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- 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
- 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
- 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
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Ask the Expert: Energy’s Next Era
electricity grid are associated with carbon emissions. But an electric vehicle is less carbon intense (in terms of pounds of CO2 per mile) than a 25-mile-per-gallon internal... 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
The Road Less Traveled
Most cars in the United States weigh more than 4,000 pounds, and new models are trending larger, even in countries where people drive less. And the larger the vehicle, the more fuel required to power it, which means more greenhouse-gas emissions that contribute to... 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Cathy A. Nichols
When Air Force brat Cathy Nichols turned ten, her father left the military and moved the family to a house without electricity in rural Maine. Nichols grew up in semipoverty, working every summer to earn money for clothes and knowing that... View Details
Keywords: Thomas Frick