The world of electric motorcycles is changing rapidly and it takes a nimble company to stay ahead of the competition. That means accelerating development cycles at a time when “new products, new segments, pop up constantly,”
Recently, we were contacted by Espin, an e-bike company making an innovative pedal assist bike, to do a review of its newest product. The company asked me to do a review and lent me a bike for two weeks, which I gladly used for my daily commute in hilly San Francisco.
They say there is nothing new under the sun, but the Jahammer J1 electric motorcycle comes about as close as you can get.
One of the top package delivery firms in the world, UPS, has begun using a new eBike — er … eTrike (an electrically assisted tricycle) — for package delivery in Portland, Oregon.
Cities are where most of the world’s people live, and they can make the move toward cleantech and away from burning up the planet go much, much — much — faster. In fact, some policies could trump critical levers like ZEV mandates, and if adopted broadly, make the ZEV transition happen faster than most of us think possible.
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced that over the next 5 years London will invest £770 million into various bicycling support programs, infrastructure, and initiatives — roughly doubling the amount spent on bicycling support by former mayor Boris Johnson.
CleanTechnica is largely a consumer-oriented website, so it seemed like we should do one of those “top 10 gifts” thingies. Here’s my shot at 10 top cleantech Christmas gifts (or Hanukkah gifts, Kwanzaa gifts, winter is long and cold gifts, etc.).
The mayors of 4 of the world’s largest cities — Paris, Madrid, Mexico City, and Athens — have publicly committed to banning all diesel vehicles from their jurisdictions by the year 2025. The announcements came at the recent C40 Mayors Summit in Mexico City, according to reports.
Those of us who try to keep abreast of urban planning and clean transportation news are familiar with the benefits of bicycling in terms of pure air, livability, quieter streets and homes, space and resource efficiency, a stable climate, and public life.
The number of participating companies in the Los Angeles Auto Show’s “GO” destination — where new smart mobility and last-mile transportation technologies will be showcased — has been doubled, according to a new press release.
