Cleantech & EV’s

Rivian reveals more details about its plan for charging, including a map of planned stations in its “Rivian Adventure Network,” its wall charger, and more. Last year, Electrek revealed that Rivian is working on its own electric car charging network called the Rivian Adventure Network, and it’s hiring people who worked on Tesla’s Supercharger network to build it. Furthermore, we…

Electric bicycle sales have shown exponential growth for several years now, but 2020 saw an unprecedented e-bike boom. Electric bicycle demand skyrocketed all over the world in 2020, fueled largely by fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. In the Netherlands, e-bikes have become such a mainstay that they accounted for approximately half of all bicycle sales in 2020. According to a new report by…

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): A new report that studied US offshore wind by coastal region and state found huge potential. Los Angeles and New York launch virtual power plant programs fueled by solar-charged home batteries. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now offers price…

Lordstown Motor, an electric pickup truck startup that became a billion-dollar company after going public, is seeing its hype train slow down after a prototype caught on fire and its vast order book is called into question. The company was founded out of a deal to take over GM’s Lordstown factory just a few years ago, and they plan to bring an electric pickup truck to production this year. We…