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BP invests $5M in mobile electric vehicle charging company FreeWire; intro at some retail sites this year

Green Car Congress

EV charging will undoubtedly become an important part of our business, but customer demand and the technologies available are still evolving. Since 2006, BP Ventures has invested more than $400 million in corporate venturing and has 42 active investments in its current portfolio. —David Gilmour, vice president of BP Ventures.

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This Startup Builds USVs That Collect Data About Oceans

Cars That Think

Today, Open Ocean has more than two dozen full-time employees, plus contractors and part-time staff, bringing the total to just over 30. Her water expeditions throughout the world include five months during 2005 and 2006, when she and her husband rowed from Portugal to Costa Rica.