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Electric carmaker Think hits the accelerator
It was a year ago that venture capitalist and solar energy entrepreneur Jan-Olaf Willums appeared at the Cleantech Forum in San Francisco shortly after taking over Think Global, a Norwegian electric...
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Think unveils new electric car, GE investment
General Electric has officially confirmed its $4 million investment in Norwegian electric carmaker Think Global, a development Green Wombat reported back in December. GE Energy Financial Services (GE)...
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Kleiner Perkins, Think Global launch U.S. electric car company
PASADENA, Calif. — Norwegian electric carmaker Think Global is bringing its zippy urban runabout to the United States. On Monday at Fortune’s Brainstorm Green conference, Think launched its North...
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Utility chief: we want to fuel the auto industry
PASADENA, Calif. — If you wanted a snapshot of the emerging alliance between utilities and automakers, the car park of the Langham hotel here was the place to be Tuesday morning. There was the CEO of...
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PG&E chief’s green crusade
“Years ago we came to the conclusion that global warming was a problem, it was an urgent problem and the need for action is now. The problem appears to be worse and more imminent today, and the need to...
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Ford exec jumps to Think Global
photo: Think Global Norwegian electric carmaker Think Global, once owned by Ford, has tapped Ford executive Richard Canny as its new president and chief operating officer. Canny previously served as...
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End of the road for the Think electric car?
photo: Think Think Global, the innovative Norwegian electric car company, has temporarily halted production of its City urban runabout and laid off half its workforce as it considers a sale to survive...
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Recharge: Think obtains financing
photo: Think Norwegian electric carmaker Think said Tuesday it has obtained a $5.7 million bridge loan from battery maker Ener1 Group and other investors to allow the company to resume limited...
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Electric carmaker Think recalls workers
photo: Think Here’s a bit of good news from the otherwise dreary alternative automotive world: Norwegian electric carmaker Think has put 44 laid-off employees back to work following the completion of...
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Think to open U.S. electric car factory
photo: Think Norwegian electric car company Think announced Thursday that it will open a factory in the United States in 2010 to produce its City urban runabout. Think CEO Richard Canny, a former Ford...
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Think goes Dutch in deal for 500 electric cars
photo: Think For a company in the breakdown lane of near-bankruptcy, Norwegian electric carmaker Think keeps hitting the accelerator. On Wednesday, Think said it has signed an agreement to sell 500 of...
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Think rolls into Austrian electric car market
photo: Think Norwegian electric car maker Think has started shipping its City urban runabout to an Austria utility as part of a government project to test the impact of EVs on the power grid. The €4.7...
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States compete for Think electric car plant
photo: Think Not too many car factories are getting built in the United States these days, especially in the midst of a global economic meltdown. So the prospect of landing Norwegian electric carmaker...
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Think rolls into Spain
photo: Think Norwegian electric automaker Think on Wednesday announced a deal to send 550 of its City urban runabouts to Spain, continuing to seed the European market as governments offer incentives...
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Think to sell electric drive trains
photo: Think Norwegian electric carmaker Think is going into the drive-train businesses with battery maker EnerDel and their first big customer is the Japanese postal service. Think makes the City, a...
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Norway’s Think is back in business — in Finland
photo: Think Norwegian electric car maker Think has exited bankruptcy protection and brought on board new investors. As I write in the New York Times Green Inc. blog today: Norwegian electric car...
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