California will ban “small off-road engines” (SORE) primarily used in gas-powered lawn equipment like leaf blowers and lawnmowers, in a law signed by Governor Gavin Newsom this weekend.
The bill, AB 1346, directs California’s Air Resources Board to draw up regulations which will go into place by 2024. It bans the sale of new SOREs, but does not seem to ban their operation.
The law will…
Tesla Gigafest Berlin on the ground [Gallery]
October 12, 2021
Ich bin ein Berliner. These are the famous words with which John F. Kennedy won the hearts of the Berlin population in 1963. Tesla has the same goal. Hearts need to be won in Germany. The stakes are high. Like a gigantesque alien spaceship, the new Gigafactory emerged from…
EGEB: Ireland launches its first offshore wind auction
October 12, 2021
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
Ireland opens a consultation of its first offshore wind auction.
North Carolina’s governor is about to sign a major clean energy bill. Here are 3 standouts.
UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated…
Swiss electric bike brand FLYER coming to US, joining more European e-bike companies
October 12, 2021
The Swiss electric bicycle company FLYER has announced that it is entering the North American market with several of its popular e-bike models.
While not as well known yet in the US, the company has been active in Europe for over 25 years.
With over two and a half decades of e-bike building experience, FLYER was one of the first names in the game when e-bikes were still little-understood…
Reading, Pennsylvania-based truck-rental giant Penske Leasing is taking delivery of five of Navistar’s International eMV Series medium-duty full battery-electric trucks. This is Navistar’s first US delivery of the series’ trucks.
This truly is a drop in the bucket…
Foxconn, best known as Apple’s iPhone manufacturer, has been working on electric cars and now its first vehicle has been spotted ahead of the unveiling.
It’s being marketed under the Foxtron brand.
The company has been making a lot of moves in the EV space lately.
Last…
Mustang Mach-E GT Performance first drive
October 12, 2021
I recently got the opportunity to experience the upcoming GT versions of Ford’s Mustang Mach-E electric crossover. This included extensive rides with the Mach-E GT and GT Performance, as well as a couple of laps around an autocross track – plenty of time to test out the performance and unique features the new GT has to offer, as showcased in a video below.
In November of 2019, Ford Motor…
While Tesla is moving its headquarters out of California, CEO Elon Musk made it clear that the automaker would still grow in the state.
He wasn’t lying, since Tesla is now taking over a large part of HP’s campus in Palo Alto.
Last week, Musk announced that Tesla is…
Tesla announced a new “Gigabeer” with Cybertruck-inspired bottle that it plans to sell out of its factory in Germany.
From a fart machine inside Tesla vehicles to flamethrowers, Elon Musk has had plenty of strange ideas that sounded like jokes but became reality.
Back…
Tesla has officially started its “wider release” of Full Self-Driving Beta in the US, which consists of slowly allowing more owners to download based on their “safety score.”
Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta
Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Beta (FSD) enables Tesla vehicles to virtually drive themselves both on highways and city streets by simply entering a location in the navigation system, but…
