Electric vehicle

General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt unveils an electric vehicle charging station, a new home energy-management device, and a $200 million competition seeking innovative ideas from entrepreneurs for a...

2 | July 13, 2010 11:42am

GE's Nucleus smart meter hub brings home energy management and the smart grid to homeowners.

1 | July 13, 2010 10:27am | By Andrew Nusca

GE's new WattStation, an electric vehicle charger designed by Yves Behar, intends to bring the smart grid to the family car.

1 | July 13, 2010 10:10am | By Andrew Nusca

GE CEO Jeff Immelt said the company is looking to create a clean tech ecosystem that can accelerate the adoption and commercialization of products ranging from Wattstation electric car chargers to...

July 13, 2010 10:00am | By Larry Dignan

General Electric announced $200 million innovation challenge seeking the best ideas to advance the technology and deployment of the smart grid.

July 13, 2010 9:26am | By Andrew Nusca

New California legislation will no longer allow low-passenger hybrids in carpool lanes. Will other states end the perk, too? Should they?

14 | July 13, 2010 8:17am | By Melissa Mahony

What will New York City look like in 2030? Three architectural firms design the city's future, using high-speed transportation, green spaces and lots of ingenuity.

8 | July 13, 2010 7:13am | By Andrew Nusca

A Chicago city official sees technology as one way to meet the city's "audacious" goal to reduce its carbon footprint 80 percent by 2050.

3 | July 7, 2010 5:26am | By Heather Clancy

At the REFF--Wall Street forum in New York City, cleantech experts discussed the state of the industry and outlined seven renewable energy targets for 2020.

1 | July 1, 2010 6:30am | By Andrew Nusca

Volkswagen's assembly plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee seeks an eco-friendly start for a new line of sedans.

1 | July 1, 2010 4:00am | By Melissa Mahony

Its IPO is great news for the auto industry -- but what about manufacturing, sales and repairs?

June 30, 2010 12:01am | By Deborah Gage

Tesla Motors officially announced its IPO, setting a price of $17 per share. But first-day trading excitement boosted the price, valuing the company at more than $248 million.

June 29, 2010 10:33am | By Andrew Nusca

Lithium-ion battery maker Boston-Power raised $60 million in funding. The investment will help it scale its products that store energy for plug-in electric cars and the smart grid.

June 28, 2010 7:09am | By Andrew Nusca

General Motors intends to redefine transportation with the electric vehicle. Here are eight ways smart cities can help, according to Britta Gross, GM's infrastructure chief.

5 | June 25, 2010 6:46am | By Andrew Nusca

Will charging all our electric cars overload the grid? What is Best Buy doing building charging stations? And why do we need to keep an eye on EV progress in China?

11 | June 23, 2010 2:00am | By Melanie D.G. Kaplan

The prolific energy storage expert, who holds more than 140 U.S. patents, is known for developing the battery that made implantable cardiac defibrillators possible. Now, she’s tackling transport...

7 | June 22, 2010 4:00am | By Christina Hernandez

Telepresence can cut 5.5 metric tons of CO2 emissions through 2020 if U.S. and U.K. companies substitute travel for telepresence, according to a study.

1 | June 17, 2010 4:12am | By Larry Dignan

U.S. automaker's 11th annual sustainability report details big bets on electric vehicles, other fuel-saving technologies

June 15, 2010 1:39pm | By Heather Clancy

Electric car maker Tesla Motors announced terms for an IPO, declaring that it hopes to raise about $185 million by selling shares to the public and Toyota.

June 15, 2010 8:21am | By Andrew Nusca

Proterra plans to build delivery vans and trucks using the same modular technology.

3 | June 15, 2010 12:01am | By Deborah Gage