We reported previously on the fact that Tesla was ending its unlimited free Supercharging for new Model S and Model X buyers earlier this year, seemingly in anticipation of the Model 3 launch, and also as a means of reducing congestion at some sites in California.
The Y Combinator–backed startup OSVehicle has revealed what it claims to be the first modular “ready-to-use self-driving EV” product out there. It is a “white label” product (any branding is fine) and various design cues can be implemented.
Global production of the 4 most important staple crops in the world — maize/corn, wheat, rice, and soybeans — will be reduced by around 23% by the 2050s as a result of worsening anthropogenic climate change, according to new research published in the journal Economics of Disasters and Climate Change.
The electric bicycle firm VanMoof has designed and is releasing a new offering designed specifically for the Tokyo market, according to recent reports.
Electric vehicle and self-driving vehicle tech already possesses very wide acceptance amongst consumers on the global level, based on a new survey and analysis of more than 10,000 consumers in 10 different countries undertaken by the firm Roland Berger.
Following in Tesla’s footsteps (quite a few years later, that is), Ford will now begin rolling out some of its software upgrades via over-the-air updates — starting with the addition of Android Auto and Apple CarPlay to its Sync 3 outfitted 2016 vehicles in the coming days.
There are now rapid biological and microbial changes occurring all throughout the Antarctic Peninsula in accompaniment of rapidly rising temperatures, according to new research published in the journal Current Biology.
Whenever there’s a discussion going on related to high carbon dioxide emissions and anthropogenic climate change, there’s usually someone who will mention the widespread planting of trees as a “solution.”
The threat of citywide bans in various large cities in Europe seems to be slowly killing the diesel car market, going by recent sales figures in key markets there. In particular, diesel car sales in France and Spain have been falling particularly rapidly. And sales in other large markets such as the UK and Germany have seemingly been reacting to the threat of eventual outright bans as well, though a bit more slowly.
Belgium has been providing tax/monetary benefits to those who bicycle to work, rather than drive, for quite some time now — with the program apparently even paying out around €93 million in 2015 (to around 400,000 program participants).
