Cleantech & EV’s

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…

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…

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…

Lotus is today unveiling new working prototypes of its upcoming $2 million all-electric Evija hypercar, and it brought the prototypes to the racetrack. Last year, Lotus announced plans to build its first all-electric vehicle: a £1.7 million ($2.1 million) 2,000 hp all-electric hypercar called Evija. Today, the British automaker made the “dynamic public” by putting Evija on the racetrack at…