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Starting today, California is coming for your e-bike throttles

Last September, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law SB-1271, which redefines and adds to several electric bicycle regulations in the state. Chief among them is a clarification of the three-class e-bike system, which is likely to now rule that many of the throttle-enabled electric bikes currently available and on the road in California will no longer be street legal. Read more…

Lucid Gravity deliveries start

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Lucid announced the Gravity SUV in November of 2023, with orders finally opening in November this year. Then, production started in early December, and a few weeks later it’s now time for the first deliveries to take place. Lucid has revealed that this past weekend, the first Gravity customers received their vehicles in a special ceremony, with them departing the… Read more…

The California grid ran on 100% renewables with no blackouts or cost rises for a record 98 days

A new study published in the journal Renewable Energy uses data from the state of California to demonstrate that no blackouts occurred when wind-water-solar electricity supply exceeded 100% of demand on the state’s main grid for a record 98 of 116 days from late winter to early summer 2024 for an average (maximum) of 4.84 (10.1) hours per day. Read more…