Tim De Chant

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Toyota wants hydrogen to succeed so bad it’s paying people to buy the Mirai

Despite automakers like Toyota and Honda pushing fuel-cell vehicles, hydrogen’s future lies elsewhere. © 2024 TechCrunch...
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Geothermal startup Fervo Energy is tapping fresh $221M round

The company draws heavily on drilling techniques pioneered by the oil and gas industry. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights re...
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Carbon capture startup takes ‘good enough’ approach to slash costs

Clairity is one of the latest entrants into the direct air capture market, where companies compete to remove carbon diox...
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Arch has a plan to help HVAC contractors install more heat pumps

The startup is relying on automation to speed design and quoting of residential heat pump installations. © 2024 TechCrun...
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Celadyne coats membranes with nanoparticles to make hydrogen fuel cells more efficient

The material could drastically improve the durability of existing fuel cell designs while also improving the efficiency ...
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How robotics and AI helped Hippo Harvest land $21M to grow lettuce

The indoor farming startup uses repurposed warehouse robots to grow produce for Amazon Fresh. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rig...
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Seed funding: Everything founders should know about fundraising, seed rounds and more for 2024

To understand what’s happening with seed rounds in 2024, TechCrunch+ spoke with three seasoned investors who offered adv...
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Thea Energy raises $20M Series A for pixel-inspired fusion power plants

The startup is betting that software can supplant manufacturing precision in its quest to deliver reliable, inexpensive ...
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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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