Cleantech & EV’s

Following the wildly successful Superstrata 3D-printed carbon fiber electric bicycle last summer, the team behind the Arevo 3D-printers that enabled such tech has a new offering: the Scotsman electric scooter. The Scotsman is the world’s first custom 3D-printed carbon fiber electric scooter. It uses unibody construction, meaning literally everything is printed in one go out of carbon fiber…

Tesla Gigafactory Berlin was attacked by saboteurs who set cables supplying electricity to the construction site on fire. An alleged confession letter points to political reasons targeting Tesla. Tesla’s project to build a factory outside Berlin has faced some opposition, but it has now reached a new level. The police confirmed that a fire occurred last night on ground electric cables that…

Thanks to some excellent sleuthing by someone on a Rivian forum through the NHTSA database, we now have a Rosetta Stone in deciphering VIN coding on upcoming R1Ts. Furthermore, the motor options listed in the VIN document hint at the possibility of a more affordable, dual-motor Rivian R1T on the horizon. Rivian currently sits on the precipice of debuting its two flagship EVs this summer, with…

Elon Musk has again updated the timeline for Tesla releasing its highly anticipated Full Self-Driving Beta v9 software update and FSD Subscription. Here’s the long history of Tesla’s FSD v9 and FSD Subscription timelines: Tesla Full Self-Driving beta Tesla is currently testing the “feature complete” version of its Full Self-Driving (FSD) package in beta with a few thousand customers and…