Tim De Chant

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Amperesand raises $12.5M seed round to remake the humble 140-year-old transformer

Transformers are everywhere on the electrical grid, and they'll need new tech to realize the "internet of power." © 2024...
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Aurora Solar lays off 20% of employees after reportedly missing growth targets

The SaaS startup, which provides software to solar installers, reportedly missed its growth targets for the past year. ©...
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Haven Energy lands $7M Series A 9 months after its seed round

The startup's platform helps speed the installation of batteries to back up home and small commercial solar installation...
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Latest room-temperature claims met with heaps of skepticism

Swiss startup Terra Quantum says it has discovered a form of graphite that superconducts. But other researchers aren't c...
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Exxon throws a fit over shareholders exercising their rights

The oil supermajor filed a lawsuit in federal court asking for permission to ignore a shareholder resolution, sidesteppi...
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Lamborghini licenses MIT’s new high-capacity, fast-charging organic battery tech

Researchers have been scrambling to find alternative materials for lithium-ion batteries, from manganese to sodium. Now ...
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BMW’s future growth depends on EVs, and it’s finally going all in

The German automaker previously wavered on EVs. But after posting strong EV sales in 2023, it's appears to have made up ...
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As more than $1 trillion flows into climate tech, incentive-tracking apps find firm footing

Climate tech is suddenly so awash in cash that there are a number of websites, apps and startups rushing to track all th...
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Hertz is selling its EVs because it botched the rollout for ride-share drivers

Hertz said in an SEC filing that it would be selling 20,000 of its EVs and replacing them with fossil fuel-powered vehic...
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Hyundai’s hydrogen Hail Mary

Hyundai said in its CES 2024 keynote it will produce 3 million tons of hydrogen for its steel mills by 2030. That's not ...
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EV sales remained strong in Q4. They could have been stronger

All automakers, including Tesla, are at a crossroads. How should they invest their money? © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights ...
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Is the latest near-room-temperature superconductor legit? Don’t count on it

This new material picks up where LK-99 left off, which isn’t really an auspicious starting point. © 2023 TechCrunch. All...
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Climate tech might be the hot job market in 2024

While much of the tech world has been besieged by layoffs, climate tech continued to hire. Next year looks no different....
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EV fast-charging networks face a challenging 2024

The EV world, from a charging perspective, was previously split in two. There was Tesla and then there was everyone else...
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Electric vehicle charging startup EVCS is raising $20M

If successful, the new round could be a step up from the $18.8M Series A EVCS raised in July 2022. But it could also rep...
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Climactic launches first fund as its partners eye looming M&A boom in climate tech

The venture capital firm's $65 million inaugural fund will back founders who are starting climate tech software companie...
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At COP28, the world finally acknowledged the obvious

World leaders finally recognized that fossil fuel use needs to end if we're to prevent catastrophic climate change, a we...
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Geothermal startup Quaise is raising $25M as it gears up for drilling

The new priced round comes as the company gears up for drilling test boreholes next year using its gyrotron-powered rig....
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Three breakthroughs that earned Fourth Power its $19M Series A

A new type of thermal battery could store intermittent wind and solar energy. It forms the basis of a new company, Fourt...
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Sila inks supply deal with Panasonic for its breakthrough battery material

The supply agreement marks a significant milestone for the 13-year-old lithium-ion battery company, which has raised ove...
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Battery swapping is great for EV fleets, but can it work for consumers?

Battery swapping could usher in freedom for a wide range of people, allowing them to participate in the EV transition in...
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Why Congruent turned down over $300M from LPs for its third climate tech fund

Investors thought the firm's initial target of $200 million was far too modest, and instead offered $600 million, a thre...
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Veteran life sciences firm RA Capital spins up ‘planetary health’ team to ride climate tech wave

Partners at RA Capital realized that if they didn't try to address climate change and its health effects, their life sci...
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Up Catalyst draws €4M seed round to make battery graphite from carbon dioxide

Up Catalyst can tweak the basic process to also manufacture carbon nanotubes for paint or reinforced concrete, as well a...
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GM and Toyota are shaping up to be the biggest losers in the EV transition

Legacy automakers have scaled back or set overly modest electric vehicle production targets. They may come to regret tha...
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Why these investors think saving the trees isn’t just for protesters anymore

A fresh crop of startups has emerged to combat deforestation and climate change, and a handful investors have embraced t...
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OpenAI’s crisis will sow the seeds of the next generation of AI startups

OpenAI’s meltdown is likely to become the latest installment in what’s becoming a Silicon Valley tradition. It's hard to...
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Climate tech’s biggest hits and misses in 2023

For the broader economy, this was the year of the recession that never arrived. But for climate tech, it was a year of b...
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Why supersize convenience stores might be key to unlocking EV fast charging

We got a glimpse of Buc-ee’s possible future on Thursday when Mercedes announced that it would build around 30 fast-char...
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Another room-temperature superconductor bites the dust

Other researchers had discovered numerous problems with the scientific paper describing the material. Now, the scientifi...
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