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First ride experience on Energica’s Italian electric motorcycles: I can’t stop grinning

June 15, 2022
Earlier this year, I was invited to the Nasdaq by the electric vehicle investment company Ideanomics to get a closer look at the company’s newest acquisition: Energica’s high-power racing electric motorcycles. The morning started by watching suited up executives (as in Brooks Brothers, not Dainese) throwing a leg over the bikes in Times Square. But the next day, it was my turn. And while the…
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Iceland by electric bike: Why you should absolutely try renting an e-bike the next chance you get

June 5, 2022
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…
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Tesla receives 4680 battery cell samples from Panasonic ahead of mass production

June 1, 2022
Tesla has received 4680 battery cell samples from Panasonic ahead of the manufacturing giant moving to mass production of the new battery that is going to power the Cybertruck and more. Back in 2020, Tesla unveiled its 4680 battery cell, a new tab-less battery cell in a bigger format with new chemistry, enabling cheaper and/or longer-range electric vehicles. The cells have already made it to the…
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Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week: $500 Three-wheeled electric motorcycle

May 28, 2022
Mother Nature may be beautiful, powerful, and mystifying, but it’s Father Time who eventually catches up with all of us. We start out young and eager on our cute little red tricycles, our parents giving us an early push. We grow into kids on our first real bike, then progress towards power as we mount our first motorcycle. The years pass as we hop from bike to bike, invariably chasing just a bit…
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