Cleantech & EV’s

Swedish electric motorcycle company CAKE is unveiling its new CAKE :work line of electric motorcycles today at the EICMA Milan Motorcycle Show. The :work bikes feature a wide range of accessory mounts that can be used for everything from mounting cargo boxes to miter saws, and their batteries can even be used for providing off-grid power for tools and devices. The CAKE :work line is built upon…

GM has released a rare update on the Cadillac Lyriq, a highly anticipated, upcoming all-electric SUV based on the Ultium platform. The automaker says that the vehicle program is reaching final steps before production, and it released new video footage of the latest Lyriq prototype. The Cadillac Lyric is the first new EV coming from the brand. As we reported earlier this year, the first edition…

A 76.5-megawatt solar farm in Farmington, Maine, the largest in New England to date, is now online. Juno Beach, Florida-headquartered energy company NextEra financed and developed the $110 million solar farm. Farmington Solar LLC is a subsidiary of NextEra. The 300,000-panel solar farm sits on 500 acres of leased land on Route 2 in the town of Farmington. The land belongs to a dairy farmer…

Tesla has filed for approval of the first phase of Gigafactory Texas with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. It reveals the budget and completion date for the first phase of the factory set to produce the Model Y. Tesla is simultaneously building two important new factories: Gigafactory Texas in Austin, and Gigafactory Berlin just outside of Berlin, Germany. The automaker is…