As more and more people are retiring their old gas-powered leaf blowers for superior electric alternatives, they are finding a growing number of brands with different power, capabilities and price points.
Today we take a look at the two of the highest-powered 40cc-equivalent hand-held options: The EGO LB6504 56V ($379) — that my neighbor recently purchased — and my own year-old Greenworks 80V…
Tesla is starting to export made-in-China Model 3 to Europe
October 19, 2020
Tesla is starting to export made-in-China Model 3 vehicles to Europe – something the automaker originally said it didn’t plan to do.
When Tesla started building its Gigafactory in Shanghai, in an attempt to reassure people that the automaker wasn’t just shifting…
Tesla battery researcher shows new test results pointing to batteries lasting over 2 million miles
October 19, 2020
A Tesla battery researcher showed updated test results pointing to batteries lasting over 15,000 cycles or the equivalent of over 2 million miles (3.5 million km) in an electric car.
Last year, we reported on Jeff Dahn and his lab, who are under contract to do battery…
Startup installing free, solar-powered e-bike charging stations
October 18, 2020
Want to charge your electric bicycle or e-scooter for free, using solar power? The startup Swiftmile is making that happen with hundreds of new charging stations in the US and Europe.
But the idea for these free charging stations didn’t happen overnight.
Swiftmile’s founder Colin Roche first got into electric bikes after winning in a raffle several years ago.
The new e-bike helped Colin…
Tesla strangely brings back premium connectivity to some owners
October 18, 2020
Tesla has strangely brought back premium connectivity to some Model 3 owners who are technically not supposed to have it at this point.
The situation is still unclear.
For the longest time, all of Tesla’s vehicles came with internet connectivity included – something…
Quick Charge Podcast: October 17, 2020
October 18, 2020
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players.
New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on…
Karma Automotive has announced a $80,000 starting price for the upcoming all-electric version of the Revero, which used to be the Fisker Karma.
The startup sprung out of the remains of Fisker Automotive, which has had a rough few years since its bankruptcy in 2013.
Fisker’s assets were purchased by the Wanxiang Group, a Chinese auto parts conglomerate, as well as the assets of their battery…
Climate Crisis Weekly: What ‘Green New Deal’ really means
October 17, 2020
Many Americans say they don’t quite understand the “Green New Deal,” so we demystify it here.
The percentage of Americans that are alarmed about the climate crisis has doubled in five years.
Regardless of how you feel about Greta Thunberg, the documentary I am Greta is…
Tesla is pushing a new software update that is increasing the range of its existing Model Y vehicles after updating the range of new vehicles in its lineup.
As we reported earlier today, Tesla has improved the range of almost all of the new vehicles in its lineup thanks to…
Shipping is an enormous polluter — crucial decisions are coming
October 17, 2020
A group of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) has released a statement ahead of next week’s talks at the UN International Maritime Organization (IMO) that claims the initial IMO GHG Strategy, the 2018 climate deal agreed to by over 100 countries, risks being undermined at negotiations next week by a small number of countries.
The seventh meeting of the IMO’s Intersessional Working Group…
