Major bicycle manufacturer Kent is announcing today its first electric bicycle designed specifically for children. , charging up the ride with more distance and speed.
Before you start pulling out your pitchforks, know that the Kent Torpedo is a pedal assist e-bike.
That means it doesn’t have a throttle. It’s not a mini-motorcycle for children, it’s just a normal pedal bicycle that…
EGEB: China leads the world in wind – and coal
March 13, 2021
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
China built more new wind farms in 2020 than the world combined in 2019 – and a lot of coal plants.
Supermarket chain Aldi announces its new clean energy and sustainability goals.
UnderstandSolar is a free service that…
Tesla is reportedly in talks to partner with Tata Motors for charging infrastructure in India
March 13, 2021
Tesla is reportedly in talks to partner with Tata Motors for charging infrastructure in India as the automaker is about to launch in the country.
Over the last few months, there have been more rumors of Tesla looking to establish manufacturing and/or research and…
Arizona utility Salt River Project (SRP) really wants its customers to drive electric cars, so it’s now offering any customer who buys an EV a $1,000 rebate in a pilot program.
Electric car rebate in Arizona
SRP has one of the largest workplace charging programs in Arizona, and by the end of 2021, its sedan fleet will be fully electric.
Marc Campbell, SRP manager of sustainable programs, told…
If you’ve ever wanted to race a 60 mph electric scooter as part of a real racing league, you’re in luck. The eSkootr Championship is preparing a new racing league and has just shown off its eSkootr S1X racing electric scooter.
What’s that? Oh, you don’t have a death…
Nissan is now using old Leaf battery packs in some of the robots that are helping to build the Leaf electric cars in the first place.
This is kind of cool!
For those who want electric cars to be a solution to reduce emissions from the transportation sector, the end-of-life…
A new drone flyover of the Tesla Gigafactory Texas construction site shows some great progress in completing the giant factory.
It’s hard to overstate just how massive a project Tesla Gigafactory Texas is.
In mid-2020, Tesla announced a deal to build a brand-new factory in Austin, where it bought a 2,000-acre piece of land.
At first, Tesla referred to the factory as the Cybertruck Gigafactory…
This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including Tesla’s new price changes, the Model Plaid+ delay, the Audi Q4 e-tron, Volvo C40 first look and more.
The show is back live every Friday at 4…
We got a limited look at the Volvo C40 Recharge today at the Volvo Cars Manhattan showroom. That’s where the single US C40 currently is residing before its trip to Boston this weekend. Here are our first thoughts.
Volvo C40 vs. XC40
As a background, the C40 is a…
When the 80 mph (130 km/h) SONDORS Metacycle was first unveiled in January of this year, it shocked the industry with its low price of just $5,000 but also left many unanswered questions. The battery was a key unaddressed topic.
We knew that it would be a 4 kWh pack and was removable for charging off the bike.
But at the time, that’s about all we knew.
In a follow-up interview with Storm…
