Tag: "battery"

Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf Star at San Jose Electric Car Convention

Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf Star at San Jose Electric Car Convention

After years of stops and starts, electric cars and plug-in hybrids are on the cusp of a new era of mainstream acceptance, starting this year.

 
Sheraz Sadiq

Post on Jul 28, 2010 by

Those Intermittent Renewables – Part 2

Those Intermittent Renewables – Part 2

"We believe energy storage is the next big thing," says Craig Horne, CEO of EnerVault, a Sunnyvale startup. His company is developing a battery that could help solve a renewable energy problem (check out our previous post): how to keep electricity flowing when we need it, even as more of it comes from sources we can't control. Horne was a panelist at a UC Berkeley-Stanford sponsored CleanTech Conference about energy storage held last week at Berkeley's Lawrence Hall of Science.

 
Rachel Zurer

Post on May 13, 2009 by

Producer's Notes for Quest Lab: The Five-cent Battery

Producer's Notes for Quest Lab: The Five-cent Battery

…I just want to say for the record that we did not force anyone to deface currency of the United States. In fact, if pushed came to shove I will say that we discouraged the practice…

 
Chris Bauer

Post on Mar 24, 2009 by