When Yamaha announced that the company would unveil two electric scooters for both the European and Asian markets next year, they also shared which concepts the new scooters would be drawn from. It turns out that the Yamaha E01 and E02 electric scooter concepts will both be headed for production.
Yamaha first unveiled the E01 and E02 electric scooter concepts at the 2019 Tokyo Motor Show.
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China’s largest offshore wind farm was connected to the grid at full capacity on Saturday, December 25. It transmitted power through undersea cables.
The 802 megawatt (MW) Jiangsu Qidong offshore wind farm is off the eastern province of Jiangsu. The wind farm consists of…
California e-bike company launches new fat tire electric bikes with 1,000W mid-drive motors
December 28, 2021
CSC Electric Bicycles has a new mid-drive e-bike ready to enter its lineup. The new CSC FT1000MD e-bike will be the most powerful model launched to date by the brand.
CSC Electric Bicycles is the e-bike arm of CSC Motorcycles, a popular motorcycle importer located on the…
13 battery gigafactories coming to the US by 2025 – ushering new era of US battery production
December 28, 2021
There are 13 new battery cell gigafactories coming online in the US by 2025, according to the Department of Energy.
These factories are ushering in a new era of battery production in the US.
Aside from Tesla and Panasonic’s Gigafactory Nevada, which supplies battery cells for the production of Tesla Model 3 and Model Y vehicles, there has been limited battery cell production in the US.
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A Swiss solar company announces a new production facility in Arizona
December 28, 2021
Swiss solar technology company Meyer Burger announced today that it is opening a production facility for high-performance solar modules in Goodyear, Arizona – its first factory in the US, and its first outside of Europe. Solar module production is scheduled to begin by the…
Goodyear announced the launch of a new tire designed to be optimized for electric cars, especially Tesla vehicles, which will be the first to get the new tire.
The advent of electric vehicles has had an interesting impact on other aspects of the auto industry.
The need for…
These are the top 5 weirdest, coolest, and oddest electric vehicles I tested this year
December 27, 2021
I try to never take for granted that, as an electric vehicle journalist, I’m often given the opportunity to test out some of the most interesting EVs on the planet. They come in many forms. Some have wheels. Some have wings. Some defy classification altogether. But the one thing they all have in common is that they use batteries and electric motors to go vroom, whish, or splash.
Just for fun as…
Electric motorcycles are increasingly winning favor with armed forces all over the world. The latest example sees the popular Sur Ron Firefly trialed for use in military airdrops.
The exercises are currently underway, being performed by the UK’s 16 Air Assault…
Tesla has released a new software update that lets drivers use their Tesla vehicles as actual megaphones to communicate with their surroundings – don’t be shocked if people start talking to you through their Tesla on the road.
Earlier this week, we reported on Tesla…
Tesla shuts down ‘passenger play’ that allows users to play video games on center screen while driving
December 24, 2021
Tesla confirmed that it will shut down “passenger play,” which allows for playing video games on the center screen of its vehicles while driving. The change comes after NHTSA announced that it is opening an official probe into the situation.
Tesla has recently been putting more work toward video games inside its vehicles with the goal to “optimize fun” with its ownership experience.
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