There are cheap e-bikes, and there are good mid-drive e-bikes. Those two circles on the Venn diagram don’t overlap nearly as often as we’d like. But Ride1Up’s newly launched Prodigy V2 Eco is doing its best to smash them together with a surprisingly low $1,295 price tag.
And this isn’t a $1,300 bike with some no-name mid-drive motor you’ve never heard of. At the heart of the Prodigy V2…
Aptera (SEV) now says it needs only about $25 million to start production of its Solar EV, down from the $40 to $45 million it quoted just seven weeks ago.
It’s good news on paper. But the market didn’t buy it: Aptera’s stock fell about 15% on the announcement, leaving…
Gazelle has spent much of its recent e-bike development pushing its premium Ultimate platform toward faster Class 3 commuters, but now the Dutch bicycle maker is filling out the other side of the family.
The company has launched three new Class 1 versions of its Ultimate…
A gas utility is picking up the upfront tab for geothermal
October 3, 2026
Geothermal’s upfront cost can be a dealbreaker for affordable housing. A Vermont gas utility is helping get past that hurdle by paying for the underground infrastructure at a new development.
Vermont Gas (VGS) and Dandelion Energy are bringing geothermal heating and cooling to Riggs Meadow in Hinesburg, Vermont. The development will include 44 townhomes and apartments for low- and…
A Nasdaq-listed company worth about $2.4 million says it wants to buy 500 Tesla Robotaxis. KIDZ AI, formerly an online coding school for kids, announced today that it sent Tesla a “procurement inquiry” for the vehicles and plans an “Autonomous Fleet Operations…
China's 2,250kW chargers are already in service, while US thinks about 750kW next year
October 2, 2026
Just last week, Geely announced it would roll out 2.2 megawatt chargers, able to charge an EV in under 5 minutes. Those chargers are now already in service in 5 cities, with 15,000 charging sites planned by the end of next year.
Meanwhile, the fastest upcoming charger in the…
Rapidly expanding DC fast charging company IONNA now has more than 180 sites open across the US, and EV drivers of four of its founding automakers’ brands can now get discounts when they plug in.
The automaker-backed network, which uses Alpitronic hardware and in-house-developed software, says it has more than doubled its footprint since the start of 2026 and is now the largest 400 kW charging…
A five-stop concert tour in Quebec ran entirely on two Chevrolet Silverado EVs and a 150 kWh mobile power plant this summer. No diesel generator, and no hookup to the grid.
I went to the final show, held in a grocery store parking lot in Montreal’s Saint-Henri…
Hyundai is launching two new EVs, the IONIQ 4 and IONIQ 7
October 1, 2026
Hyundai is preparing to introduce two new electric SUVs, the IONIQ 4 and IONIQ 7, filling two key gaps in its EV lineup.
Hyundai adds IONIQ 4 and IONIQ 7 to its EV lineup
The IONIQ 5 is about the size of the Tesla Model Y, while the IONIQ 9 offers three rows of seating, but…
Tesla was just granted a patent for an “Electric Fan Car,” a system that uses four electric ducted fans in the rear diffuser to suck the car down to the road at any speed. The car in the drawings is a Model S, which Tesla stopped building in April.
It’s Tesla’s second fan car patent in just over a year, and it arrives two weeks before the company’s latest attempt at a Roadster…
