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The South Africa-founded B2B software-as-a-service fleet management company GoMetro, now headquartered in London, has been selected as a recipient of a GBP147,000 (US$191,000) grant from the UK Freight Innovation Fund. Founded in 2014 by Justin Coetzee, GoMetro is a B2B SaaS fleet management company that is providing a best-in-class, OEM-agnostic electrification management platform for bus […]
The Tiriac Collection, known for its vast display of rare and iconic vehicles, has added a new model to its lineup: the MINI Cooper Electric Racing. This electric vehicle, a champion on the racing circuit, holds the distinction of being the first electric competition model in the history of MINI. Starting October 18, 2024, visitors can […]
Bosses at two of Europe’s biggest car manufacturers have called an acceleration of Europe’s transition to electric vehicles as tensions continue in the EU over the race to ban the traditional combustion engine. Carlos Tavares, the chief executive of Stellantis, which owns the Peugeot, Vauxhall, Jeep and Citroën brands, and Martin Sanger, the sales chief […]
MINI launched the second-generation Cooper Electric earlier this year with a confusingly named John Cooper Works trim level. However, that one is all show without any extra go since the upgrades are limited to visual tweaks inside and out. Today, the BMW-owned marque is introducing a true JCW variant for the “J01” model featuring a […]
Electric cargo bicycles come in two configurations. The first are front-loader bikes, also known as bakfiets or Long Johns, which suspend a cargo box between the rider and the front wheel. The other layout is a midtail or longtail, which extends the rear end of the bicycle to accommodate more bodies and gear. Both shapes […]
CLIMATEWIRE | In 1925, a small-town Ford dealer in Georgia named Albert Luce attached a wooden coach to the top of a Model T frame and sold it to the owner of a cement plant who wanted a way to transport his workers. The idea evolved into a business and nearly a century later the […]
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For today’s VC Sunday School, Molly asks Jason about co-investing with other VC firms (3:11). Then for This Week in Climate Startups, Molly sits down with REGENT co-founder Billy Thalheimer to talk about the ins and outs of their electric sea gliders (29:46). Source link
In an electric car, the (enormous) battery is a major part of the price. If electric car prices are decreasing, battery costs must be decreasing, because it’s not like the cost of fabricating rubber, aluminum, glass, and steel into car shapes can decline that much, right? On an electric scooter, though, the effect of battery […]
I’ve never thought of myself as a “car person”. The last new car I bought (and in fact, now that I think about it, the first new car I ever bought) was the quirky 1998 Ford Contour SVT. Since then we bought a VW station wagon in 2011 and a Honda minivan in 2012 for […]