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Lectric XPremium e-bike opens for orders, sets new low price for mid-drive electric bicycle industry

April 25, 2022
Lectric eBikes, the Phoenix-based electric bicycle company that has built its name on budget-priced electric bikes, opened orders today for its newest model: the Lectric XPremium. The recently-unveiled folding e-bike sets a new industry low-price for high-performance mid-motor e-bikes . While we’ve occasionally seen mid-drive electric bikes with lower sticker prices, they’re usually…
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New Mexico ski resort looks to reach net-zero emissions with help of a 100% electric snow groomer

April 25, 2022
Taos Ski Valley in New Mexico recently became the first North American ski resort to use a fully-electric snow groomer, by putting a PistenBully 100 E into operation. This is just one of several actions the mountain village is taking to promote sustainability and achieve its pledge to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2030. The mountain village was originally settled by copper miners in the…
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Omnar Can Covert Any Lens to M-Mount for Rangefinders

April 25, 2022
Omnar Lenses, a new optics manufacturer based out of the United Kingdom, has announced a partnership with Skylanney Opto-Mechanics to offer a new one-off service that will turn any non-rangefinder lens into a rangefinder coupled M-Mount lens. Omnar launched its first lens in October of last year when it built a rangefinder lens using repurposed Canon AF-10 optical elements called the…
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Scientists Capture Brand-New Deep-Sea Jellyfish Species on Camera

April 25, 2022
Scientists from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute have captured stunning footage of a new species of deep-sea jellyfish. MBARI researchers have published a description of the new discovery in Animals. Its name, Atolla reynoldsi, is in honor of the first volunteer at Monterey Bay Aquarium, MBARI’s education and conservation partner. “We named this stunning new species in…
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