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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, Vinod Khosla and the Detroit Auto Show Jeremy Korzeniewski

Considering that the internal combustion engine has been around for so long, you could be excused if you thought that there were no more big gains to be found when it comes to the efficiency of the ...

API CEO vs. Khosla: Two views on blending ethanol with petroleum Sebastian Blanco

OK, you've got American Petroleum Institute CEO Red Cavaney and ethanol venture capitalist Vinod Khosla both speaking at the Advancing Renewable Energy Conference last week in St. Louis. Guess who ...

Cilion to build eight modular ethanol plants Sebastian Blanco

By 2008, a new company called Cilion will be operating eight ethanol production plants each capable of producing 55 million gallons of ethanol. The interesting aspect is that these plants will be ...

Vinod Khosla stands by lithium ion batteries are "overhyped" statement; sees money to be made 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

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 ...

EcoMotors, Vinod Khosla and the Detroit Auto Show 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Considering that the internal combustion engine has been around for so long, you could be excused if you thought that there were no more big gains to be found when it comes to the efficiency of the design. You would be wrong, though, and EcoMotors' has a unique design ICE that is giving the company ...

API CEO vs. Khosla: Two views on blending ethanol with petroleum 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

OK, you've got American Petroleum Institute CEO Red Cavaney and ethanol venture capitalist Vinod Khosla both speaking at the Advancing Renewable Energy Conference last week in St. Louis. Guess who said which of the following: "I suggest that the real market [for E85] is much, much larger if we ...

Cilion to build eight modular ethanol plants 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

By 2008, a new company called Cilion will be operating eight ethanol production plants each capable of producing 55 million gallons of ethanol. The interesting aspect is that these plants will be built from identical, modular plans. The first three will be built in California. Cilion was formed by ...


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