Report: Tesla picks Nevada for Gigafactory
Tesla Motors has picked Nevada as the site of its $5 billion “Gigafactory” to make advanced batteries, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. The electric car company, based in Palo Alto, will...
View ArticleCalifornia may have shot at 2nd Tesla Gigafactory
Nevada may have won the competition to host Tesla Motors’ $5 billion “Gigafactory” for making advanced batteries, with a formal announcement expected at 4 p.m. Thursday. But that doesn’t mean the...
View ArticleCalifornia electric car sales pass major milestone
Sometime in August, California became the first state with more than 100,000 electric cars and plug-in hybrids on the road, according to an EV advocacy group. That’s still a tiny fraction of all cars...
View ArticleReport: Solar could cut utility profits 15%
For years, utility executives have watched the rapid spread of rooftop solar power with trepidation, seeing a potential threat to their profits. A new federally funded report suggests that it’s not an...
View ArticleElon Musk and the mysterious ‘D’
Such is the celebrity of Elon Musk that the Tesla Motors CEO can get the Internet buzzing by saying a single letter. Or in this case, tweeting it. Late Wednesday, Musk posted a cryptic tweet suggesting...
View ArticleFounder of Fremont LED startup wins Nobel
Most Silicon Valley tech startups can’t claim that their founders won a Nobel. Soraa can. The Fremont LED company was co-founded in 2008 by Shuji Nakamura, one of three researchers who on Tuesday won...
View ArticleTesla unveils the all-wheel drive Model ‘D’
A week after teasing the Internet with a cryptic tweet about unveiling “the D,” Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk on Thursday night finally explained what he meant, debuting a new, dual-motor version of the...
View ArticleSolarCity bonds – A new way to invest in solar
SolarCity will issue up to $200 million in bonds to small-time investors who want to make money on renewable power, the fast-growing San Mateo company reported Wednesday. The bonds, which can be...
View ArticleEV charging comes to S.F. apartment buildings
San Francisco’s love affair with the electric car has always come with one serious caveat — most of the city’s residents can’t plug in at home. More than 60 percent of San Franciscans rent, usually in...
View ArticleClimate change warning stickers on SF gas pumps?
Gasoline pumps in San Francisco could soon carry a warning: Burn this fuel, and contribute to global warming. San Francisco Supervisor John Avalos on Tuesday plans to introduce a proposed ordinance...
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