Interactive) If you want to build a new car, even a small, economical car, get Pininfarina to design it. That lesson is made clear with the launch of the B0 at the 2008 Paris Motor … Originally posted at The Car Tech blog [...]

A sampling of green-tech news, with a quick commentary: Solar-painted steel could electrify buildings – Renewable Energy WorldA Welsh lab is developing photovoltaic coatings for steel, which could lead to buildings with energy-generating walls. Compact fluorescent bulbs may pollute more than incandescents – Environmental Science & TechnologyCalifornians and others … [...]

Solar thermal equipment maker Ausra raised .6 million Wednesday from an international group of investors including KERN Partners of Canada, Starfish Ventures of Australia, and Generation Investment Management of London, whose chairman is Al Gore. They are joined by the high-profile Khosla Ventures and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, … [...]