Cleantech & EV’s

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Lucid Motors announced that it will be offering two versions of the Dream Edition of its upcoming Air electric sedan: now with over 1,000 hp of power and one with over 500 miles of range. After some delays, Lucid is now maintaining its target to start deliveries of the Air, its first vehicle, by the end of the year. The first version of the Air was supposed to be the Air Dream Edition, which had…

The winner of the 2021 US James Dyson Award is 21-year-old Gabe Tavas. His mission is focused: Make wood without cutting down trees. So he invented Pyrus: a petroleum-free, wood-like material that’s sustainably produced with repurposed bacterial cellulose waste from kombucha. The James Dyson Award runs in 28 countries and regions worldwide. Entrants must be, or have been within the last four…

Danish shipping giant Maersk has ordered eight new vessels that can run both on traditional bunker fuel and carbon-neutral methanol. The ships will be able to sail between China and Europe and across the Pacific. Maersk’s carbon-neutral potential Hyundai Heavy Industries will build the vessels, which will be capable of carrying 16,000 containers each, and will deliver them to Maersk in 2024.