Green Deals: Greenworks Pro 80V electric string trimmer spruces up your landscape at $281, more

Amazon is offering the Greenworks Pro 80V 16-inch Electric String Trimmer for $281.32 shipped. Normally $350, this saves you 20% and comes within $11 of its all-time low at Amazon. With spring now coming out in full force across the country, you&#8217…

Draper wins patent for electrostatic motor


Draper is developing a family of electric motors and generators based on fundamentally different principles from common e-motors used today. Underpinning the initiative is a recent patent on aspects of the technology. Draper says its approach to electric motors has numerous advantages over conventional electric motors, including lower weight, higher efficiency, higher specific power and… Read more »

Chinese phone maker Xiaomi rings into booming EV market


Everybody wants to get into the EV racket—Chinese hopefuls include search engine provider Baidu, e-commerce giant Alibaba and ride-hailing app DiDi Chuxing. Even vacuum cleaner vendor Dyson set out to suck up some coins from the electric carpet before conceding that it couldn’t see a way to commercial viability. The latest entrant to the crowded… Read more »

Tim Cook talks Apple’s autonomous car plans and Elon Musk’s attempt to sell Tesla

In December, Elon Musk remarked that he actually tried to reach out to Apple CEO Tim Cook for a potential Tesla acquisition during the Model 3 ramp’s darkest days. Tesla’s market cap was just a fraction of its current valuation then, and thus, the deal would have been an easy acquisition for Apple. According to […]

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