Tata Motors has just shipped the world’s cheapest new car for $2375 US dollars. For right now the Tata Nano will be sold in India where the vehicle is being manufactured. The Tata Nano contains a 25 HP 2-cylinder aluminum 624 cc gasoline engine and a four-speed transmission. There is room enough for four passengers • Read More »
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Green Tech Bull Market Pulls Back
August 21, 2009 | By Kevin | No Comments | Filed in: News.It’s no secret that if you’ve been watching the green tech industry and green tech stocks that there has been a bull market charging ahead since March 2009 when the Dow hit a low of in the 6,500’s. And in this bull market, renewable energy companies across the board were going up in price. But, • Read More »
From Detroit Automakers to Michigan Battery Makers?
August 12, 2009 | By Kevin | No Comments | Filed in: Batteries.On August 5, the Obama Administration awarded a $2.4 billion grant for development of advanced battery technology. Michigan will be one of the largest recipients of this money gaining an approximate 50-percent share of the federal bucks. Companies like A123Systems, Compact Power, KD Advanced Battery Group, General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will all get a • Read More »
Kenya Installing Wind Turbines to Power Country
August 4, 2009 | By Kevin | No Comments | Filed in: Wind Energy.In October 2008, I talked about Ethiopia installing wind turbines to help their developing nation start to use green energy. Now, their neighbor to the south, Kenya is doing the same. When I had talked about Ethiopia installing large, commercial grade wind turbines it was the French who were helping with the efforts. In Kenya • Read More »