October 3rd, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
To know them is to like them, and that would give you a good idea what Arcimoto is. But behind those smiles and fun are years of development and now celebrations. The company's first 15 beta "Fun Utility Vehicles" (FUVs) are out and the team is now celebrating in New York City
October 3rd, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
It's chilling seeing a young man riding an electric scooter on a main street with only flip-flops and a pair of shorts. You can't help wonder how long. ... You know what I mean — how long until the first fatality. And then it happened. I got home and heard about a 24-year-young man who passed away after falling off one. And now make way for laws and politicians
October 3rd, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
In the "It Had To Happen" department, Mazda finally says it will use its rotary engine as a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) generator. It also says it will deliver a pure EV by 2020. But is it too little, too late after downplaying batteries for over a decade
September 30th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
GreenPower recently introduced its first designed-from-scratch electric minibus or large van — called the GreenPower EV Star Min-eBus — which we got to test drive for a CleanTechnica review. GreenPower says the EV Star Min-eBus meets many needs for fleet owners, and others. Find out how it was to drive and learn more from our talk with GreenPower President Brendan Riley
September 27th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
Trains on rails are some of the most efficient ways of moving anything on this planet, and high-speed electric trains provide even more benefits. To design an electric roofline for a high-speed train, Siemens recently partnered with TE Connectivity to make its Velaro Novo trains even more efficient — further growing the benefits
September 25th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
Groupe PSA, which includes Peugeot, Citroen, DS, Vauxhall, and now Opel, says it will offer 15 electrified versions of all of its new cars as of
September 23rd, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
Welcome to CleanTechnica's third podcast in a new series covering electric mobility in the air, on land, and in the sea. Today, we're covering all three — electric air, land, and sea mobility news
September 20th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
The Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance is showing us how it perceives our last-mile mobility needs of tomorrow with the Renault EZ-
September 17th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
One of the many reasons we love electric vehicles (EV) is, presumably, because we love efficiency. Compared to the woefully pushy, but highly asthmatic, internal combustion engine (ICE), the electric motor "suffers" from the opposite problem — it's too darn efficient. In fact, it's so efficient that it needs to tune down. A gasoline engine requires better airflow, less friction, again and again just to make it 40% efficient (and only within a restricted RPM range) whereas an electric motor is easily 85% efficient. Must we go on? Jaguar just showed how efficient the electric drivetrain is
September 17th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
Has the world turned upside down? Scratch that. It has. We've had plenty of proof so far, but oil-producing Saudi Arabia lending Lucid Motors $1 billion to build its first electric vehicle, the Air, takes the cake! Indeed, times have changed
September 15th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
The Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance is behind us, and now that the dust has settled, we can highlight the important notes after our last article. One of the questions that often comes up is why the creme de la creme event for old cars, the internationally famed Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, would host futuristic concepts? Traditionally, Pebble Beach has not only shown the best of the best, but also displayed future versions, concepts, and prototypes of various types
September 5th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
The future of autonomous aircraft vehicles, AV urban air mobility is taking shape and Airbus' Altiscope A3 Blueprint roadmap wants to show how to safely integrate these various aircraft configurations into our electric air mobility future
September 2nd, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
After spending three days with the Byton team in Monterey, California, at the world famous Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, I talked to the team in detail on behalf of CleanTechnica about their upcoming M-Byte, which included a ride in the 85% ready prototype. You will also hear what other people had to say about the car. I was recovering a cold ... but notice that not even that stops me from talking!
August 29th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
Bringing a 21st-century mobility prototype to the 2018 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance is a bold move that needs to be backed up. Byton did just that when it displayed and gave test rides of its M-Byte. It also chose the illustrious show to unveil its K-Byte concept in North America. But what you haven't heard were the conversations over the past three days. And here is the extra scoop
August 17th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
After a period of quite a lot of buzz about a potential Apple car, we haven't heard much from Apple in a while — no rumors and no enthralling tangibles. The once exciting Apple car has drifted into nowhere land. Can we still expect an electric Apple car? And how about a pair of Apple glasses with that
August 16th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
Intellectual property wars are nothing new in the electric vehicle (EV) world or even more broadly. Now such a war may be creeping into the electric air mobility industry as it scrambles to design, innovate, and protect its pioneering work. Get ready for a wave of patents that will make your head spin
August 15th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
Electric flight is knocking at the door of every aerospace industry. But contrary to land-bound electric vehicles (EV), electric aircraft come in more shapes and forms. Electric air mobility is already getting off the ground, and much more is coming together right now as I write this
August 10th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
The great thing about air events is that airplanes can come from far away. The not so great thing is that if the event is far, you too have to travel to it. But this year's 2018 EAA AirVenture Oshkosh was well worth the travel, as it attempted to show a clearer picture of our near future mobility
August 8th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
Microcars are nothing new. In fact, Isetta, Messerschmitt, and BMW shared a successful three-wheeled car in the 1950s. Although the original car ran on a highly inefficient two-stroke gasoline engine, today's electric drivetrain is a given for such micro-mobile platforms. So, why haven't we seen more micro EVs
August 4th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
A little EV dreaming and rubbing some salt into the wounds of struggling carmakers can have great consequences. This is where hyper EVs — or electric hypercars — fit in. Although they might have little direct effect on most people, their outrageous performance stunts send a serious messages to carmakers insisting on gasoline technology — that era is ending. Alieno Arcanum shows what an electric drivetrain can deliver, and you won't believe how outrageous it is
July 31st, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
The advent of automation means we went from foraging grub with our nails millions of years ago to regularly flying across nations. Automation has been heralded as the freer of time, opening a world of creativity over mindless drone-like activities. While automation certainly has eased many tasks, it has also offered a new set of complex problems mostly due to adaptation. Humans want changes, but are we ready for the automation of all things? Moreover, what does this mean for the future of electric mobility and how will we use it
July 30th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
There isn't a week that goes by without an electric aviation news release. Air giants Boeing & AJAX are making sure they don't miss the headlines as they work together
July 30th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
The YouTube video below recently caught our attention. Seeing Nico Rosberg's smiling face with his hand on electric Porsche Mission E on a track conveyed a great deal
July 30th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
These northern European countries continue to be at the forefront of electric vehicle (EV) adoption — electric cars, buses, boats, and trucks — and they have also started to tackle the final frontier, that of the demanding electric aviation industry
