Cleantech & EV’s

Consumer electronics company Xiaomi Communications Co. appears to be the latest manufacturer entering the electric mobility race. The Beijing-based company is reportedly making plans to create Xiaomi brand EVs. The company will utilize a Chinese manufacturing facility owned by Great Wall Motors. As it currently sits, Xiaomi is an electronics company based on an Internet of Things (IoT) platform.

Fresh on the heels of Ninebot’s recent launch of the $350 A30C low-power electric moped, Ninebot is showing off some more impressive options with a bit more power. The latest models are known as the Ninebot N70C, N90, and N100 electric mopeds. The new N-series from Ninebot includes three models of higher-powered electric mopeds. While these N-series electric mopeds still adopt Asian electric…

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An underage teen who was driving a Tesla without a driver’s license or the owner’s permission got creative when the car was stopped by the police: She decided to jump in the back seat and claim the Tesla was self-driving. The incident happened near Daytona Beach, Florida, where a Flagler County Sheriff’s deputy pulled over a Tesla Model Y driving on the wrong side of the road. After the…