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A report this morning says that struggling Los Angeles-based EV maker Fisker Automotive lost track of millions of dollars of customer payments last year, and has been tied up in an internal, auditing crisis trying to track down where those ... A report this morning says that talks between Los Angeles-based EV maker Fisker Automotive and auto maker Nissan have collapsed, putting the company's future in jeopardy. According to a filing with the SEC, Fisker terminated its negotiation... Los Angeles-based electric vehicle maker Fisker Automotive says it has paused all ofits production for six weeks to "align inventory levels and progress strategic and financing initiatives", as the company runs low on cash. The pause comes ... The Energy Infrastructure Incentives for Zero-Emission Commercial Vehicles (EnergIIZE) says it is awarding up to $16M in incentives to grow hydrogen infrastructure in California, in an effort funded by the California Energy Commission (CEC)... San Luis Obispo-based REC Solar, which develops on-site and community solar and storage projects, says it has named a new CEO. According to the company, it has appointed Robb Jetty--most recently, Chief Operating Officer at Distributed Sola... Irvine-based battery technology developer Enevate said this week that its technology has been deployed in Korea. According to the company JR Energy Solution (JR ES) has started a electrode foundary in Korea with capability to manufacture el... Irvine-based Rivian said on Wednesday that it is cutting 10 percent of its work force, citing lower production expectations for the company. The layoff announcement came as part of its fourth quarter/full year 2023 financial results announc... Irvine-based battery technology developer Enevate said this week that it has lined up with EV motorcycle developer Lightning Motorcycles, to power up that company's extremely fast charge systems on the LS218 motorcycle. The company said tha... Newport Beach-based Rimere, a company that says it is developing "plasma technology" to produce clean hydrogen and graphene, says it has raised $10M in a strategic investment. The investment came from Clean Energy Fuels Corp. According to t... Los Angeles-based Haven Energy, a company which focuses on selling home battery storage systems for "virtual power plants", has raised $7M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Giant Ventures, and also included Lerer Hippeau and Rav... The Uptake Alliance, a venture development program which focuses on climate technology, says it has selected 15 climate-tech startups for its program--including two based in Southern California. The program said it has included Los Angeles-... Pasadena-based Better For All, a developer of compostable, reusable drink cups, says its cups are being used by the The University of Southern California Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, at the upcoming Coca-Cola Zero-Waste Men's Ba... Los Angeles-based Fisker Inc. is being battered on the public markets, after the company cited "material weaknesses" in the company's internal control over financial reporting. In a regulatory filing, the company said it could not file form... Long Beach-based TeraWatt Infrastructure, which is building out a network of charging sites focused on the trucking industry, says it has broken ground on a new EV charging site specifically for heavy duty electric vehicles. The company sai... Los Angeles-based Haven Energy, a company focused on home energy storage systems, has launched a new virtual power plant (VPP) program, the comapny recently announced. The venture backed company--which has received funding from such compani... The City of Lancaster said this morning that it has been selected as part of a Department of Energy (DOE) program to encourage the development of clean energy and hydrogen development. The company said that California's Alliance for Renewab... Los Angeles-based Lectron, which develops home and portable electric vehicle chargers, says it is in a retail expansion with Best Buy. The company said consumers will be able to find and purchase Lectron's chargers at "select" Best Buy loca... San Luis Obispo-based solar integrator REC Solar has received an investment from middle market investment firm ArcLight Capital Partners. Size of the investment was not announced. According to the company, the investment will enable scaling... Los Angeles-based EV charging network operator EVgo is partnering with Honda, to offer up drivers of Honda's upcoming EV models with charging credits, the two said on Thursday. According to the two companies, a "charging credit" of up to $7... Santa Monica-based last-mile delivery provider Gently says it has partnered with New York-based DeliverZero, to adopt DeliverZero's reusable takout packaging system. The system uses reusable food containers, which people can use and then re... Irvine-based FirstElement Fuel, which runs a network of hydrogen refueling stations, says it has received a $7.7M grant from the California Energy Commission. The company said the new funding goes to scale up its manufacturing capacity. The... Pasadena-based Caelux, a developer of solar power technology using a nanomaterial called perovskites, said on Monday that it has raised $12M in a Series A3 funding round. The funding was led by Temasek, and included Reliance New Energy Limi... Electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla is in a patent infringement lawsuit, using patents it acquired when it purchased San Diego-based Maxwell Technologies in 2019. In a new lawsuit, Tesla has sued Australian battery technology company Cap-XX... San Diego-based Nuvve Holding, which is developing vehicle-to-grid technology, says it has scored a DC fast charger win in New England. According to the company, it will supply 25 bi-directional rapid charging stations to Lawrence Pubic Sch... Los Angeles-based eletric vehicle manufacturer Fisker Inc. has run into some supply issues, reporting last week that it produced 1,022 of its Fisker Ocean SUVs in Q2 of 2023 -- below the earlier estimate of between 1,400 and 1,700 EVs. The ... Los Angeles-based electric vehicle maker Fisker says it will be unveiling its Fisker Ronin convertible EV on August 3rd, showing off a view of the vehicle on Instagram over the weekend. The new vehicle will have a 600 mile range, and is bei... Los Angeles-based electric vehicle maker claims that it has secured additional funding of $90M, plus an acceleration of an existing funding commitment of $15M. According to the company, the funding was led by existing investor ATW Partners ... Irvine-based Rivian Automotive, which develops electric vehicles, said this week that it has acquired Swedish mapping company Iternio. Iternio is the maker of the 'A Better Routeplanner' (ABRP) app. Financial details of the buy were not ann... Irvine-based Rivian announced a deal this morning, where the company's vehicles will have access to more than 12,000 Tesla Superchargers across the US and Canada, starting in 2024. According to Rivian, its R1T and R1S vehicles will be able ... San Luis Obispo-based Flume has received a private equity investment from San Diego-based HCAP Partners, HCAP said on Thursday. Flume is a maker of smart water meter monitoring devices, which are used to measure how much water is being used...
Report: Fisker Lost Track Of Customer Payments, Has Audit Crisis
Report: Fisker's Talks For Funding From Nissan Collapse
Fisker Automotive Pauses Production As It Seeks Funding
Group Dangles $16M For Hydrogen Infrastructure
REC Solar Names CEO
Enevate Expands To Korea
Rivian Cuts 10 Percent Of Workforce, Cites Interest Rate Pressures
Enevate Deploys Fast Charge Tech With EV Motorcycle Firm
Rimere Gets $10M For Clean Hydrogen
Haven Energy Gets $7M For Virtual Power Plants
Two SoCal Companies Join Climate Startup Program
Better For All Deploys Compostable Cups At USC Men's Basketball Games
Fisker Discloses Material Weakness, Fails To File Quarterly Report
TeraWatt Infrastructure Opens EV Charging Site For Trucking
Haven Energy Launches Energy Storage Effort
Lancaster Gets Funding For Hydrogen Efforts
Lectron Rolls Out EV Chargers At Best Buy
REC Solar Gets Investment From ArcLight Capital
EVgo, Honda Partner On Public Charging
Gently Partners With DeliverZero On Zero-Waste Takeout Containers
FirstElement Fuel Gets $7.7M For Hydrogen Refueling
Caelux Lands $12M For Solar Technology
Tesla Pulls Out Patents Acquired In Maxwell Technologies Buy
Nuvve Gets Win In New England
Fisker Runs Into Supply Issues
Fisker Teases Ronin GT
Faraday Future Gets Another $90M
Rivian Buys Swedish Mapping Company
Rivian Signs Tesla Charger Deal
Flume Gets Private Equity Backing