Cleantech & EV’s

As classes resume at college campuses all around the US, there may be some new and rather short members of the student body roaming around. Starship Technologies has expanded its existing roster of autonomous delivery robots to 50 schools, offering its Level 4 on-demand meal service to over 1.1 million students in the US alone. Starship Technologies was founded in 2014 by Skype co-founders Ahti…

Campers are a popular way to travel with the family, and smaller versions for bike camping have popped up too. But what if you want to go cabin camping with your dog in areas that don’t have car access – or cabins? If you’re handy, you could just build a wooden cabin to bring along with you on an electric bike. That’s exactly what Jack Steward did. He’s a cabin builder who has tried his…

Ford has launched a new limited-edition matte black F-150 Lightning, which looks pretty sick. Henry Ford famously said, “Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it’s black,” and Ford is reminding us of that with the launch of the new F-150 Lightning Platinum Black. Even though it’s actually a wrap and not a paint job. Ford describes the company’s…

We’ve seen electric bicycle drivetrains in a number of small-format vehicles, but the Old Town Sportsman BigWater ePDL+ 132 brings e-biking to the kayak market. The ePDL+ 132 is basically a pedal-assist system for a kayak, though it also offers pedal-free operation that effectively turns it into a tiny electric boat. The 13-foot (4-meter) Old Town Sportsman BigWater ePDL+ 132 is effectively a…