Cleantech & EV’s

Arcimoto knows its stuff when it comes to three-wheeled electric vehicles, and Lightning Motorcycles is no stranger to breaking speed records. Now the two companies are combining their expertise in an attempt to build the fastest-tilting electric motorcycle in the world. The project is enabled by Arcimoto’s acquisition of Tilting Motor Works earlier this year. Tilting Motor Works developed the…

UK-based EV startup Volta Trucks has just unveiled its first running prototype chassis that will offer the framework of its upcoming purpose-built, 16-ton electric truck. The newly announced Volta Zero Truck prototype chassis was designed and built to include the production specification frame and drivetrain components consumers will eventually see in the finished vehicle. With big goals set for…

Tesla’s active safety features powered by its new Tesla Vision computer vision system without radar are proving to be at least as good as with radar in a new independent test. When Tesla announced the transition to its “Tesla Vision” Autopilot without radar, it warned that it would result in limitations of some Autopilot features at first. It didn’t really affect Tesla’s major active…

BMW i3’s clock is ticking as the German automaker confirmed that it will stop selling the electric car in the US this year. The end of the i3 comes as BMW is launching the i4 and iX electric vehicles. BMW launched the i3 in 2013, which was somewhat early in the resurgence of electric vehicles. It gave BMW a leadership position in the electric transition, but the automaker ended up sitting on…