"Edison is going to ask for the moon, and we're going to say, 'no, dial it back.'" Already this year, the CPUC voted to allow Edison to raise electricity rates to cover $1.6 billion in payments it ...

His development of alkaline storage batteries soon became his most profitable invention, even if they weren’t used to power electric cars like he originally thought. Edison received a patent for ...

his father was toiling on efforts to perfect an electric car with Henry Ford; it’s believed Ford subjected the Ecometer to a battery of tests so that he wouldn’t risk offending Edison. Thomas ...

"This guy," Munger tells Fortune, "is a combination of Thomas Edison and Jack Welch ... primarily by selling electric cars, as well as a leader in the fast-growing solar power industry.

"This guy," Munger tells Fortune, "is a combination of Thomas Edison and Jack Welch ... primarily by selling electric cars, as well as a leader in the fast-growing solar power industry.

Dubbed Team Edison, the group will provide overall direction on electric car strategy ... as Henry Ford and Thomas Edison became friends in 1896. However, the idea of a rivalry between Thomas ...

Thomas Alva Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric light. Without him ... Thomas was fired when he accidentally set fire to the floor of the baggage car. Thomas then worked for ...

Thomas Edison invented the alkaline battery ... Essentially it said, "The electric car is dead." ...

And then there’s Studebaker, which had built wagons and carriages in the 19th century but entered the 20th as an electric-car manufacturer. That’s Thomas Edison aboard his own 1902 Studebaker ...

In the end, though, cooler engineering heads prevailed, and, because of its ability to distribute electric power widely and cheaply, AC won the day. The common belief that Thomas Edison ...

From plays to comedians, here's a comprehensive list of what's happening across Southwest Florida in January so you can plan ahead.

In the days around Christmas in 1879 — after finally figuring out how to make a lightbulb that would last — Thomas Edison ... the vice president of Edison’s electric company wrapped colored ...