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A legal settlement that brings more than $100 million in investment to California’s electric vehicle charging infrastructure has become a big mess, with Ecotality suing to prevent what it calls a monopoly by its rival NRG. Who will win -- and who stands to lose?
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A new report from BSR and CTIA, the wireless industry lobbying group, touts the benefits of wireless technologies for saving billions of dollars on costs and emissions in the coming years, particularly in logistics, farming and smart grids.
by Derek Top
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General Electric and Inovateus Solar are working together to offer solar-powered carports equipped with charging stations for electric cars -- a concept that enables large-scale EV charging in commercial and corporate parking lots without a huge draw on the grid.
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Sixteen years after the launch of GM's OnStar, the technology is being put to use to give electric vehicles a shortcut to connect to smart grids -- and possibly a shortcut for utilities to bring the smart grid up to scale.
by Adam Aston
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From cars to vending machines, movie rentals to building security, machine-to-machine technologies are a rapidly growing market, and Sprint's new Command Center positions the company to meet the demand from businesses that want to harvest value from their data.
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The automaker improved its fleet management software to give customers more information, in real-time, on how their fleets are performing and what's happening inside vehicles.
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The two companies will collaborate on developing the underlying technology needed to support widespread electric vehicle use, including the infrastructure needed between charging stations and the back-end systems that will process various utility transactions.
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The U.S. auto market is about to be inundated with electrified vehicle options, but without widespread initiatives to educate drivers, the new wave of electrification could crash and burn before these cars get off the lot.
by Anna Clark
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Software and automobiles take the next step forward with the announcement that Microsoft will partner with Ford Motor Co. to bring smart energy management to electric vehicles, beginning with the all-electric Focus in 2011.
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The new Bloom Energy Server was touted far and wide last week as a game-changing fuel-cell device. We talked to some of the first owners of 'Bloom Boxes' to find out why they made the $700,000 purchase -- and whether it's right for your firm.
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A near-Herculean effort, Newsweek's new list of the greenest companies in the S&P 500 Index may be imperfect -- and are sure to be debated -- but they may also be the best effort to date to assess the mainstream corporate marketplace in the U.S.
by Joel Makower
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Weeks after scoring more than $90 million in stimulus funds to speed the development of electric vehicles and batteries, Ford Motor Co. announced new electric models and the testing of a communication and control system that allows vehicle owners to schedule recharging for specific times and rates.