E-bikes: It's time to adopt two wheels to fight climate change | February 17, 2023
E-bikes: It's time to adopt two wheels to fight climate change | February 17, 2023
This week, QuietKat rolled out a new e-bike Lynx, the Uber app is getting Apple CarPlay support, Zeekr raised $750 million, & Ford Motor made a $3.5 billion investment in an EV battery-making factory
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Micromobility
According to a study conducted by E-bike Monitor, 42 percent of the Dutch people have 6.2 million light electric vehicles to their name, making it €14.2 billion worth of LEVs, and a majority of them are electric bicycles / Leva EU
Here are some tips on accessories that can help with anti-theft, safety, storage, and vibes for your ebikes / via @LavanyaSunder
A new, three-wheeled, all-electric vehicle from Arcimoto, the Arcimoto Fun Utility Vehicle, is all about fun and might not last long / TechCrunch
Despite the lack of enough bike-friendly policies, e-bikes are emerging as a more sustainable mode of mobility, possessing the potential to hold out against the drastic climate changes, but can they alter the car-centric American society and be culturally accepted as not just a source of recreation but an efficient and affordable mode of transportation? The debate remains between optimists and skeptics / Yahoo! News
Hopp is leaving no stone unturned to become a leading zero-emission company in the micromobility sector! According to the Icelandic e-scooter sharing company’s evaluations of its e-scooters, the carbon emissions came out to be 25-35g per kilometer. Hopp will utilize carbon capturing to neutralize these emissions and make its e-scooters a more sustainable mobility option for people / ZAGDaily
Ride + Glide has come up against some exportation issues since Brexit. The British micromobility retailer has reported additional costs of over £200,000 a year and a reduction in customer satisfaction due to delays in product delivery. With Element Bondi, its new e-scooter, being recently rolled out, the company is in talks with another retailer for its product distribution across Europe / ZAGDaily
Denver’s e-bike rebate program has not only urged more people to get out of their cars and mount on two wheels, but it is also pointing up to the lack of bike-friendly infrastructure in the city. With the rapid expansion in the number of cyclists, advocates for safe bike lanes are also increasing, and now the city might need to build those lanes earlier than planned / Bloomberg
Product Launches & Updates
Are you looking for a fun and dynamic off-road riding experience without compromising on style? Well, QuietKat's Lynx is the perfect e-bike for that! Modeled in café moto style and boasting off-road tires (24 × 4.5 inches), this e-bike is an eye-catching addition to the all-terrain e-bike manufacturer's family of e-bikes / Gear Junkie
Tracker has just rolled out its new electric UTV, the Tracker OX EV! With a top speed of 16.5 mph, a maximum range of 60 miles, a total 408 kg payload capacity, and a dumping bed with a hydraulic lifter, this UTV serves the true purpose of an electric utility vehicle / Electrek
Derek Young did not just modify his Nissan Leaf but reshaped the future of hybrid electric cars. Powered by a Kawasaki ZX10R engine, containing rotors from a Ford Mustang, and front brake calipers from a Nissan 370Z, Derek left no stone unturned to build a dual-motor hybrid car that is the perfect combination of the two power resources / InsideEVs
Eovolt, a French folding e-bike manufacturer, has upgraded all the e-bikes in its model range by adding a modern torque sensor for the 2023 model year, which now provides a smoother and more efficient riding experience with an even lighter e-bike! / InsideEVs
Ready to meet MIUNIK Salt? This newly introduced urban mobility option by ID DESIGN is a lightweight and stylish electric motorcycle based on practicality and is here to offer a comfortable and functional commuting experience in an urban environment / The Pack
Ridehailing, Carsharing & Delivery
Uber drivers owning iPhones will soon be enjoying Apple CarPlay support! If you are an Uber driver and have your Uber app operating on CarPlay, you don’t have to look at your phone all day to navigate, accept trips, and add more rides to the queue. You can view all that and more on your car’s infotainment screen! / The Verge
Who doesn’t love their packages delivered in an hour or on the same day they made the order? Still, the bleak outcomes like traffic blockage, CO2 emissions, labor shortage, etc., of these same-day deliveries are piling up, needing more attention from the regulatory authorities and effective strategies in the last-mile delivery sector / StreetBlog USA
Contrary to its plans to expand its operations in Latin America by investing $300 million, Cabify, a ride-hailing platform headquartered in Madrid, Spain, will soon wrap up its services in Ecuador, specifically in the cities of Quito and Guayaquil after a "constant process of analysis" on the marketplace / US News
If you are a resident of metro Atlanta, you can now enjoy the new safety feature offered by Uber! The ridehailing operator launched this feature on its rideshare app, which allows the riders and the drivers to record the audio during their ride and make it safer for both sides by avoiding any potential safety issues / Fox 5
Although it acquired Motivate, a micromobility operator, in a $250 million deal, economic setbacks are weighing down on Lyft. The reason might be the ridehailing company's insufficient investments to improve its performance and avoid its global expansion, contrary to its rival Uber, which expanded its operations in over 70 countries and spent $250 million into incentivizing its drivers / The New York Times
Investment & Deals
Hesai, a Chinese lidar maker that develops sensor technology for driver assistance systems and autonomous vehicles, raised $190 million through its Nasdaq IPO / TechCrunch
China's Geely Automobile Holdings, which owns the Zeekr electric vehicle brand, is raising $750 million from five new and current investors as part of a capital round that values the company at $13 billion / Reuters
BuuPass, a startup that was established in Kenya seven years ago, intends to scale in Kenya and Uganda before pursuing other countries, with support from a $1.3 million pre-seed investment / TechCrunch
The ambitious crowdfunding campaign launched by Sono Motors may not receive enough pre-orders in the upcoming weeks to allow for the start of Sion solar EV production / Tech.eu
For the first time, Tesla has agreed to allow non-Tesla automobiles to use its electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, accepting a nice deal from President Biden's administration's Department of Transportation / Fox 5
Ford Motor is making a $3.5 billion investment in a factory in Michigan that will produce electric vehicle batteries using technology that has been licensed by a significant Chinese supplier / Axios
Geely, the largest privately owned automaker in China, revealed on Monday that investors have committed to investing $750 million in Zeekr's Series A investment round. Zeekr is a luxury electric vehicle brand. It now has a $13 billion post-money valuation / TechCrunch
The global leader in transit technology, Via, just closed a financing round led by 83North valued at $3.5 billion. Via plans to invest the funds in expanding its product line and advancing its vision of providing public mobility with an end-to-end digital infrastructure / PRNewswire
Cities & Policy
New vehicle emissions regulations that practically forbid the general sale of cars and vans with combustion engines have received the formal approval of the European Parliament / The Verge
A 93-kilometer, climate-controlled motorway called "THE LOOP" will shortly be built in Dubai. Over 3 million people will be connected by the new motorway / Arabian Business
As a result of decreased consumer spending on entertainment, dining, and shopping, the cities of New York, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C. are losing over $4,000 per employee per year / Smart Cities Dive
Tesla employees at the company's Autopilot factory in Buffalo, New York, wrote to CEO Elon Musk to express their desire to unionize. Organizers there now accuse the business of firing workers in violation of the law / Engadget
New Products, Features, and Data Points
As chip shortages from the pandemic era fade, manufacturers maintain low inventory, keeping prices high. Things will get worse with the switch to EV / Bloomberg
Certain roadways and crossroads are disturbed by the noise of aftermarket automobile exhaust systems. To identify the issue and, in one city, ticket the offenders, cities are experimenting with new technology / Smart Cities Dive
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