Cleantech & EV’s

While staying in Munich for a week during the IAA Mobility show, Electrek’s Fred Lambert, Seth Weintraub, and I each got the chance to test out Unu’s electric scooters as a way to navigate the city. Unu was kind enough to loan the three of us our very own 4 kW matte black Unu scooters. Together we constituted Electrek‘s first and only short-lived, mild-mannered biker gang as we toured the…

This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including the new Tesla Megafactory, Audi Q4 etron launching in the US, Toyota and Honda singing their own death warrants, and more including some speculation about Rivian.  Discover all the new and innovative ways that Electrify America is providing freedom for electric vehicle…

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Polestar, an all-electric car brand that spun out of Volvo, announced that it is going public through a SPAC. It becomes the latest of many electric car companies that have chosen to go that route over the last year. Over the last year, we have seen EV companies like Faraday Future, Lucid Motors, Canoo, and many others go public through SPAC deals. It resulted in billions in investments flowing…