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  • 29 Jun 2016
  • News

The Latest Local Motor: A Self-Driving Bus

(photo by Local Motors) (photo by Local Motors) The Jetsonian era may be upon us. A recent NPR piece details how 24-year-old Colombia native Edgar Sarmiento worked with Local Motors to build a vehicle called Olli—a self-driving View Details
  • 01 Feb 2021
  • News

Locally Grown

exit.” The payoff has been the success of companies like Lightning Systems. Founded in 2008 to turn heavy vehicles into fuel-saving hybrids, the company faced extinction as zero-emissions systems gained prominence in the late 2010s. With... View Details
  • 22 Feb 2022
  • News

Savings and Loam

Illustration by James Steinberg Illustration by James Steinberg Picture today’s conscious consumer pulling on a fresh organic cotton tee shirt, then driving their hybrid or electric vehicle to the grocery... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles
  • 13 Jul 2020
  • News

Locally Grown

companies, we would have never succeeded in any of them if we thought that we could get in and out in three to five years.” Among the companies funded by Aravaipa is Lightning Systems. When the fund first invested in the company, it was developing hydraulic hybrid... View Details
Keywords: April White
  • 01 Dec 2013
  • News

Plugged In

pretty surreal," says Camargo. But the day after the show, the reality of the challenge ahead of him remained: How, exactly, do you sell America a high-end electric car? 1. DITCH THE OLD PITCH The first wave of View Details
Keywords: Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing
  • 01 Apr 1996
  • News

Stewards of the Seventh Generation

heat-trapping gases such as carbon dioxide that are released into the atmosphere when coal and petroleum products are burned. That same day, the Wall Street Journal reported that in California and Arizona, General Motors would this year begin selling battery-powered... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso, Garry Emmons, Linda Goodspeed, and Elaine Gottlieb
  • 26 Jan 2021
  • News

Numbers Talk at Tesla

When Zachary Kirkhorn (MBA 2013) became CFO of Tesla in early 2019, few envied him. The electric carmaker had just reduced headcount by 7 percent. Tesla needed to cut costs and its vehicle prices to avoid... View Details
Keywords: finance; automotive; manufacturing; innovation; Manufacturing
  • 07 Nov 2024
  • Blog Post

Exploring California’s Climate Frontier: E&E Club’s Bay Area Trek

invaluable insights and connections with experts shaping the future of this critical space. The journey began with a visit to Tesla’s Fremont manufacturing plant, where the automation and scale of electric View Details
  • 19 Oct 2023
  • Blog Post

New Venture Competition 2023: Business and Environment Ventures

ClimateTech startup Seia Bio has developed a suit of armor to promote microbe stability, which will improve food security and eliminate 2% of global CO2 emissions. SmartCharge - Cathryn Hart (MBA 2024) - SmartCharge expands access to View Details
  • 11 Jun 2007
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching the Next Generation of Energy Executives

You may think that being an energy executive—especially a manager in a leading oil company—might be the easiest job around. Just flip the production switch, and watch gas prices head toward $4 a gallon. But students enrolled in Harvard Business School professor Forest... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Energy; Utilities
  • Web

Automobile Industry - Photography Collections - Historical Collections

Motor Co. United Fruit Co. Smaller Collections Yousuf Karsh Portraits Margaret Bourke-White Farm Security Administration 1934 Art and Industry Exhibition Early Aviation Electric Railway Jones & Laughlin Steel 19th-Century Boston Portrait... View Details
  • 25 May 2011
  • News

Race to the Finish?

travels 100 miles on a single battery charge. Ghosn notes that 80 percent of the world’s daily driving is less than 50 miles. While electric car owners can charge up at home in a multihour process (usually overnight), Ghosn envisions... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
  • 10 Jul 2009
  • Research Event

Business Summit: The Coming World Oil Crisis

silver bullets that can solve this problem—not more drilling, greater vehicle fuel efficiency, electric cars, or renewable energy. Political and business leaders must support these measures and more;... View Details
Keywords: Re: Richard H.K. Vietor; Energy; Utilities
  • 19 May 2023
  • News

Quiet Acceleration

company aims to sell 20 million electric vehicles a year by 2030—about a quarter of all new auto sales worldwide. (Last year, the company delivered 1.3 million EVs.) The company’s valuation, now at more than... View Details
Keywords: financial management; auto manufacturing; supply chairn management; leadership; Tesla; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing
  • Profile

Joseph Abel

electricity from the sun,” Joe explains, “but there’s a huge up-front cost.” To overcome the obstacle, Sungevity packages panel-installation and financing together, offering customers a solar-energy purchase similar to a lease on a car.... View Details
  • 03 Feb 2021
  • Blog Post

Faculty Spotlight: Professor Jurgen Weiss

replacing their fleets with electric alternatives, because the fleet vehicles that are now being produced will have a lower total cost of ownership than the trucks they're currently using. So, you see huge... View Details
  • Web

Mobility Policy | About

lightweight vehicles designed for individual transportation, typically for short distances. These include e-bikes, electric scooters, and other compact motorized or human-powered devices. Campus Pathways and... View Details
  • 30 Oct 2019
  • Blog Post

Candidates Seeking Opportunities After Graduation: Lessons Learned

pause for travel, Matt resumed his search in earnest, reaching out to colleagues in clean tech; two of them happened to work for Tesla and Zoox (an autonomous electric vehicle startup). Both gave Matt... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • 01 Sep 2024
  • News

The Road Less Traveled

the most popular worldwide choice for getting around—even for the short, solo trips that make up most of driving life in dense cities and sprawling suburbs. Swapping in smaller, energy-efficient electric vehicles, like bicycles and... View Details
Keywords: Janine White; illustrations by WACSO; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation
  • 18 Jun 2024
  • Blog Post

Alumni Career Journey: Ben Schutzman (MBA 2016) - Driving Positive Impact on Community and Climate

do a lot of work to optimize our maintenance and energy costs while turning these electric vehicles into revenue generating assets that provide stability to the electric grid.... View Details
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