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Technology

  • Medical device firm acquires Pa. company, hopes for growth

    Robert M. Cook June 29, 2010

    Medical instruments firm Lighthouse Imaging Corp. in downtown Portland is preparing for significant growth after company President Dennis Leiner acquired a Pennsylvania firm and its infrared endoscope patents in January.

    Robert M. Cook June 29, 2010
  • PUC approves FairPoint bankruptcy plan

    The Mainebiz News Staff June 24, 2010

    State regulators have approved FairPoint Communications' bankruptcy reorganization plan and its request to push back the timeline and scope of its broadband expansion.

    The Mainebiz News Staff June 24, 2010
  • PlumChoice sees success in fixing tech woes

    Robert M. Cook June 22, 2010

    Massachusetts-based tech support company PlumChoice has experienced some rapid growth as of late. The company recently announced plans to hire 350 people in Maine, after opening an office in Scarborough last October that employs more than 100.

    Robert M. Cook June 22, 2010
  • Catching up with FairPoint

    Robert M. Cook June 14, 2010

    Broadband projects. Bankruptcy. Federal stimulus requests.

    Robert M. Cook June 14, 2010
  • Trail blazer | A conversation with Kerry Gallivan, president and founder of Chimani LLC in Yarmouth

    Lara Cole June 14, 2010

    Chimani LLCFounded: January 2010Employees: 0Startup costs: $50,000Projected revenue, year one: $15,000

    Lara Cole June 14, 2010
  • Tech company using grant to hire 350

    Mainebiz News Staff June 11, 2010

    A Billerica, Mass.-based company with offices in Scarborough will use a partnership with Southern Maine Community College and a $550,000 grant to train and hire 350 Mainers to do in-home tech support.

    Mainebiz News Staff June 11, 2010
  • Tidal developer eyes $62M Cobscook Bay project

    Mainebiz News Staff June 10, 2010

    A Utah-based tidal power company wants to build a $62 million demonstration project at Half Moon Cove in Cobscook Bay.

    Mainebiz News Staff June 10, 2010
  • Rural phone cos. protected from competition

    The Mainebiz News Staff June 9, 2010

    The Maine Public Utilities Commission has voted to maintain exemptions that allow five rural telephone carriers to keep their systems closed to competitors.

    The Mainebiz News Staff June 9, 2010
  • Fluid Imaging Technologies lauded for international work

    Robert M. Cook June 1, 2010

    When Kent Peterson, CEO of Fluid Imaging Technologies, reflects on the Yarmouth firm's growth in overseas markets, he feels they are still just beginning.

    Robert M. Cook June 1, 2010
  • HealthInfoNet growth prompts move

    Robert M. Cook June 1, 2010

    If Mainers needed another sign that their medical records will soon be available electronically statewide, Devore Culver points to HealthInfoNet's new digs -- a 3,800-square-foot office space inside the Roundhouse Campus on Portland's Presumpscot

    Robert M. Cook June 1, 2010
  • Court: FairPoint can pay state legal fees

    The Mainebiz News Staff June 1, 2010

    A New York bankruptcy court has agreed that FairPoint Communications can pay the Maine Public Utilities Commission and the Public Advocate's Office more than $600,000 in outside legal fees the state agencies incurred while representing consumers i

    The Mainebiz News Staff June 1, 2010
  • Tech firm aims to capitalize on growing mobile commerce trend

    Robert M. Cook May 25, 2010

    Jordan Denning, president of App Publishing in downtown Portland, says the year-old company will roll out its mobile commerce software next month, a software he and CEO Bill Broadbent believe will revolutionize the way businesses use personal elec

    Robert M. Cook May 25, 2010
  • Inventor talks up Yarmouth energy project

    The Mainebiz News Staff May 21, 2010

    A California inventor yesterday released more details about his plan to test water-to-hydrogen energy technology in Yarmouth.

    The Mainebiz News Staff May 21, 2010
  • Broadband proposal could impact ME

    The Mainebiz News Staff May 17, 2010

    A federal proposal that calls for more regulatory oversight of Internet service providers could help the state's efforts to expand broadband, but providers say the move would hurt competition in the industry.

    The Mainebiz News Staff May 17, 2010
  • Maine & Maritimes income drops 50%

    The Mainebiz News Staff May 13, 2010

    Northern utility Maine & Maritimes Corp. has reported a more than 50% drop in net income for the first quarter.

    The Mainebiz News Staff May 13, 2010
  • Orono firm brings innovation to biofuels market

    Mindy Favreau May 6, 2010

    A four-year-old Orono technology company has won a nearly $500,000 boost from a federal grant program to help bring its innovative filtration technology to the commercial market.

    Mindy Favreau May 6, 2010

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Sales of electric vehicles rose by 25% last year, with 17 million sold worldwide, according to the International Energy Agency's recent "Global EV Outlook." The trend is led by China, where half of the new cars sold were EVs. 

In the U.S., sales of EVs increased by 10% last year, but that was off the pace of 2023, when a 40% gain was recorded.  

The report noted a plateauing of sales in Europe, where some countries are rolling back incentives offered to EV buyers.