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It’s National Bike Month, and pedal bikes are great. But I only ride electric bikes. Here’s why

May 16, 2022
May is National Bike Month in the United States. With a combination of more cities focusing on walkability/bikeability as well as an increasingly alarming outlook on climate change, a larger discussion on switching to smaller vehicles couldn’t come soon enough. But for those who never considered switching to a bicycle before, it may be time to take a second look. And that’s because with the…
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Dott scooter-sharing company makes first expansion outside of Europe, heads to Tel Aviv

May 16, 2022
Dott, one of several leading European electric scooter-sharing companies, announced today that it is making its first expansion outside the continent. The first stop on the scooter company’s world tour? Sun-streaked Tel Aviv. Dott electric scooters launch in Tel Aviv Tel Aviv, Israel, is known as a major scooter-sharing market due to the high use of micro-mobility throughout the city. And not…
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With outrage over the USPS’s gas-guzzler plans, should it buy these electric cargo bikes instead?

May 15, 2022
Electric cargo bikes, especially four-wheeled versions that function as mini delivery vans, are becoming an increasingly common solution for mail delivery around the world. As the USPS struggles with its own delivery van ordering scandal, the latest example of alternative lightweight and efficient electric four-wheeler delivery vehicles sees yet another European country demonstrating the…
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Quick Charge Podcast: May 14, 2022

May 15, 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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Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week: One-seater mini electric dump truck

May 14, 2022
I’ll be honest, I’m not quite sure how to describe this thing. If a ride-on lawnmower and a dump truck made an illegitimate child in an electrical storm, this would probably be it. The quirky vehicle has the maneuverability of a shopping cart mixed with the utility of a wheelbarrow. It’s everything I could ever want in a one-seater electric dump truck, especially since I didn’t know the…
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