July 23rd, 2011
Some shipping and logistics companies have embraced the concept of corporate social responsibility as a way to build their brand image and improve their operations. For shipping companies, corporate s…
September 24th, 2009
Electric car maker Fisker has put a date on its plans to turn a profit: 2011.Fisker Automotive, prime Tesla Motors competitor and maker of the luxury plug-in hybrid vehicle known as the Karma, has ann…
August 12th, 2009
BusinessWeek took a close look last week at the problems users may havwe to put up with if they buy BMW's Mini E. While they pick on BMW in the article, the problems aren't unique.Mike Graham,…
May 27th, 2009
VentureBeat pointed out last week that $2 billion worth of federal grants were being awarded to battery makers in the near future. Grants will run between $100 million and $150 million. The deadline t…
May 22nd, 2009
There's been a lot of nergy legislation news in the past couple of weeks. But TreeHugger pointed out one chunk of news that didn't get much coverage. Federal supportfunding for hydrogen cars s…
April 8th, 2009
TreeHugger published a piece last week on the possibilityrumor that Japan's government may start encouraging green cars ownership with a $3000 (300,000 yen) subsidy.The Japanese media has been rep…
March 21st, 2009
TreeHugger had a piece last week on development in Spain's move to electric cars.The pretty southern Spanish town of Seville has been chosen along with the capital Madrid and the northern hub Barc…
March 14th, 2009
Norwegian car maker Th!nk is in the news at the moment.
Treehugger describes Th!nk as having "a long and troubled history – gone bankrupt twice, changed hands a couple of times (including a shor…
March 11th, 2009
I guess everybody needs a little glamour and luxury from time to time. There's no reason that alternative energy shouldn't get some…
BusinessWeek has a piece this week on the debut in Genev…
February 16th, 2009
As the internal combustion engine is slowly replaced in by electric car engines, the economic balance of power in the world will shift. OPEC will be replaced (eventually) by economic powerhouses that …