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Vinod Khosla stands by lithium ion batteries are "overhyped" statement; sees money to be made

Sun Microsystems founder Vinod Khosla has not been shy about making his bets on the automotive future known. Wherever there has been an opportunity to invest in or promote advanced ethanol, it seems Khosla was there, giving it at least a cursory look (see, for example, Coskata, which GM also invested in). He even described his "big biofuels bet" back in 2006. Considering his millions of statements dollars supporting next-generation biofuels, it's no surpriise that he's skeptical of plug-in vehicles – he has called them "toys" and that ... Read more →

EcoMotors looking to expand in Michigan, build 100mpg diesel sedan Jeremy Korzeniewski

Earlier this year at the Detroit Auto Show, EcoMotors showed off a small diesel powerplant which used the boxer or pancake style of horizontally opposed cylinders. The small company believes that its ...

Khosla: plug-ins are "toys," batteries "immaterial" Lascelles Linton

Vinod Khosla has challenged conventional ideas on the cost of ethanol and then walked the walked by investing in America's first cellulosic ethanol plant. What does Vinod think about plug-in cars and ...

Vinod Khosla writes about imprudent environmentalism and "Scheer nonsense" Jeremy Korzeniewski

I have got to tell you that the article linked to here is very long and takes a good while to get through. Then, after you have read the whole thing, you still need time to meditate on all of the ...

Range Fuels (ex-Kergy) will open wood-waste-using cellulosic ethanol plant in Georgia Sebastian Blanco

Range Fuels, Inc., known until just the other day as Kergy, Inc., will build a cellulosic ethanol plant in Georgia to turn wood waste into the biofuel. Range Fuels says its proprietary cellulosic ...

Vinod Khosla interviewed on PBS' NOW 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

It's no secret that Vinod Khosla likes ethanol. And he's more than willing to tell you about it. Or, in this case, David Brancaccio over at PBS' NOW. The subject of the show wasn't biofuels or ethanol per se, but "Corporate Compassion," so there's discussion about microlending along with the ethanol ...

Khosla: Ethanol is just a stepping stone 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

When I hear the name Vinod Khosla three things immediately come to mind - lots and lots of money, Sun Microsystems and ethanol. If you're not familiar with Mr. Khosla, the first thing you need to grasp is that he's one of Silicon Valley's most influential people. In 1982, he co-founded Sun ...

Mascoma getting closer to commercial production of cellulosic ethanol 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Mascoma Corp., a company solely focused on converting cellulosic biomass to ethanol, announced last week that a new partnership with Dartmouth College will bring commercial production of cellulosic ethanol one step closer. The partnership gives Mascoma access to several of Dartmouth's patents, and ...

Khosla challenges oil companies with cheap ethanol offer 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Vinod Khosla, a socially conscious entrepreneur who funds clean energy ventures among others, is calling oil companies' bluffs on fuels not made from fossil fuels. Khosla (read more about him here and here) has offered to supply enough ethanol to the oil companies at a fixed price so they can sell ...

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