Tim De Chant
Toyota’s president, Akio Toyoda, surprised the automotive world this week by announcing he would resign his position and hand the reins over to Koji Sato, who currently helms the company’s Lexus and Gazoo Racing divisions.
But Toyoda isn’t going far. The 66-year-old isn’t retiring outright, but instead retiring to...
Here comes the hockey stick.
After years of bumbling along, investment in the energy transition appears to be taking off. Businesses, financial institutions, governments and end users around the world sunk $1.11 trillion into low-carbon technologies, according to a new report from BloombergNEF. It was just over 30% more...
Chances are you used a toilet at some point today, and you didn’t think much of it.
But if you used a port-a-potty, you probably did think about it. Maybe a lot. And it probably wasn’t pleasant.
“No one likes the port-a-potty,” said Brophy Tyree, co-founder and CEO of Wasted....
Welcome back, climate tech readers! Like last week, we’ve got a full slate once more, from food waste to wastewater and more. Let’s dive in.
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After selling Nest to Google for $3.2 billion, Matt Rogers is no stranger to scaling fast. But unlike last time, Rogers...
The starry-eyed founder story usually goes something like this: Start an earthbound company, make lots of money, launch a rocket company to go to Mars.
If that’s the stereotypical narrative, then Chris Graves has it all backward.
Graves started with the Red Planet, helping to develop a key instrument for...
Hello, climate tech readers! Even without a milestone fusion announcement this week, plenty happened in the climate tech world that’s worth catching up on. From massive solar investments to plant-based steaks and small, modular batteries to back up your home, there’s something for everyone. Let’s dive in.
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The Inflation Reduction Act has clearly kickstarted investment in U.S. clean energy manufacturing. Last year, automakers and battery manufacturers announced that they’d spend tens of billions of dollars to ramp up EV production in the U.S. Now it’s solar’s turn.
Today, Korean solar manufacturer Hanwha Qcells announced that it’ll...
Gas stoves might be on the chopping block soon.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is considering banning the appliances in an effort to reduce harmful indoor air pollution, according to a tweet by commissioner Rich Trumka Jr. and comments he gave to Bloomberg.
“This is a hidden hazard,” Trumka...
If you’ve been seeing a slew of new alternative meat and animal products popping up in your grocery store, Lisa Feria is at least partially to thank.
Feria has spent the last seven years investing in startups in the sector. She and her partners at Stray Dog Capital have...
Downturn be damned — last month, Union Square Ventures announced that it had raised a $200 million climate fund less than two years after raising its first climate fund.
The new fund is certain to add fuel to climate tech as 2023 kicks off after a banner 2022. Nine...
