Amazon offers the American Lawn Mower 14-inch 5-Blade Push Reel for $59.25 shipped. For comparison, it’s listed at $100 but has sold for around $80 until this summer. Today’s deal is the best available by $10 or more and the lowest we’…
Month: August 2018
The Grom Reaper Takes You to E-Bike Heaven
With a name as gnarly as Reaper, we are tempted to picture a mean-looking bike with an engine to match. Except the Grom Reaper doesn’t look nor sound very scary—it’s a Honda Grom fitted with an electric engine. Spooky? Not really. Cool? Undeniably! REALLY COOL E-KIT: Honda Super Cub Gets Retro Electric Treatment The Grom Reaper is the work of Zero […]
GM’s China Dream Falters Because Of Bad Batteries
Chinese-built EVs not as easy as A123 General Motors has big plug-in plans for China with 10 models scheduled to launch in that country by the end of 2020. Now, though, it seems that plan has gone at least temporarily awry. The batteries that its in-country supplier A123 has been producing are not up to specification […]
Volvo deploys several new electric mining vehicle prototypes to reduce carbon emissions by 95% in quarry
The Volvo Group’s construction equipment subsidiary is working on electrifying several vehicles in its lineup, especially for mining equipment.
Now they have deployed several new electric mining vehicle prototypes for the world’s first emis…
Holidaymakers ‘forced to smoke’
Air pollution is now so bad in many of Europe’s most popular cities that holidaymakers on city breaks may be smoking the equivalent of up to four cigarettes in a four-day trip. Figures from T&E show that tak…
Evidence of carmakers manipulating new test to cheat CO2 targets – Commission
Carmakers are manipulating the results of a new test for CO2 emissions, evidence uncovered by the European Commission indicates. The new lab-based WLTP test was supposed to fix the testing problems that in the p…
Top Gear Tesla Model 3 Performance Review: It’s Combat Ready
Top Gear asks … is the Tesla Model 3 Performance a BMW M3/C63 rival? The publication loved the non-performance Model 3, so it only makes sense that it would be even happier with the dual-motor all-wheel-drive performance variant. However, what makes this car “combat ready,” at least from Top Gear’s perspective? First of all, reviewer Jason […]
AKASOL begins mass production of batteries for Mercedes eCitaro electric bus
This fall, AKASOL is set to begin mass producing batteries for Mercedes-Benz’s eCitaro. AKASOL’s first-generation battery systems will contain ten battery modules for up to 243 kWh per vehicle and a charging rate of up to 300 kW. In order to make this possible, AKASOL uses a water-cooling system to keep its batteries at 25° C in various… Read more »
New Flyer Wins Canada’s Largest Contract For 40 Xcelsior CHARGE Buses
Montréal and Laval ordered New Flyer buses with 466 kWh battery packs New Flyer received Canada’s largest ever battery-electric bus contract for 40 forty-foot, Xcelsior CHARGE buses for Montréal (30) and Laval (10). Both transit agencies – the Société de transport de Montréal (“STM”) and the Société de transport de Laval (“STL”) intend to purchase […]
Carnival Corporation: Stop destroying the environment your customers pay to see!
A company that runs cruises through Arctic waters is coming under increased pressure to stop using a cheap-but-dirty fuel that is destroying the environment its passengers pay to see. Carnival Corporation’s cust…
