French bicycle manufacturer Lapierre has a wide selection of models in its roster catering mostly to the high-end cycling market. Its road and mountain bikes boast some of the latest tech and components from the most premium of brands, and the brand has always been synonymous with high-performance cycling. With electric bicycles growing in popularity…
General Motors is leading a Series B funding round worth $60 million in Silicon Valley battery technology start-up Mitra Chem, the automaker said in a press release. The Mountain View-based battery company is reportedly an “AI-powered battery materials innovator,” championing the idea that iron-based cathode active materials (CAM) would enable broader adoption of electric vehicles. The…
Students, retirees, scientists and a handful of politicians and celebrities were among tens of thousands of people who began to fill the streets of Midtown Manhattan on Sunday to demand that world leaders quickly pivot away from fossil fuels dangerously heating up the planet. Sunday’s demonstrations were part of a weekend of large peaceful protests…
Toyota today announced a new investment of nearly $8 billion that will add approximately 3,000 jobs at Toyota Battery Manufacturing North Carolina (TBMNC). This brings total investment to approximately $13.9 billion and job creation to more than 5,000 – further supporting Toyota’s multi-pathway approach to global vehicle electrification. This investment adds capacity to support battery…
Electric Mobility: Future of Public Transportation In a world where climate change has become an undeniable reality, the need for sustainable transportation options has never been more critical. As an electric vehicle (EV) enthusiast, we firmly believe that electric mobility is the future of transportation in India. In this article, we will explore the benefits…
The $7,500 federal clean vehicle credit, introduced last year as part of the Inflation Reduction Act, was a big step in America’s move toward electrification. Both U.S. car companies and the government have really pushed for people to take advantage of these incentives. But here’s the kicker: a recent poll indicated that most Americans don’t…
Climate change denial must be maddening to Lonnie Thompson, a respected scientist who has scaled glaciers collecting evidence of global warming. But Dr. Thompson keeps a cool head in “Canary,” a documentary that patiently traces his groundbreaking efforts extracting ice cores from tropical mountaintops. The film, directed by Danny O’Malley and Alex Rivest, is a…
Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) lags in locations versus the other road-trip fast-charging standards that have been used for EVs. But it is the future. Months ago, earlier this year, that future was not at all apparent. But May 25 the tide turned. That day, with a joint chat between Tesla CEO Elon Musk…
As the sun rose on Friday over the lunar plateau where India’s Vikram lander and Pragyan rover sit, the robotic explorers remained silent. The Indian Space Research Organization, India’s equivalent of NASA, said on Friday that mission controllers on the ground had sent a wake-up message to Vikram. The lander, as expected, did not reply….
The Chinese Ministry of Commerce blasted the European Union’s decision to open an investigation into the state subsidies that allow Chinese-made EVs to be sold at “artificially low” prices on the Old Continent, which could lead to the EU imposing tariffs on battery-powered vehicle imports. Beijing described the probe as “protectionist” and said that the…
