January 18th, 2019 | by Nicolas Zart
The global electric mobility startup Byton is announcing more on how it will sell its electric vehicles (EV), including news of its first store in Shanghai, China, and 25 more stores to come
January 17th, 2019 | by Nicolas Zart
After a few touch & go years, Groupe PSA, which owns Peugeot, Citroen, Opel, and Vauxhall, is showing its new electric vehicle (EV) platform
January 17th, 2019 | by Nicolas Zart
I suspect a few Harley-Davidson riders might not know what to make of this electric LiveWire motorcycle, but after spending a few minutes on a stationary display at CES, I can say it will have a unique sound and a nearly perfect riding position
January 16th, 2019 | by Nicolas Zart
The air taxi space is crowded — if not on paper, then with prototypes and flying demos. Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, is a global helicopter leader and no stranger to the vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) world. It announced the Bell Nexus, a hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft a few years ago at CES. This year, we caught up with the team at CES in Las Vegas to find out what it looks like and what it means for our future mobility needs by
January 16th, 2019 | by Nicolas Zart
More news is trickling in about the Qiantu K50 electric sportscar that will be assembled by Mullen Technologies. A limited 1000 series reservation is now open to the public
January 16th, 2019 | by Nicolas Zart
Rolls-Royce is well-known for its plush cars with infinite refinements. It is not generally known for its electric ventures. The company has dipped its fingers in autonomous electric ferries, as well as an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft concept. So why not the world's fastest electric airplane
January 13th, 2019 | by Nicolas Zart
An early buyer of an Arcimoto electric three-wheel Fun Utility Vehicle (FUV) was getting ready for his vehicle in Texas and put in his request for a personalized plate. But "FUV" was rejected. The reason? It's considered indecent ... I guess
January 12th, 2019 | by Nicolas Zart
Dassault Systèmes and CITE Research sent us the findings of a survey for understanding how consumers expect technology to impact their lives by the year 2030. The survey focused on home, travel, health, and retail. This comes on the heels of another NPR survey that says Americans are feeling more optimistic about their personal future, just not about politics. The study shows consumers expect Hyperloops, fully connected smart home systems, mobile payments, and personalized preventive health plans, among other things
January 8th, 2019 | by Nicolas Zart
Talk about a massive showing — today, at CES 2019, close to 800 international journalists came to hear about Byton's announcements. The international startup said it was on track again to produce the M-Byte by the end of 2019 and revealed another display for the front passenger
January 7th, 2019 | by Nicolas Zart
Arcimoto has had a wild ride over the past decade — from a simple idea to deliverables this year. The startup is about to cross the threshold into company status and looks forward to 2019 as a decisive year
January 7th, 2019 | by Nicolas Zart
Byton will show more of the interior of its M-Byte at CES 2019. CleanTechnica is there for the company's unveiling, with interviews and a behind the scenes look on the way. This year, Byton will talk about the bigger picture. I just got off the phone with Carsten, Byton's CEO & Founder, who told me: "The company is on target to meet its production for late 2019!"
January 7th, 2019 | by Nicolas Zart
Chalk it up to years of corporate disconnection from reality, but Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) is reportedly now facing bankruptcy after being suspected a culprit of the last devastating Californian wildfires
January 6th, 2019 | by Nicolas Zart
Of all the strange things we do as a race on this planet, refining and over-complicating things are some of them. We're never satisfied with letting things be and often time favor extravagant conspiracy theories over reality. After all, how would the opposing piston engine and the convoluted internal combustion engine system have worked until now otherwise? Even though it has brought us this far, we need to get rid of inefficiency for more effective solar thermal energy storage systems
January 4th, 2019 | by Nicolas Zart
Co-creation is all the rage lately, but it can amount to little more than focus groups after decisions have been made. In our ongoing Byton series, the company invited us to its co-creation event. This showed how the green mobility global startup is using early input to catch potential problems
January 1st, 2019 | by Nicolas Zart
It's always exciting hearing good news from Arcimoto, a startup cementing its lead in the three-wheel fun electric vehicle world. Demonstrating that leadership, Arcimoto just announced its first retail customer deliveries will come in early
December 26th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
It took longer than expected, but connected EV home chargers are showing their potential danger in an era of the Internet of Things (IoT). Kaspersky Lab has reported finding a serious flaw for home networks with connected EV chargers
December 25th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
Eviation Aircraft has announced that it was selected by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University for research and development associated with a four-year undergraduate engineering program in its Prescott campus. The program will start in spring of 2019. Embry-Riddle is well known as the world's largest fully accredited university specializing in aviation and aerospace. CleanTechnica interviews Eviation Aircraft CEO Omer Bar-Yohay
December 23rd, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
Talking to designers is always a treat for me. You get insights that are rarely highlighted in press releases. That's why I spoke with Daniel Darancou, the designer of the Qiantu K50, about his motivation and global market challenges
December 22nd, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
EVA is a new electric air mobility startup we met at LA Automobility 2018. It has a promising electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. The eVTOL is small, 100% autonomous, and sports an ingenious configuration. It uses wings that retract when taking off and landing. EVA says it is months away from certifications and from flying the machine
December 21st, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
We have more news on EV Safe Charge's portable fast charger. Jaguar just announced it chose the Californian startup as its official partner for the North America national launch of its I-
December 19th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
Detroit Flying Cars is one of the many hopefuls aiming to fly a car. The group suffered a setback as its owner and designer, Sanjay Dhall, tested its high-speed taxi and crashed in the early afternoon on December 14, 2018, at the Willow Run Airport (KYIP)
December 19th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
File it under the "you'd never thought of it unless you knew how energy backup data centers work." We rarely talk about data centers and the amount of energy they use, nor how it's used. What we talk even less about is how their backup data center generators work, are maintained, and are powered on a monthly basis. Hold onto to your hats, because it's a stinky business
December 16th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
In part 1 of our review of the 2018 LA Auto Show, we looked at the mobility startup world and how it is proposing to meet tomorrow's mobility needs. Let's now look at what traditional carmakers had to offer at the 2018 LA Auto Show
December 16th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
The 2018 Los Angeles Auto Show is over and leaves us with a few questions, observations, and trends to report back. In this first part, we take a look at startups and how they go head to head against more established carmakers, as well as the difference between the media days and public days. In part 2, we will look more closely at traditional carmakers
