Cleantech & EV’s

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…

A Tesla Model X with over 400,000 miles, making it one of the highest mileage electric cars in the world, has been turned into a piece of art by famed artist Kenny Scharf. And it’s for a fun project… As some of you might know, I bought a Tesla Model X with over 400,000 miles on the odometer last year. Before the pandemic, I used to split my time between Montreal and Los Angeles when I…