Cleantech & EV’s

The Model Y from Electric Bike Company is one women’s e-bike that I’ll happily ride anytime, anywhere. And so will my wife. That’s the impression we came away with after getting the chance to test out a beautifully-outfitted Model Y electric bike recently in California. I say “beautifully-outfitted” because that’s exactly the point: Electric Bike Company’s e-bikes are designed to…

Nissan reportedly plans to end “most” gasoline engine development, becoming the first Japanese automaker to take this step, according to Nikkei Asia. The word “most” does a lot of work in that sentence, though, as Nissan still has significant plans to continue selling and developing gas-powered vehicles. Those plans center around the US market, where Nissan predicts that there will still…

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California-based Voro Motors provides some of the most powerful electric scooters on the market, some of which can even reach highway speeds in their unlocked modes. Now we’re getting an early glimpse at a custom-modified scooter that combines two of the brand’s models into one high-power Franken-scooter. The scooter is built on an EMove RoadRunner chassis. Late last year we covered the…