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This Video Makes Great Points About E-Bike Safety

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! I’d love to live in a place with excellent e-bike infrastructure. If my smaller city had dedicated lanes with barriers between me and the cars, I’d ride places almost every time. Separate bike roads ... [continued]
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EVs Need To Compete Better With Old Cars

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! I recently came across a video on YouTube that made an important point: there are HUGE advantages to driving an old car around. While you don’t get the latest technology (but can get most ... [continued]
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Some More Proof That EVs Can Benefit From Transmissions

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! For years, I’ve been arguing with EV enthusiasts about transmissions. While EV manufacturers can get away with just one gear ratio, the benefits of extra gears are obvious to people familiar with automotive technology. ... [continued]
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Sorry, Elon, But “Conservatives” Will Not Pull Your Feet Out Of The Fire

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! A recent article here at CleanTechnica (written by an author I respect and like, to be clear) got a reaction from Elon Musk. Elon used to follow us on Twitter, and we used to ... [continued]
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Could A BMW i3 Be The Last Car You Ever Own?

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! I recently came across an article at The Autopian about some aging EVs that are coming back from the dead. How? By getting new batteries! Aside from batteries, EVs really have very little that ... [continued]
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Two-Tiered Resistance Hits Tesla

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Recent news out of a Tesla retail and service location in Oregon is quite shocking. Not only are protests happening, but bullets are literally flying. Pro-Elon folks would tell us that Tesla is facing ... [continued]
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EVgo: No Third Party Adapters Or EV Conversions Allowed

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! A couple of weeks ago, I got an email that we get all the time: “Notice of new terms of service.” Nobody reads the terms of service. With all of the legalese that they ... [continued]
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Tesla Cybertruck Hitch Tested To Failure, Could Be A Problem For Heavier Trailers

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Last year, extreme torture tests by WhistlinDiesel got a lot of attention. When put through testing that is far from real-world conditions, the Cybertruck eventually failed in spectacular fashion, with the hitch snapping completely ... [continued]
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This Map Shows Us the 21st Century’s Biggest Energy Challenges

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! A common online joke is that Trump only wants Greenland because it looks big on the map. But, the joke goes, he’s been fooled by the Mercator Projection, which makes things look bigger the ... [continued]
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No Duty To Protect Us, But They Show Up For The Oligarchy

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock (a prudent course of action in the US these days, especially for the unarmed), Elon Musk has been leading an effort to make the government more “efficient.” ... [continued]