GM Cruise announced that it received the greenlight from the California DMV to operate a fleet of true driverless Chevy Bolt EVs.
Over the last few years, GM’s Cruise self-driving division has been operating a fleet of autonomous Chevy Bolt EVs in San Francisco.
The test program is regulated by the California DMV and now the agency has given them permission to operate vehicles without a backup…
Tony Ellsworth launches fancy new belt drive carbon frame e-bike
October 16, 2020
World-renowned mountain bike builder Tony Ellsworth, of Ellsworth Bikes fame, is back with a brand new electric bicycle brand known as The Ride Bikes. And its first model eye-catching model, the Radiant Carbon, just launched today.
The Radiant Carbon is a commuting and…
Fisker makes deal with Magna to make the Ocean electric SUV
October 15, 2020
Fisker, Henrik Fisker’s new EV startup, has reached a deal with automotive giant Magna to make the Ocean electric SUV.
After the original Fisker Automotive went bankrupt, the assets of the defunct EV startup were purchased by a Chinese interest who relaunched the company…
EGEB: This Dutch offshore wind farm will help oyster reefs grow
October 15, 2020
Reef structures with oysters will be installed within the Netherlands’ offshore Borssele Wind Farm Site V.
Energy storage tech company Fluence acquires digital intelligence platform AMS to improve the grid.
Ikea’s Buy Back scheme aims to reduce excessive waste in 27 countries — but the US isn’t on board yet.
Arcadia Power is committed to making clean energy work for the planet and…
Tesla got its water supply shut off at Gigafactory Berlin because they apparently didn’t pay their bill.
Several reports are coming of Germany stating that Tesla had to temporarily stop construction work at the site of Gigafactory Berlin due to water being shut…
These two tech companies will make the US power grid smarter
October 15, 2020
Energy storage tech solutions company Fluence, a Siemens and AES company based in Arlington, Virginia, today announced that it has acquired San Francisco-based Advanced Microgrid Solutions (AMS), a provider of AI-powered software for utility-scale storage and generation…
Volkswagen has confirmed that it placed a massive order for robots to build the ID.4 electric SUV and ID.BUZZ electric minibus.
The German automaker is believed to be amongst the most serious legacy automaker when it comes to deploying electric vehicle production capacity.
Today, it reaffirmed that by announcing it placed a massive order of 2,200 industrial robots to be deployed at three…
Mazda is known for its maverick streak. Where others zig, they zag, and there is much to admire in a pioneering approach. As it has innovated around the rotary engine, might Mazda be similarly innovative with its first ground-up battery electric vehicle?
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If you saw our previous reporting on the notebook-sized Walkcar electric scooter thing, you may have been disappointed to see that it was only available in its native Japan.
But not anymore.
Cocoa Motors, the company behind the quirky little Walkcar electric scooter, has…
NHTSA announced that it is looking into Chevy Bolt EV over a potential issue that could lead to a battery fire.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) confirmed this week that its Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) is launching an investigation into the Chevy Bolt EV over three instances of fires that originated without impacts from accidents.
Two of them were reported to…
