Chikodi Chima
Chikodi Chima is co-editor of AltTransport. Follow him on Twitter @chikodi.
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President Barack Obama is scheduled tomorrow to visit the Smith Electric Vehicles plant in Kansas City, MO, to highlight the award of $32 million from the Department of Energy to advance production of EVs for commercial use. The Smith Newton has can travel 100 miles on a single charge and reach a top speed of
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BioFuel Breakthrough: New Mobile Concept to Help Process Feedstock Where It’s Grown
Researchers at Purdue have designed a revolutionary biofuels production concept that may one day turn the world of alternative energy on its head. The process, known by its shorthand names as “H Two Bio Oil,” will send biofuel processors to farms, or wherever feedstock is plentiful and create liquid fuel on site. The new technique
Read more »North Carolina biofuel maker, Patriot Biodiesel, is in a fight for its life, reports The News Record, even as the popularity of biofuels continues to soar. Patriot and other small-scale biodiesel producers are waiting for Congress to reauthorize a $1-per-gallon tax subsidy that helps make biodiesel price competitive with conventional fuels. The tax credit was
Read more »A late market rally on Friday was not enough to stem trading losses that continued for a seventh consecutive day. In this light, a further cooling of Tesla’s stock after a dizzying IPO Wednesday, which raised $226 million, seems tied to overall market performance. On Wednesday, their first day of trading, Tesla shares opened at
Read more »Corn- and sugar-based biofuels are so 20th century, according to the findings of a new study published recently by Lux Research, called “Navigating Through Scale to Successful Exits: A Compass for Biofuel and Biomaterial Investors.” Brighter Planet reports that technologies relying on algae, bacteria and other processes are attracting investors who see the potential for
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