The legendary Vespa is back and it’s electric
The Vespa is back in an electric version. Production has just started and the first models can be reserved online starting from October.
Elon Musk, the story of the man behind Tesla, SpaceX and Solarcity
Elon Musk is one of the most influential and pragmatic figures of our time. He is changing transportation and energy forever. Here’s the biography of the man who wants to take us to Mars.
The Volkswagen van is back. It will be electric and self-driving
Just as fires often give way to new growth, after the Dieselgate scandal, which saw Volkswagen cheating on US emission rules, the German car manufacturer radically changed course, beginning to focus on sustainable mobility. The German car company aims to propose thirty zero-emission models and produce at least one million battery electric vehicles by 2025. An ambitious mission
Germany to ban petrol and diesel-fuelled cars by 2030
Germany made the first step towards banning petrol and diesel-fuelled vehicles. If the federal resolution is passed into law, starting from 2030 only electric cars will be allowed on the country’s streets.
Gaza. Students build Palestine’s first solar car
The prototype was developed by two Palestinian 23-year-old students, who self-funded. The car reaches a speed of up to 30 km/h.
Olli, the first 3D-printed, self-driving electric bus to hit the road in the US
Printed and assembled in a few hours, and then it’s ready to carry up to 12 passengers. The first prototypes of this bus are being tested in the streets of Washington, D.C.
In Japan there are more electric car charging points than petrol filling stations
Charge points in the country exceeded petrol stations last year. Japanese plug-in drivers are no more afflicted by range anxiety, so electric vehicles are taking off. And now Japan bets on hydrogen cars.
10 things you need to know about the Kia Soul Eco Electric
When it was (re)born in 2014, the Koreans intended for it to become the anti-Mini. Square, weird, original. For it to stand out. Then the Kia Soul’s journey changed. After the petrol and diesel versions (which are still on the market), the electric conversion is here. The Soul Eco Electric easily rid itself of fossil fuels,
Tesla Model 3: Elon Musk announces a new sales record in a tweet
Tesla smashes sales records: over 325,000 Model 3 preordered, as Elon Musk announced on Twitter. The figure would be enough to make the Californian company enter the book of Guinness World Records for the most widely preordered car in a week, ever.
The Netherlands wants all cars to be electric by 2025
This is the first step of the Dutch Government to ban selling diesel and petrol cars in the country. Is the era of the internal combustion engine over?