Energy & Carbon

Velotric Nomad 2 e-bike + FREE $550 extra battery, Bluetti 900Wh alternator charger bundle, Hiboy kids electric dirt bikes, more

Our Thursday Green Deals this week has a nice mix of deals across EVs, power stations, security systems, and tools, starting with Velotric’s FREE $550 extra battery bundle on the Nomad 2 Off-Road e-bike at $1,999 that gives it up to 130 miles of travel range.…

Tesla remote operators keep crashing its ‘Robotaxis,’ data shows

Tesla’s latest crash reports to federal regulators add two more “Robotaxi” crashes where a remote operator, not the car’s autonomous system, was driving when it hit something. That brings it to five in the data now. And every remote takeover that has shown up…

Virginia Regulator Says It Had No Authority to Stop Data Center's Day-Long Generator Run

A resident reported a noise reading above Loudoun County's nighttime limit, and county supervisors have since directed staff to look at regulating existing backup generators.

USDA Issues Record Rural Utilities Loan for New Georgia Power Plant

The borrower is a wholesale supplier owned by 38 cooperatives serving nearly 5 million Georgians, and USDA said cheaper financing will help hold down electricity costs.

BMW’s new i3 just drove 753 miles on a single charge

BMW put the new i3 to the test to showcase the power of its Gen6 batteries. The long-wheelbase i3 covered 753 miles (1,213 km) without stopping, the longest covered by any BMW EV to date. more…

ScottishPower Renewables Completes ‘Record-Breaking’ Cable Landfall Operation for East Anglia Two

ScottishPower Renewables has completed what the company says was a record-breaking cable landfall operation for its 960 MW East Anglia Two...

Xtracycle Swoop ASM review: The nicest cargo e-bike I’ve tested… so far!

I’ve tested a lot of cargo e-bikes over the last decade-plus of reviewing electric bicycles. There are good cargo e-bikes. There are great cargo e-bikes. And then there’s Xtracycle. More specifically, there’s the new Xtracycle Swoop ASM, which might just be a…

Bidding Period Closes for 10 GW French Offshore Wind Tender

France has closed the bid submission period for AO10, its largest offshore wind tender to date, which is looking for developers for eleven...

DEME to Install Wind Turbines at Vattenfall and CIP’s 1 GW Dutch Offshore Wind Farm

Vattenfall and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) have awarded DEME a contract to transport and install 69 wind turbines at the first phase...

Acciona Selected for Victoria’s 2 GW Offshore Wind Transmission Project

VicGrid, the Victorian government agency responsible for transmission planning, has selected Spanish infrastructure company Acciona as the...

Revolution Wind is powering New England, and Trump is attacking it again

Revolution Wind is already sending electricity to New England, and all 65 turbines are installed. Now the Trump administration is challenging the federal approval that allowed the offshore wind farm to be built. Again. Yes, really. more…

DeLorean may have a flying car in the air before Tesla does [video]

Your eyes do not deceive you, dear readers – the iconic, stainless-steel bodied and gullwing-doored sportscar brand DeLorean is not only somehow still alive, but they apparently have enough money to campaign a DeLorean-branded eVTOL in the new Airspeeder raci…

Prinoth is getting charged up for winter with a little help from Scania

The winter equipment experts at Prinoth are partnering with Swedish trucking group SCANIA on a pair of new, battery-electric snow groomers that are ready to hit Europe’s ski slopes with up to 624 kWh of battery power all winter long. more…

Orange is the new green as University of Tennessee electrifies its garbage fleet

Orange is the new green at the University of Tennessee, which deployed a new McNeilus Volterra ZFL electric garbage truck at its Knoxville campus this week, bringing together advanced, battery-electric waste collection technology and Made-in-Tennessee manufac…

BYD reveals the updated Seagull EV will launch next week

BYD will launch the updated Seagull next week, its popular EV that sells for around $10,000 in China. more…

Manufacturer Updates Enclosure Cooling Units with Nonflammable and Mildly Flammable

The updated line adds a 5.6-kilowatt unit for heavier heat loads and simplifies voltage selection, wiring connections and controller functions during installation.

African Students Develop Water, Recycling and Renewable Energy Solutions

Finalists in a regional STEM competition presented technologies designed to address water scarcity, plastic waste, energy access and agricultural challenges.

Volvo’s new midsize electric SUV is here, but it may be hard to get your hands on one

Volvo is already calling the EX60 a “game changer” as its highest-range, fastest-charging EV to date. After delaying US deliveries, Volvo’s new midsize electric SUV will remain limited, at least for now. more…

Tesla Powerwalls supply most of record 745 MW California grid dispatch

Tesla Powerwalls did most of the heavy lifting as California’s home batteries set a new grid record last week. On October 6, more than 85,000 Powerwall owners sent over 600 MW to the grid, the bulk of a combined 745 MW dispatch that Sunrun announced today. Th…

Ford opens preorder invites for the $30,000 Fathom EV pickup

Want to be among the first to own Ford’s new EV pickup? You can now sign up for a preorder invite for the upcoming $30,000 Ford Fathom. more…

Trump Administration Seeks Remand of COP Approval for Offshore Wind Farm Now in Final Commissioning Stage

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has asked the US District Court for the District of Columbia to grant a summary judgment that would send the...

Ofgem to Launch Record Tender as UK Regulator Seeks Owner of Hornsea 3 Offshore Transmission Assets

The UK energy regulator Ofgem will launch a tender round covering the transmission infrastructure for Ørsted’s 2.9 GW Hornsea 3 offshore wind...

French Engineering Company Acquires Irish Sea Contractors to Expand Offshore Wind and Cable Services

Aventa has acquired Irish Sea Contractors (ISC) to broaden its services in subsea cable landfalls, marine infrastructure, and commercial diving...

Arevon Secures Three Contracts for Illinois Solar Project

Three electric utilities signed 20-year renewable energy credit agreements for the planned 200-megawatt Panther solar project in Perry County.

Tesla is unveiling the new Roadster for real this time, promise

Tesla says it will finally stream its next-generation Roadster event this Thursday, October 15, at 7:55 pm Central, two weeks after it was supposed to happen. It’s the latest date in a long list of them. Tesla first showed the Roadster in November 2017 and pr…

Electric cars saved $20B in oil – and the US is falling behind

EVs are giving oil-importing countries some breathing room during the Hormuz energy crisis. Between March and August, their EV fleets displaced an estimated $20 billion worth of crude oil, according to new analysis from energy think tank Ember. more…

EVs cost less than a year ago, but September brought a setback

New EVs still cost less than they did a year ago, but September brought buyers a double hit: higher prices and smaller discounts. more…

Rivian’s Mind Robotics snags Doug Field, ex-Tesla and Ford EV chief

Doug Field, the engineer who ran Tesla’s Model 3 program and later Ford’s entire EV operation, is now president of Mind Robotics, the industrial robotics startup Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe spun out of Rivian last year. He lands at a company that has now raised mo…

Chevy hikes Blazer EV prices, pushing it over $45,000

Prices for the 2027 Chevy Blazer EV now start at over $45,000 after another price hike. more…

EcoFlow early-bird TITAN series whole-home backup system deal, Mars 3.0 e-bike at new $1,099 low, Anker solar wall light cam, more

EcoFlow is dominating our Tuesday Green Deals edition this week, as the brand is offering an early-bird $50 “lock in” deposit for its latest TITAN Series Whole-Home Backup System that will be officially launched in November. Right behind that is the latest 48…