Personal vehicles such as bicycles, e-bikes, e-scooters, and motorcycles have skyrocketed in popularity in the US over the last few years due to their efficiency and effectiveness compared to cars. But a six-year study by UCLA shows that these light vehicles account for a higher proportion of injuries.
The study, conducted across 180 UCLA outpatient clinics, UCLA Health emergency departments…
Boston-based solar company ClearPath Energy and Maitland, Florida-based Castillo Engineering, a solar engineering firm, are building six community bifacial solar farms in New York State.
UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in…
Quick Charge Podcast: April 12, 2022
April 13, 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…
Tesla is facing second assault on its right to sell and service its electric cars in Oklahoma
April 12, 2022
Tesla is facing a second assault on its right to sell and service its cars directly in the state of Oklahoma as legislators moved anti-direct sale language to a new bill.
The company fears that the legislation will go as far as preventing it from pushing software updates over-the-air to its current fleet.
It wasn’t long ago that Oklahoma, and especially Tulsa, was trying to seduce Tesla to try…
Honda to invest $40 billion in EVs and $340 million in solid-state batteries, but will rely on hybrids well into 2030s
April 12, 2022
Honda CEO Toshihiro Mibe has truly begun to wake up and smell the EV coffee lately, making several big announcements in 2022 that pertain to expanded electrification. In its latest news, Honda plans to invest about $40 billion over the next decade to deliver 30 BEVs around…
Exclusive: Rad Power Bikes ‘resetting’ to refocus on its electric bike customers, more physical stores
April 12, 2022
, the leading electric bicycle company in North America, is restructuring its operations to cut costs and double down on the customer experience of its hundreds of thousands of e-bike riders.
Helping to lead new changes, Rad Power Bikes has also onboarded a new president and…
American automaker Fisker announced it is expanding to a second headquarters in Hyderabad, India. The Indian footprint joins Fisker’s current HQ, engineering, and product development facilities in Southern California and will soon provide software and virtual vehicle development.
The rebirth of the SoCal-based EV automaker Fisker Inc., led by Henrik Fisker, continues to make strides in…
Automakers worldwide will spend more than a half trillion dollars to develop new electric cars and passenger trucks, and also on battery manufacturing, through 2030, according to the latest report by London-based sustainability consultancy firm ERM for the Environmental…
Toyota has now officially launched the bZ4X, its first all-electric vehicle in a long time, in the US and announced a starting price of $42,000.
The Japanese automaker already unveiled the bZ4X electric SUV last year, but the big piece missing was the price in the…
Nissan Motor Corporation debuted the 2023 model year versions of the LEAF today for the US market, sharing updated exteriors to the LEAF S and LEAF SV Plus – the only EV trims of the long-tenured EV to be sold when they arrive this summer.
The LEAF is Nissan’s lone BEV offering for sale, despite its reign as one of the longest-running electric models in the US, debuting back in 2010. In…
