Cowboy has been a popular electric bicycle brand in Europe for several years now, and it’s finally making its US debut.
We’ve been following the Belgian e-bike maker Cowboy since 2018, watching with interest as the company updated its sleek-looking electric bicycles year after year.
Each new model has been defined by a modern, stylish design that often looks more expensive than it is.
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Tesla tells Full Self-Driving beta testers to share ‘selectively’ and ‘a lot of people want them to fail’
September 30, 2021
In a new report revealing Tesla’s non-disclosure agreement with Full Self-Driving beta testers, we learn that the automaker tells them to be “selective” with what they share publicly and warns them that “a lot of people want Tesla to fail.”
Last week, Galileo…
Swedish electric motorbike maker CAKE lands $60M funding round
September 30, 2021
Sweden’s most prominent electric motorcycle and e-moped manufacturer CAKE has just closed a significant funding round that should add another $60 million to the company’s coffers.
The funding round includes $14 million in convertible notes and a $46M financing round.
A 10.5 gigawatt (GW) solar and wind farm will be built in Morocco’s Guelmim-Oued Noun region, and it will supply the UK with clean energy via subsea cables. The twin 1.8 GW high voltage direct current (HVDC) subsea cables will be the world’s longest.
UK-based renewables company Xlinks is the project’s developer. The Xlinks Morocco-UK Power Project, as it’s known, will cover an area of…
Tesla Cyberquad is alive, new trademark application for the electric ATV
September 30, 2021
We haven’t heard anything about the Tesla Cyberquad since it was unveiled, but it is apparently still alive as the automaker applied for a new trademark application for the electric ATV.
When Tesla unveiled the Cybertruck in 2019, CEO Elon Musk had a little “one more…
Ford announces giant new electric pickup truck factory plus three new battery gigafactories
September 30, 2021
Ford made a massive announcement today about accelerating electric vehicle production with a giant new factory to produce electric pickup trucks in Tennessee and three new battery gigafactories.
The massive new project is called ‘Blue Oval City’.
There’s a lot to…
Quick Charge Podcast: September 27, 2021
September 30, 2021
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 Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
Tesla plans to add ~1,000 new Full Self-Driving Beta testers per day based on ‘safety score’
September 30, 2021
Elon Musk announced that Tesla plans to start adding ~1,000 new Full Self-Driving Beta testers per day based on their “safety score” starting next week.
Tesla’s plan for a “wider release” of its Full Self-Driving Beta, which was first supposed to come six months…
GM’s BrightDrop lands fleet juggernaut in Verizon as its first EV410 eLCV customer
September 30, 2021
Following a progress update of its upcoming EV600 electric Light Commercial Vehicle (eLCV), BrightDrop has unveiled a second EV to follow. General Motors’ newly dedicated commercial EV and logistics company has now shared a glimpse of the BrightDrop’s EV410, a smaller…
EGEB: GM backs EPA’s emissions reduction goals, US energy resilience and Sri Lanka stops coal
September 30, 2021
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
GM endorses the EPA’s stricter emissions rule, and 22 states say it’s not enough.
The US energy secretary details how the country can achieve a more resilient power system.
Sri Lanka will stop building coal plants, aims to be net zero by 2050.
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