Mercedes-Benz quietly slipped out an announcement that it’s breaking into electric scooters. The company quietly announced the scooter at the Frankfurt Motor Show last week, but gave precious little detail. We first spotted the news via The Verge. In a press statement the company said: “E-scooters have only been allowed on German roads since June, […]
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Like scores of tourists who zip through Santa Monica on e-scooters every day, 21-year-old Elliot Stevenson had no idea there was a fence around the pier until he hit it. “I was cruising down the hill and lost power,” the bewildered visitor from New Zealand said as he wheeled his just-rented Lime back toward Ocean
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This week in future tech, a Ford survey claims that almost half of those asked in the US thought electric cars still need a fossil fuel to operate. As part of a blog post highlighting some of the electric vehicles (EVs) it is working on and plans to release soon, the US car giant Ford
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Researchers report two newly discovered species of electric eels in South America, one of which can deliver a bigger jolt than any other known animal. The researchers collected 107 eels in four countries and found differences in their DNA, along with minor physical variations. One species had the ability to generate 860 volts of electricity,
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Plans to develop a battery that would enable an electric car to travel 150 miles on just 6 minutes of charge were revealed at the British Science Festival today. Last week, the Faraday Institution – a research charity backed by the UK government – announced £55 million of funding for five battery projects, in a
Unveiled at the 2019 Frankfurt Motor Show, the Mercedes-Benz Vision EQS looks to be straight from a TRON movie. It’s powered by a 100 kWh battery pack good for a 435-mile range on a full charge that feeds dual electric motors (front axle / rear axle) that produce a combined 469 horsepower and 560 pound-feet
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The all-electric concept, which has a range of up to 310 miles, is about 13.5 feet long and 7 feet wide and is outfitted with beefy 22-inch wheels. And because it’s a vehicle meant to off road, designers gave it ground clearance of 13.4 inches. This concept, if it really existed beyond the showroom floor,
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There are so many electric bikes hitting the market these days that it can be hard to know where to start if you’re looking to make a purchase. If portability and a clean, sturdy build are important to you, then you might want to take a look at is Gocycle’s recently unveiled GXi, a machine
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(Reuters) — Tesla said on Wednesday it was launching an insurance service designed to give drivers in California, its biggest market, lower rates because of safety features on its electric vehicles. Chief Executive Elon Musk has been one of the strongest proponents of the idea that car insurance rates should plummet as driver-assist and self-driving
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