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regerugged said:

Tesla Motors in California. It is a silicon valley start up company. They are producing a $100,000 electric sports car.
- 4 March 2010 at 2:47 am
apeweek said:

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This is a tough one, because a job in a startup electric vehicle company could be risky. On the other hand, I couldn’t think of a better time to take a chance on the future of electric vehicles. There’s a lot of activity in battery research, and prototype electric vehicles.
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Some exciting battery companies to work for:
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EEstor makes a revolutionary battery replacement – the ultracapacitor:
http://www.eestor.us/
(This webpage is under contruction because they haven’t launched their product yet. Read about EEstor here:)
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1141599010468&call_pageid=970599109774&col=Columnist971715454851
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123 Systems makes an improved Lithium Ion battery:
http://www.a123systems.com/html/news/articles/051102_news.html
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Firefly Energy has invented an improved lead-acid battery. This is exciting because they will be light, cheap to make, can drop right into existing lead-acid applications, and will have greatly improved performance.
http://www.fireflyenergy.com/ffy.html
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Here’s another improved Li-Ion battery, using nanotechnology:
http://www.altairnano.com/
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Next, here’s a few companies building electric cars:
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http://www.teslamotors.com (California)
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http://electrovaya.com/innovation/zev_tech.html
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http://www.feelgoodcars.com/ (Canada)
This company has made a deal for the EEstor ultracapacitors.
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http://phoenixmotorcars.com (California)
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There’s more, too, I keep finding new stuff every day.
Best of luck!
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- 4 March 2010 at 2:53 am

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