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Iceland by electric bike: Why you should absolutely try renting an e-bike the next chance you get

June 5, 2022
I’ve been an electric bike proponent for well over a decade. My love affair with e-bikes began when I discovered their utility as car replacements (and have led to me living essentially car-free since high school). But I learned how their usefulness only grew as I dove deeper into the fitness and recreational aspects of e-bikes. Now after a recent trip around Iceland I have gained a whole new…
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Quick Charge Podcast: June 4, 2022

June 5, 2022
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on…
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Southwest Airlines is investing in a sustainable aviation fuel pilot program

June 4, 2022
Southwest Airlines announced this week that it’s investing in SAFFiRE Renewables as part of a Department of Energy (DOE)-backed project to develop and produce scalable, sustainable aviation fuel. The pilot SAFFIRE is a company formed by D3MAX. Both are based in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Here’s what D3MAX does: In 2021, the DOE awarded D3MAX the only pilot-scale grant for sustainable…
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Elon Musk clarifies that Tesla layoffs are just for salaried employees, still hiring hourly workers

June 3, 2022
Elon Musk has clarified that Tesla laying off 10% of its workforce only applies to “salaried employees,” and that the automaker is still hiring hourly workers. Earlier today, we reported on Elon Musk telling Tesla executives in an email that they need to cut 10% of the workforce and pause hiring due to having a “super bad feeling” about the economy. Now, the CEO has decided to clarify…
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The USPS is already testing mail delivery by electric bike with these neat little US-built mail bikes

June 3, 2022
I recently wrote an opinion piece about how the United States Postal Service (USPS) could look to solve its gas-guzzler truck problem by following Europe’s example of delivering mail with smaller electric cargo bikes. As it turns out, the postal service has already been testing this out, and the little electric mail bikes look pretty snazzy too. Not only are they designed to carry heavy cargo…
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