There are plenty of e-bike conversion kits designed to turn your existing bicycle electric, but most involve at least a bit of wrenching. Spiny 2 takes a different approach, using a removable friction-drive system that can apparently snap onto your bike in just three seconds.
Now let me start by saying that this is a crowdfunding project on Kickstarter, so it’s a “buyer beware” situation.
Waymo is bringing its robotaxis to Canada, and Toronto is first. Its cars will start driving the city’s streets in the coming days, and the company wants its first public riders on board in 2028.
That makes Toronto Waymo’s fourth announced market outside the US, after…
Are Tesla's claims for its new 'flying' Roadster real, or is it just full of cold gas?
October 18, 2026
Tesla has finally re-unveiled its next-generation Roadster, originally unveiled in quite different form back in 2017. So since I did a technical breakdown of how it would work last time, I thought I’d give a quick update with what we know about the new version.
(Update…
Tesla confirms Autopilot/FSD was 'engaged' when car crossed a median and killed a man
October 17, 2026
A Tesla crossed the grass median of Route 55 in New Jersey, hit a tree, slid into oncoming traffic, and struck an SUV head-on. The SUV’s driver, 68-year-old Phillip Eastman, was killed.
Police reported it as a driver who lost control. What they didn’t say, and likely didn’t know, is that Tesla’s own report to federal regulators says the car’s driver-assist system was engaged. This is…
Tesla’s Senior Manager of Cybercab General Assembly at Gigafactory Texas, Jody Kerns, is leaving the company to become Rivian’s Director of General Assembly for the R2 in Normal, Illinois.
He’s the second Cybercab launch leader to leave Tesla this year. The head of…
I’ve tested a lot of cargo e-bikes over the last decade-plus of reviewing electric bicycles. There are good cargo e-bikes. There are great cargo e-bikes. And then there’s Xtracycle.
More specifically, there’s the new Xtracycle Swoop ASM, which might just be a cut above…
Tesla Powerwalls did most of the heavy lifting as California’s home batteries set a new grid record last week. On October 6, more than 85,000 Powerwall owners sent over 600 MW to the grid, the bulk of a combined 745 MW dispatch that Sunrun announced today.
That’s 28% more than the 580 MW record the two companies set less than a month ago. And it’s bigger than most gas peaker plants in the…
Ford opens preorder invites for the $30,000 Fathom EV pickup
October 16, 2026
Want to be among the first to own Ford’s new EV pickup? You can now sign up for a preorder invite for the upcoming $30,000 Ford Fathom.
Ford Fathom preorder invites go live
Although preorders for the Fathom won’t officially open until early 2027, Ford is now inviting…
The world record for the longest journey on an electric motorcycle on a single charge has just been absolutely demolished.
And it was done so by a Zero Motorcycles rider traveling 436.5 km (271.2 miles) before finally running out of juice.
The ride, completed by Belgian…
Tesla pauses Model 3 orders in Canada amid China EV quota
October 15, 2026
Tesla has stopped taking orders for the Model 3 Premium in Canada, the Shanghai-built trim that brought the electric sedan down to $39,490 CAD. The automaker says it has used up its import quota for Chinese-made EVs and doesn’t expect to reopen orders until March 2027.
But the Canadian government’s own tracker tells a different story: 33,069 of the 49,000 permits for China-made EVs in the…
