Cleantech & EV’s

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is a “free electric bank account with your name on it.” It’s packed with rebates and tax credits that will help Americans purchase everything from EVs to solar and electrical appliances to heat pumps. Check out this easy-to-use IRA savings calculator from Rewiring America that tells you what you get – and when. Rewiring America is an electrification…

Check out Volkswagen’s AWD vision of an all-electric sports limousine with 550 hp (411 kW), the ID.X Performance. The performance-oriented EV boasts several new design elements, “combining sporty performance with the elegant lines of a limousine.” Volkswagen will premiere the new show car at the ID. Drivers Club meetup put together by fans in Ticino, Switzerland, today and tomorrow…

Volvo Cars is preparing to go all-electric by 2030. To do so, Volvo is shifting US and Canadian operations as part of an $88 million restructuring effort to boost the brand’s competitiveness in the future. The new initiative, codenamed CORE+, is “all-encompassing,” according to Volvo Car USA and Canada President Michael Cottone. Volvo’s strategy aims to tighten costs, enhance…

As more e-bike companies focus on the importance of safety certifications, riders are getting an increasing number of options for UL-listed e-bikes. Today we’re checking out the Heybike Ranger S, a folding fat-tire e-bike that has been tested in accordance with UL 2849 for complete e-bike drive systems as well as UL 2271 for the lithium-ion battery. This isn’t our first brush with Heybike.