05 Aug 2024 | Synopsis
"It wasn't just scientists who were worried, but Congress, the White House, and even Sports Illustrated."Harvard historian of science Naomi Oreskes "has found more than 100 examples of congressional hearings that examined CO2 and the greenhouse effect prior to the adoption of the Clean Air Act...The research adds weight to arguments that Congress intended to give the EPA a broad authority to regulate pollution."
05 Aug 2024 | Synopsis
"...the standout feature of Samsung's new battery is its 20-year lifespan and the ability to hold around 500 kW per kilogram of energy density - almost double what current EV batteries offer."Samsung claims its new batteries can charge fully in just 9 minutes, but this requires advanced infrastructure with charging speeds between 480 kW and 600 kW..The first [2027] models to feature this tech could come from Toyota’s luxury sub-brand, Lexus.
05 Aug 2024 | Synopsis
ElectraMeccanica...sold 428 vehicles in total, which is probably nothing to write home about...It was all going well until it all went wrong. In 2022, one of the customers got in touch with the company and told them their vehicle had suddenly lost propulsion for no apparent reason...the worst came after because the only thing worse than an issue affecting (nearly) every single one of the products you sold is having an issue that you can't fix.03 Aug 2024 | Synopsis
"I ended up buying a used craigslist bike from some guy in Tigard for like $100 just because people riding bikes around my neighborhood looked like they were having a pretty good time.."The ebike has taken my radius of what I can accomplish – including commuting to and from work – and expanded it by several times...It really has replaced about 99% of my car trips."
03 Aug 2024 | Synopsis
"Acadia National Park had no electric bicycles on its carriage roads as recently as five years ago. Today, that's a different story. Fully half of the bicycles rolling along its scenic roads today are e-bikes."In 2019...the park decided to lower the carriage road speed limit for all cyclists from 25 to 20 mph and to allow only Class 1 e-bikes on them... two higher classes of e-bike are only allowed on the park's paved roads."
03 Aug 2024 | Synopsis
"...the US e-bike market is lagging behind European counterparts is well-known within the industry."Sales of e-bikes in The Netherlands make up 56% of the volume, in Germany this is 53% and Belgium this 51%. In the US on the other hand, less than one in 10 bicycles sold is electrified...e-bike unit sales in North America reached 8% of total sales volume in 2023 with 1.1 million units sold."
03 Aug 2024 | Synopsis
In 2023, Amazon had more than 50 micromobility hubs in over 40 cities across Europe, up from more than 20 in 2022... In Germany, Amazon and our partners deliver by e-cargo bike in six cities: Munich, Freiburg, Koblenz, Aachen, Essen, and Berlin...Amazon's delivery partners delivered more than 50 million packages in Germany using electric and manual vehicles, such as electric vans, e-cargo bikes, and pushcarts."02 Aug 2024 | Synopsis
"The results of a new survey by Autolist, released this week, show that Generation Z, those born from 1997 to the early 2010s, has a different set of concerns than older buyers...Gen Z is the first EV-native generation so rather than seeing EVs as this big change in how we own and power a car, Gen Z just sees them as cars."Gen Z's concerns about EVs are more evenly spread out and include things like reliability, styling & design, the safety of the battery in a crash..."
02 Aug 2024 | Synopsis
"...VinFast said the new mini electric SUV is designed to make city travel 'not only sustainable but also more accessible.'"Within 66 hours, VinFast secured 27,649 pre-orders, a new Vietnam automotive record...The VF 3 will first roll out in Vietnam, followed by the Philippines later this year and other overseas markets like Europe, Southeast Asia, and the US in 2025...it will still cost under $20,000 when it arrives in the US."
02 Aug 2024 | Synopsis
"The second motivator for the Telo team was its perception of the proliferation of supersized trucks in the marketplace...Telo set out to create a battery pack with a small footprint and better-than-average range. The company started with off-the-shelf 21700 cylindrical Lithium-Ion batteries...Telo get a 106 kilowatt-hour battery pack into that miniature truck, when a comparable Mini Cooper can only fit a 54.2 kWh? "
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