• News aggregator on electric cars and electric vehicles (cars, motorcycles, boats, planes).

Report: California drought will increase CO2 cost of the electricity EVs plug into

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A California drought will increase the carbon footprint of electricity used to charge EVs, according to a new report from the Energy Information Administration (EIA). The drought has cut the state’s hydropower generating capacity nearly in half compared to normal conditions, forcing California to rely on more carbon-intensive sources for a greater… More…

Iceland by electric bike: Why you should absolutely try renting an e-bike the next chance you get

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I’ve been an electric bike proponent for well over a decade. My love affair with e-bikes began when I discovered their utility as car replacements (and have led to me living essentially car-free since high school). But I learned how their usefulness only grew as I dove deeper into the fitness and recreational aspects of e-bikes. Now after a recent trip around Iceland I have gained a whole new appreciation for electric bikes as tourist wheels. And here’s why you should definitely consider renting an e-bike on your next vacation. More…

US prices for Mercedes EQB SUV revealed

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Mercedes-Benz USA has announced pricing and packaging structures for the all-electric EQB SUV. The fully electric compact SUV should arrive in US dealerships by summer 2022. For the USA, Mercedes-Benz has revealed that the 2022 EQB 300 4MATIC will start from $54,500 and the EQB 350 4MATIC is priced from $58,050. The Mercedes EQB went […] More…

Wheel-E Podcast! E-bike charging stations, Luna review, USPS mail bikes, Chinese e-trike & more

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This week on Electrek’s Wheel-E podcast, we discuss the most popular news stories from the world of electric bikes and other nontraditional electric vehicles. This time that includes the West Coast Electric Highway adding electric bicycle chargers to its electric car charging stations, new e-bike belt drive products from Gates Carbon Drive, a review of the super-affordable Luna Eclipse folding belt-drive full-suspension fat tire e-bike, a new seated electric scooter from Fucare, USPS testing electric mail bikes, a flying electric water taxi and lots more.. More…

Awesomely Weird Alibaba EV of the Week: Chinese electric car without a rear end

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When it comes to electric cars on China’s largest online shopping site Alibaba, you can find just about anything. And that variety has kept me in business, so to speak, by finding the weirdest and most fun ones out there for my weekly Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week column. That often means funny-shaped electric vehicles or sometimes odd mashups that take to the sea or even the sky. But sometimes it’s not what is added to a vehicle that makes it special, but rather what is suubtracted. And that’s the case this week, where this funky little electric car seems to have had the rear end torn off without anyone noticing. More…