Posts Tagged ‘cleantech’
Up, up, up and away Wheego!!
Of course, we’re rooting for the home team! Atlanta-based Wheego has been making a splash with news of its full-speed vehicle that’s gearing up to go.
Check out the recent story on bnet by Jim Motovalli, who regularly blogs for The New York Times and the Mother Nature Network and authored “Forward Drive: The Race to Build Clean Cars for the Future.”
http://tinyurl.com/3949w6h
Autodesk shops for technology in Israel
Here’s a neat story by Israel21C, a site that provides news from Israel “beyond the conflit.”
Israel boast the world’s highest number of startups per capita, according to the book, “Startup Nation,” about the country’s entrepreneurial climate. And clearly, American innovators like Autodesk have taken notice.
The California-based company is a leader in software for virtual design, which obviously cuts down on the cost and time and waste of manual construction. Its purchase of Israel’s PlanPlatform software allows for live collaboration among designers. And it means that PlanPlatform’s former CEO, Tal Weiss, now heads up Autodesk’s AutoCad R&D program in Israel, according to the article, which you can click on below for more details.
What blows my mind is the picture that goes with it — of the leadership trio behind PlanPlatform. They look like high school kids. Amazing.
http://tinyurl.com/yl3ummk
Ford and Microsoft partner on EV charging
Josie Garthwaite of earth2tech has details on the news announced today at the New York International Auto Show:
greentechmedia lists its top 50 vc-funded startups
We were excited to see some of our favorites make the list.
Truth is, they’re all winners. But since we just had the Oscars, and because we have friends at some of these startups, we’re going to name some names.
In the biofuels category, honorees included: Solazyme.
In SmartGrid and EV infrastructure, honorees included: Better Place.
And in Transportation, Coda, Fisker and Tesla were all named.
We’re proud of you!
Check out the full list here:
http://tinyurl.com/yjf583g
We love you, Joe White
Here’s his brilliant recap on greentech at the show:
