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Previously we have mentioned Brammo as an innovative EV motorcycle company (backed by Chrysalix Energy Ventures and Best Buy Capital) which is positioning its cycles as a combination of performance, practicality, and value. Now their latest model, the Empulse, follows the Enertia as a higher performance cycle with three range options.
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Fisker Automotive hits a major milestone on the road to delivering advanced vehicles we can drive and enjoy eco-performance with the official closing of its sizable DOE loan package. The loan along with additional private equity will fund both the launch of the Karma later this year and the development of the next model called [...]

It doesn’t get much better than a 100 MPG plug-in hybrid convertible with 400 hp that’s beautifully crafted by a company who is well focused on a successful formula for success in the global luxury automobile market that eco-advanced.
Check out the Luxist feature from the Chicago Auto Show:
http://www.luxist.com/tag/Fisker+Automotive/

This innovative, all electric, performance motorcycle company continues to get great press on its Enertia bike. You can get them at Best Buy stores and they have reduced the price to $7,995!
http://brammofan.wordpress.com/2010/02/15/big-brammo-day-cycle-world-cover-and-more/

Bill is right about solving the energy+emissions problem. Read this CNN article.
Long Beach, California (CNN) — Microsoft Corp. founder and philanthropist Bill Gates on Friday called on the world’s tech community to find a way to turn spent nuclear fuel into cheap, clean energy.
“What we’re going to have to do at a global scale is [...]

RICHLAND, Wash. – A smart electrical power grid could decrease annual electric energy use and utility sector carbon emissions at least 12 percent by 2030, according to a new report from the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
The report, The Smart Grid: An Estimation of the Energy and CO2 Benefits, shows a direct link [...]

This is encouraging that we are seeing another potential IPO to drive more liquidity to investors in the cleantech space and that we should get more public finacial support for a new generation of energy efficient vehicles which we desperately need.
PALO ALTO, CA. – Tesla Motors, Inc. today announced that it has filed a registration [...]

Fisker Automotive has secured access to an additional $115.3 million in private equity funding to develop plug-in hybrid cars. This funding is necessary for Fisker to access a $528.7 million U.S. Department of Energy conditional loan that will, in part, help speed completion of the Fisker Karma, the company’s first plug-in hybrid. The raise comes [...]

January 14, 2010 – Fisker Automotive has entered a battery supply agreement with A123 Systems. The Massachusetts-based company will provide lithium-ion batteries for the Karma plug-in hybrid. Chief Executive Officer Henrik Fisker said, “Fisker Automotive selected A123 because of the company’s ability to meet our performance needs and rapidly scale to our production volume. Fisker [...]

EnerNOC, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENOC), a leading provider of clean and intelligent energy solutions, today announced that it has acquired Monitoring-Based Commissioning (MBCx) firm Cogent Energy, Inc. By integrating Cogent Energy’s extensive commissioning and engineering experience into EnerNOC’s MBCx energy efficiency application, EnerNOC will be able to deliver even more value to its rapidly growing customer [...]