Cleantech & EV’s

Australia just switched on its longest-duration grid battery, and it runs on 144 Tesla Megapacks. RWE’s Limondale battery in New South Wales can discharge for a full eight hours — four times longer than the two-hour batteries that dominate the Australian grid. It’s the first project of its kind in the country. The battery sits at 50 MW / 400 MWh, near Balranald in the state’s south-west…

Solid-state battery specialist Factorial Energy is teaming up with Mitsui Kinzoku, one of the few companies producing sulfide-based solid electrolytes, to scale up the promising new technology. Factorial Energy finds a new solid-state battery partner US-based Factorial Energy has been at the forefront of solid and semi-solid-state battery development. Through its proprietary FEST (Factorial…

Rivian spin-off ALSO is finally getting its futuristic TM-B electric bikes out across the United States. Unfortunately for the customers who ordered them nearly a year ago, those bikes aren’t headed to their garages. They’re headed on tour. ALSO has kicked off its “Test Spin Fall Tour,” a traveling demo program that will bring the high-tech TM-B to cities around the country from September…

Segway is giving its compact MUXI utility e-bike a fairly significant upgrade, adding everything from automatic electronic shifting to front suspension and a higher Class 3 top speed. The new Segway MUXI Pro builds on the company’s existing short-tail cargo e-bike platform, launched earlier this year as part of Segway’s continued expansion into the electric bike industry. The design retains…