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electrek 10m ago 20°

Why New York’s push to regulate e-bikes just slammed on the brakes

New York lawmakers had been pushing for increased e-bike regulations this year, including potential registration and even licensing for e-bikes. But now it looks like the sails propelling the movement have run out of wind, at least for now.
electrek 15h ago 17°

What is a bike bus and why are parents loving them so much?

For years, the school drop-off line has been one of the defining rituals of suburban life: a long queue of idling SUVs inching toward the curb while stressed parents try to make it to work on time and kids stare at their phones in the back seat.
electrek 15h ago 15°

Musk abandoned his own ‘solar electric economy’ to burn gas for an AI chatbot no one uses

Elon Musk spent years telling the world that solar power was the obvious answer to Earth’s energy needs — that a small patch of desert could power the entire United States. Now, he’s burning millions of tons of fossil fuels to run an AI chatbot that has lost 60% of its downloads, selling the unused compute to a company he called “misanthropic and evil” three months ago, and pitching space-based solar panels right as SpaceX files for a $2 trillion IPO.
electrek 14h ago 15°

These Dutch students are bringing a world champion solar car to the 2026 Electrek American Solar Challenge

This July, the 2026 Electrek Formula Sun Grand Prix (FSGP) and American Solar Challenge (ASC) head north to Minnesota, and one of the 46 registered teams is making the trip for the very first time. The Delft Solar Team is flying in from the Netherlands, and they aren’t exactly showing up empty-handed.
electrek 14h ago 14°

BYD turned its luxury EV into a Swiss auto piece of jewelry, and it sold for a record $800,000+

The Denza Z9 GT Chopard Edition is infused with gold accents, rare gemstones, and BYD’s new Flash Charging system, enabling it to recharge as quickly as refueling.
electrek 17h ago 12°

Memorial Day Green Deals hub – EVs, power stations, electric tools, devices, and much more

If you missed the nationwide memo, today is Memorial Day, and as we spend this time with family and friends, remembering our fallen service members, so too are our favorite brands for a wide variety of eco-friendly tech offering tons of seasonal discounts across e-bikes, electric scooters, power stations, tools, appliances, smart devices, and more – many of which are at their best prices to date.
electrek 12h ago 12°

Bluetti exclusive Memorial Day power station lows from $237, EcoFlow 48-hour flash sale on 716Wh to 12.2kWh power stations, more

It’s Memorial Day, and as such, we have a larger number of Green Deals that you can shop from today through the rest of the week, with some new additions down below, as well as those and all the other Green Deals from past weeks collected into our one-stop-shopping hub here. Among the new additions, we have Bluetti’s official Memorial Day Sale lineup, with plenty of exclusive yearly lows, thanks to our bonus savings codes – all starting from $237.
electrek 12h ago

Honda’s affordable EV hot hatch is ‘selling like hotcakes,’ priced at $21,000

Starting at about $21,000, Honda said the electric hot hatch is already exceeding expectations with over 7,000 preorders.
electrek 10h ago

Ferrari Luce first look: going where combustion can’t follow

Ferrari unveiled the Luce today in Rome, completing a three-act reveal that started with specs last October and continued with the Jony Ive-designed interior in February. The Italian automaker flew me to Rome for the launch, and I got about 30 minutes to explore the vehicle up close, though I couldn’t drive it.
electrek 42h ago

LiveWire’s 125cc-equivalent electric fun bikes begin revealing their secrets

We’re finally starting to learn more about LiveWire’s upcoming S4 Honcho electric motorcycles as the company begins showing off pre-production prototypes around the US ahead of launch.