The folks over at the X Prize Foundation videotaped our interview with Peter Diamandis of the foundation, and Progressive Insurance’s Brian Desilva about the Progressive Automotive X Prize. We’ve embedded the video below… >
There’s been a lot of news on the electric car front in the last few weeks, including today’s announcement that Irvine-based Fisker Automotive is the recipient of a $528.7M loan from the Department of Energy to help it bootstrap its production. Other recipients of government money here are Ford, Nissan, and Tesla Motors. In a [...]
I had the chance to moderate a panel on sustainable technology Wednesday at Los Angeles Technology Week, and had a great opportunity to ask questions and hear from some experts in the area. On the panel was Rao Surampudi of JPL — who designed the batteries and power systems for the Mars Rover, Gregg Ander [...]
Although Tesla Motors–which launched its electric sports car Friday in Santa Monica–may get the attention of Silicon Valley, there seem to be a lot more, Southern California companies at the forefront of the green automobile industry. We have more than a handful of companies looking to tackle the auto industry. We had Tom Taulli look [...]
Thoughts and commentary from Benjamin F. Kuo, publisher of socalTECH.com.
