Amazon’s new pilot program at a Whole Foods store uses cameras and sensors to track each item you purchase. But what other kinds of data is Amazon collecting? Is this combination of technology and data collection the beginning of a trend in cleantech, too, so that companies have the capacity to track our energy usage and lifestyle choices?
If the recent launch of the company’s first all-electric Genesis luxury car and that video of a Kia EV6 drag racing a multi-million dollar collection of high-end hypercars didn’t clue you in already, let me fill in the blanks for you: Hyundai Motor has major, world-class ambitions. Not just ambitions … [continued]
The most important Tesla product isn’t any of its vehicles, but something else, according to Fast Company. It’s Tesla Insurance. The article opens up with praise as to how both Elon Musk and Tesla have “fascinated the world” with products such as the Tesla Model 3 and Tesla Cybertruck (reservation holders, represent!), but the article cites the fact that one product has been overlooked/under-acknowledged. It calls this product a “hugely important one,” and I agree.
ABB is putting the bees back into its name with a new project that was born from one employee’s passion which led him to explore the intersection of beekeeping and technology.
AI, blockchain, sensors, IoT, and mobile ubiquity are not the usual buzzwords you associate with corporate sustainability, but there’s a new wave of environmentalism afoot, and business and tech executives are already getting on board.
When the chips are down, Elon Musk knows how to turn things around. Both Tesla and SpaceX have been through near-death experiences. Yet, somehow, Musk pulled both companies out of dire straits. Musk’s friend, Venture Capitalist Jason Calacanis, explains that entrepreneurs need, “one central thing that is critical, and that’s resiliency.”
The ability to invest in companies that share the same core beliefs was a challenge that until recently was largely out of reach to individual investors and available only to the Venture Capital elite. This interest in impact investing — where people use their money to invest in companies that are making an impact in areas the individual is passionate about — has risen dramatically in recent years. In parallel to this movement, the popularity of crowdfunding campaigns sparked by the likes of Kickstarter, Indiegogo, and Go Fund Me have created the right conditions for the two to meet in the form of equity crowdfunding.
The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) Climate Corps program has implemented smart energy management strategies while transitioning to a cost-effective, energy-efficient green data centers for 1 in 3 Fortune 100 companies.
Increases in distributed generation have resulted in challenges to the power sector’s traditional way of doing things, and could result in further disruption, according to Lux Research. A new report, Powering the Future: Evaluating the Contenders That Aim to Rule the Distributed Grid, published this week, makes the bold claim that … [continued]
JuiceBox Energy has unveiled An 8.6 kWh lithium-ion “smart” solar energy storage system for residential and commercial use.
