Here’s a great video put together telling the origin story of Rivian. A 26 year old starts a billion dollar car company from nothing.. pretty incredible story.
Still prototyping building out their factory.. but promising big things. The biggest being a more efficient battery.. able to eek out a 400 mile range. I hope it’s true. At that point the talk of range anxiety should vanish. https://electrek.co/2020/02/05/lucid-air-tesla-range-efficiency/
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SUPER73 R SERIES ELECTRIC BIKE
40 miles unassisted.. or 75 with you pedaling. You won’t break records at 20mph but you also won’t break the law for not having your motorcycle endorsement. You can pre-order this lil’ guy off Uncrate.com for a nice price of $2,495 https://uncrate.com/super73-r-series-electric-bike/
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Cake Electric Motorcycle
If Ikea were to make an electric motorcycle this would be it. 50mph, 3hr range, $13,000 USD
Don’t call it a blimp. It’s an airship. Travel the sky in style on journeys of over 4000 nautical miles with 15 of your closest friends. Supposedly 75% more efficient than other forms of aerial transportation. An all electric version is in development. I’m stoked about this.. I’ve always been a fan of airships. Seriously, […]
Hummers were a ridiculous middle finger to the environment when they were released to the public. I mean.. the point of the military Hummer (or Humvee or HMMWV) was an armored truck. But again, this is the land of the civilian assault rifle. But, here we are. This thing could actually do well. A monstrous […]
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Jeep E-Bike
I’ve never biked in the snow but this picture of the new Jeep E-Bike makes me want to give it a try. Unfortunately there won’t be much snow when this is released this June. 40 mile range, probably ~25mph as per most ebikes. No word on price. https://jeepe-bike.com/
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Pigeon Bot
This drone uses feathers to control its flight.https://robotics.sciencemag.org/content/5/38/eaay1246
“It’s a conceptual billboard that [is designed to] arrest people for a moment,” says Doucet. “At its lowest point of impact, it would make people question, ‘Why aren’t there electric commuter planes?’ At the highest impact, producers of short-haul flights, everyone from Airbus and Boeing to your Bombardiers and Gulfstreams, . . . [ are […]
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Arrival EV Delivery Vans
Arrival has been a “stealth” startup.. taking $100M from quiet donors. They have pulled back the veil.. sort of.. they’ve created a beautiful delivery van but are sparse on the details. https://arrival.com/