Tim De Chant
It’s no secret that Toyota has struggled with the transition to EVs.
The company has spent the last decade trying to throw cold water on battery-powered vehicles. It has actively lobbied against them, invested untold sums into hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, and pushed incremental advances in fuel economy by...
Lithium-ion batteries have been making steady progress over the past decade, boosting energy density while also falling in price. But Ian Campbell thinks that today’s designs, no matter how advanced, are still leaving something on the table.
“There’s a gobsmackingly enormous amount of performance still to be unlocked from...
It’s 7:30 in the morning, and Tom Chi is in a philosophical mood. Maybe it’s because he was once an astrophysicist, a profession prone to thinking expansively. Maybe it’s because his mother is a Buddhist. Or maybe it’s because his three-year-old venture capital firm just raised $375 million.
“Sometimes...
A whopping 10% to 15% of the world’s energy goes toward something that, unless you’re a chemical engineer, you probably never think about: separating gasses.
Most of that happens the old-fashioned way by boiling different gasses off the top of various liquids, many of them petrochemicals. As simple as...
If you’re an early-stage founder, the crazy days of 2021 are a distant memory. Money is tight, and the process of getting more is as unsettled as ever.
The past few tumultuous years have tossed out the milestones that defined previous Series A benchmarks. But that doesn’t mean the...
The era of e-commerce has brought choice, convenience, and cardboard boxes. Oh, so many cardboard boxes.
“Everything goes in packaging these days,” said Chantal Emmanuel, co-founder and CTO of LimeLoop, which is a participant in the TechCrunch 2023 Battlefield 200 startup competition.
For many consumers, the sight of so much...
Apple kicked off its annual iPhone extravaganza with a slickly produced, Octavia Spencer–starring video espousing its environmental bonafides. So it’s perhaps unsurprising that most commentary skewed toward skepticism.
And not without good reason. Apple is the world’s most valuable company. It didn’t get there by telling people to buy...
For many American car owners, on-street parking is their only option. When it comes time to buy an electric vehicle, “where do I charge?” will undoubtedly be one of the first questions they ask.
Fast charging is an option, one that most closely mimics the way people fill up...
Imagine running a large public company — S&P 500 large — and telling some of your most promising customers that you can’t sell them what they want unless they’re willing to wait three to five years at a minimum. In some cases, the wait might be as long...
There is a “missing middle” in the market for renewable energy that won’t be missing for much longer.
The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday announced new guidance, authorized under the Inflation Reduction Act, that will enable the development of a range of renewable energy projects that previously had been...
