Tag Archives: Fremont

The Gravitational Pull of China

November 29, 2010, 12:29 pm • Posted by Rachael Myrow
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A recent report from iSuppli, an El Segundo technology research firm, predicts China will dominate nearly 72 percent of new photovoltaic manufacturing capacity this year. Chinese companies hold seven of the positions on iSuppli’sT op 10 list, representing 6,445 megawatts … Continue reading »

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Toyota, the Biggest Car Manufacturer in California

November 23, 2010, 12:19 pm • Posted by Rachael Myrow
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At the LA Auto Show, Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., debuted the second-generation RAV4 EV. The basic vehicle will be manufactured in Woodstock, Ontario.  Tesla will build the battery and related bits in Palo Alto.  “The method and installation location of … Continue reading »

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Hollywood Goes Mad for Bollywood

November 10, 2010, 8:21 am • Posted by Rachael Myrow
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The flirtation becomes official today when LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa signs a joint declaration between the City of Los Angeles and the Indian film industry to “develop and strengthen motion picture production, distribution, technological, content protection and commercial cooperation between the two filmmaking communities … Continue reading »

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Solyndra to Close a Factory

November 3, 2010, 7:14 am • Posted by Rachael Myrow
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Fab 1 was fancy, but Fab 2 is fancier, and according to the New York Times, the solar-panel maker with more than half a billion dollars in federal aid plans to announce today it will shutter the older plant and … Continue reading »

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NUMMI Refugee Finds Job at Bloom Energy

October 25, 2010, 6:12 pm • Posted by Rachael Myrow
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Half a year after NUMMI closed, what happened to those former auto workers in the San Francisco Bay Area? 47-hundred people lost their jobs in Fremont – thousands more working for suppliers were also cut loose… at a time when … Continue reading »

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Don't Discount the Europeans

October 22, 2010, 11:49 am • Posted by Rachael Myrow
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Have you noticed the Daimler AG stake in Tesla? Then there’s Karma production, expected to ramp up early next year at Valmet in Uusikaupunki, Finland – with a little help from some folks in Delaware. Then there’s Peraves of Switzerland. … Continue reading »

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Opening Soon at an Auto Plant Near You

September 23, 2010, 6:31 am • Posted by Rachael Myrow
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October 1st is the big day. Tesla Motors plans to open the old NUMMI plant, which is of course, now the “Tesla Factory.” The San Jose Mercury News tells us 40 people already work out of an office set up … Continue reading »

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Coda headed for Northern California

September 13, 2010, 3:55 pm • Posted by Rachael Myrow
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The carmaker Coda Automotive is close to opening a final assembly plant in … drumroll, please … Benicia. The Los Angeles Business Journal reports Coda, after flirting for months with Los Angeles, (and fully convincing this now humbled reporter) is … Continue reading »

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Thousands of NUMMI Alums Still Unemployed

August 12, 2010, 9:23 am • Posted by Rachael Myrow
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Over 2,000 NUMMI assembly workers still looking for work engaged in hollers, handshakes and hugs at a job fair Wednesday at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton.  KQED sent reporter Adelaide Chen to cover this event, coordinated by workforce investment … Continue reading »

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CEO Out at Solyndra

July 27, 2010, 9:17 am • Posted by Rachael Myrow
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Chris Gronet, Solyndra’s founder and CEO, will be replaced by a former executive from Intel. It looked like trouble brewing when Solyndra pulled out of an IPO last month. It takes more than a generous loan from the DOE to … Continue reading »

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