Tim De Chant

Let’s face it: Most people aren’t early adopters, especially when it comes to their homes. Take the kitchen, for example...

Today, the electrical grid works because utilities have a time-tested playbook. They may not know exactly when you do yo...

Ten years after a cap-and-trade scheme championed in part by John Kerry was unceremoniously killed by one of his colleag...

As rumors rumbled that the U.S. Federal Reserve would hike rates once more — and when it followed through earlier this w...

A lot of problems worth solving aren’t ones that you can solve in a year or two or even 10. For founders and investors a...

Cutting your own carbon footprint isn’t easy, even for the most motivated person. Tracking, tallying, investigating, res...

Human drivers on the Lyft platform aren’t going to be replaced by autonomous vehicles anytime soon, company co-founder a...

It almost sounds too good to be true: Take basalt dust that today is wasted in the manufacturing of things like asphalt ...

Battery technology has made significant strides in recent years, but there’s one place they haven’t changed much — they’...

Chinese semiconductor manufacturers and their U.S. suppliers should have seen the Biden administration’s latest export r...

Today at TechCrunch Disrupt, serial entrepreneur Marc Lore disclosed exclusive details about a new dynamic ticketing sta...

Over the last week and a half, the Chinese semiconductor industry’s circumstances have taken a sharp turn for the worse....

Climate tech wrapped a strong Q3, landing three of the top four equity deals, including the whopping $1 billion Series A...

Shortly after the COVID pandemic hit, inspiration struck Ryan Abernathey and Joe Hamman. The pair had been watching the ...

There’s been a lot of hand-wringing over whether the world will get its act together enough to prevent catastrophic warm...

In February, I received a letter from Chrysler saying that our 2017 Pacifica Hybrid was subject to a new recall. Several...

Form Energy closed a $450 million Series E fundraising round yesterday to continue its work turning iron into rust. The ...

Elon Musk has his fingers in a lot of pies. He’s CEO of automaker Tesla and rocket company SpaceX. He also founded tunne...

In our wireless world, wires are still the best way to move electricity from A to B. Wires are almost always cheaper and...

For decades, the answer to when fusion power would arrive was like the punchline to an oft-repeated joke — it was always...

Paul Huelskamp and Alex Meek were hiking near Mount Tamalpais in Marin County a few years ago when the peaceful quiet of...

Now that the U.S. has finally committed to electrifying cars and trucks, there’s been a lot of handwringing over where t...

With a month of hindsight, we’re getting a better picture of what the Inflation Reduction Act will mean for the American...

With the Ultra, Apple has taken a page from its now-familiar playbook for how to broaden the appeal of its mobile device...

Making sneakers is a dirty business; one that’s heavily reliant on fossil fuels. Shoe companies have experimented with v...

Car companies and battery manufacturers have scrambled over the last few years to secure critical minerals supplies, a r...

The sneaker world has a dirty secret — the carbon footprint of just about every shoe out there weighs more than the shoe...

If you’re a renter and you want solar power, you’re usually out of luck. For most, the only option is a community solar ...

Today, Apple released Safari 16, a major point release that’s debuting ahead of Ventura. The browser update is mostly fo...

Despite whispers of a downturn earlier this year, investors continue to express confidence in climate tech. Though numbe...