Cleantech & EV’s

Electric boat manufacturer X Shore recently secured its latest round of investment funding, this time to the tune of $50 million (~€45.9M). The funds will be used to increase research and development of electrified maritime technologies, and help ramp up manufacturing of X Shore’s first production boat, the Eelex 8000, which began in March. X Shore is a Swedish climate technology company…

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…

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…

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…