Cleantech & EV’s

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Ariel Rider has a wide range of electric bikes from simple folding e-bikes to cargo e-bikes and commuter e-bikes. But some of their most popular models have been their moped-style e-bikes, and now the company has added the new electric moped to its lineup. The Grizzly was just launched as something of an adventure-style electric moped. In many ways it is an improvement over the company’s…

Dogger Bank, which will eventually become the world’s largest offshore wind farm, is getting an $8 billion investment from Norwegian oil giant Equinor and British energy company SSE. The money will be used to construct the first two phases of the project. SSE Renewables is leading the construction of the 3.6 GW project, and Equinor will lead on the wind farm’s operations. Equinor…

Tesla is now facing NHTSA scrutiny with a new preliminary evaluation over potential suspension failures in Model S and Model X vehicles produced between 2015 and 2017. The new investigation comes after Tesla started a recall over the issue for vehicles in China, but the automaker argues that there’s no defect and China is forcing an unnecessary recall. Earlier this month, we reported on Tesla…