Cleantech & EV'sNews

Wheel-E Podcast: Solar moped, XPedition 2.0, LiveWire scooter, more

November 20, 2024
This week on Electrek’s Wheel-E podcast, we discuss the most popular news stories from the world of electric bikes and other nontraditional electric vehicles. This time, that includes the launch of the Lectric XPedition 2.0, Yamaha e-bikes pulling out of North America, LiveWire unveils an electric scooter concept, PNY readying its cargo e-scooters for pilot testing, Royal Enfield’s first…
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CryptoNews

13 Regions Face Crypto Mining Ban Under Russia's New Energy Policies

November 20, 2024
Russia’s governmental commission on electricity development approved cryptocurrency mining restrictions on Monday, set to take effect on Dec. 1 with subsequent enforcement covering Nov. 15 to March 15 annually through 2031. Deputy Energy Minister Yevgeny Grabchak confirmed the decision, which targets 13 regions, including Irkutsk, Buryatia, and Transbaikal, excluding Moscow. The extended…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Why AI won’t make you a better writer

November 15, 2024
The literary world is rife with constant controversy, from the Bad Art Friend to the BookForum comeuppance of long-lauded critic Lauren Oyler. A recent point of contention, however, is no interpersonal drama or nitpicky review. Rather, it’s a Zendesk article from the…
AI & RoboticsNews

AI search wars heat up: Genspark adds Claude-powered financial reports on demand

November 15, 2024
Back in June 2024 — an eternity in the fast-moving generative AI sector — a startup founded by Microsoft, Google, and Baidu alumni called MainFunc launched its first product, Genspark, an AI search engine. Since then, the collision of generative AI, which can create new content on demand, and search, which traditionally retrieves it, has only intensified across the industry. Google recently…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

X Shore Bowrider launched as new affordable-ish recreational electric boat

November 15, 2024
When X Shore first followed up its flagship Eelex 8000 electric boat with the smaller and more accessible X Shore 1, the move proved to be an effective path to bring electric boating to more people. Now the company is building upon that same platform with the new X Shore 1 Bowrider. To be clear, electric boats are far from becoming an impulse purchase. Well, at least outside of the most extremely…
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