Today’s green deals are here to get you off the couch and back outdoors now that spring has officially arrived, headlined by Rad Power’s flash sale that is taking $300 off the RadExpand 5 Folding e-bike and includes a free extra battery, all for $1,299. It is joined by a collection of discounted e-bike bundles […]
New Zealand-based virtual reality and cognitive behavioral therapy company oVRcome announced it signed an international contract with the U.K.’s National Health Service (NHS) to help autistic individuals navigate hospital environments and social interactions. oVRcome, launched in 2021, utilizes a smartphone and a headset to deliver exposure therapy to adults and children with numerous conditions, including […]
Formula E had been planning to debut its new “Attack Charge” mid-race charging system at this weekend’s race in Misano, Italy, but the system has again been delayed until some race in the future. For a couple years now, Formula E has been planning to introduce a mid-race charging stop into its races as a […]
The outbreak of dengue fever that has unfolded in Latin America over the past three months is staggering in its scale — a million cases in Brazil in a matter of weeks, a huge spike in Argentina, a state of emergency declared in Peru and now another in Puerto Rico. It forewarns of a changing […]
Doses of cholera vaccine are being given to patients as fast as they are produced and the global stockpile has run completely dry, as deadly outbreaks of the disease continue to spread. This does not shock anyone in the field of emergency epidemic response because the vaccine stockpile has been precariously low for years. The […]
Image: Voltpost EV charging company Voltpost‘s “first-of-a-kind” lamppost EV charger is now commercially available in major US metro areas. The New York and San Francisco-based company is developing and deploying EV charging projects in US cities like New York, Chicago, Detroit, and others this spring. Voltpost retrofits lampposts into a modular and upgradable Level 2 […]
Tesla has released more details about Powerwall 3, its new generation home energy storage system, and there’s some more good news. Electrek first reported that Tesla started Powerwall 3 installations in the US despite having yet to launch the product on its website officially back in September. As we previously reported, the biggest difference with the Powerwall 3 […]
ABB electric vehicle charging station; via ABB. A new study shows that drivers of electric cars are saving everyone billions of dollars on their monthly electricity bills — even the people who don’t drive EVs! A recent report by a group called Synapse Energy Economics examined how much electric car owners paid for electricity and […]
Tesla has launched a new trim of the Model Y in some European countries: a new Long Range rear-wheel-drive Model Y. Last quarter, Tesla had disappointing deliveries and added 46,000 vehicles to its inventory. Some of those were already sold in transit, but overall, the automaker added over 100,000 vehicles to its inventory. Tesla, like […]
Cummins’ AEOS electric semi truck concept; image by Cummins. Indiana’s Department of Transportation is teaming up with Purdue University and legendary equipment brand Cummins to test in-road, in-motion charging for electric vehicles. The Indiana DOT (INDOT) plans to set aside a quarter-mile-long strip of US 231/US 52 between Cumberland Avenue and Lindberg Road in West […]
