Category: Startups

RanMarine Technology shows first electric harvesting vessel to fight waterway pollution

Posted by Kevin Jost | Jan 5, 2023 | Electrification, Startups, Vehicles

The Dutch scale-up, a CES 2022 Innovation Award honoree, has its MegaShark trash collection catamaran at CES 2023.

MoonBikes launches app at CES for ‘world’s first’ electric snowbike

Posted by Kevin Jost | Jan 3, 2023 | Business Development, Electrification, Startups, Vehicles

At the CES Unveiled media preview, the company revealed that CES booth visitors can demo the app and first interactive virtual reality headset to experience the MoonBike in the snowscapes of the French Alps, Italy, and other beautiful destinations.

Production Candela C-8 electric, foiling day cruiser to debut at CES

Posted by Kevin Jost | Dec 20, 2022 | Electrification, Startups, Vehicles

CES Brief: The boat, which the company says represents the future of sustainable waterborne travel, achieves maximum efficiency, speed, and range with electric hydrofoils that allow it to silently fly above the water and waves.

Boom to lead propulsion team for its supersonic aircraft

Posted by Kevin Jost | Dec 13, 2022 | Aerospace, Business Development, Design, Startups, Vehicles

The Boom Supersonic-led collaboration for its Symphony propulsion system brings together companies from across design, manufacturing, and maintenance including FTT, GE Additive, and StandardAero to keep the supersonic aircraft on track to achieve type certification and carry its first passengers in 2029.

Navier’s N30, the electric hydrofoil boat built in America, takes flight

Posted by Kevin Jost | Dec 8, 2022 | Design, Electrification, Startups, Vehicles

At Art Basel in Miami, Navier showed a bigger 30-ft variant of the previously announced 27-ft N27 built by Lyman-Morse, going from sketch to full scale in less than a year.

Fering begins next phase of self-sufficient, lightweight utility vehicle development

Posted by Kevin Jost | Dec 7, 2022 | Business Development, Design, Electrification, Materials, Startups, Technology, Vehicles

With initial testing complete for Prototype 1, Prototypes 2 and 3 for the 1500-kg electric adventure vehicle with fabric body parts and 7000-km range are due for completion in early 2023, with low-volume production in late 2023 or early 2024 and full production scheduled for 2025.

Volta and Cake to provide electric last-mile-delivery for H&M from mobile micro-hubs

Posted by Kevin Jost | Nov 15, 2022 | Business Development, Electrification, News, Startups, Vehicles

The Swedish innovators will use Volta Zero electric trucks and Cake electric motorcycles to decarbonize and decongest city center streets starting with the first customer trial with H&M Group in Paris in the first quarter of 2023.

Bollinger Motors announces ONE as battery supplier for electric commercial trucks

Posted by Kevin Jost | Nov 10, 2022 | Electrification, Startups, Trucking, Vehicles

Our Next Energy will build battery packs in Michigan for Bollinger’s electric Class 4 through Class 6 chassis cabs.

Bellwether reveals new generation flying car

Posted by Kevin Jost | Oct 26, 2022 | Electrification, Startups, Vehicles

The London-based urban air mobility company introduced its latest electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft called Oryx that it says will be capable of completing a journey from Heathrow Airport to Canary Wharf in 8 min, versus the typical 50 to 100 min by car.

Hopium unveils latest hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle, opens order book

Posted by Kevin Jost | Oct 20, 2022 | Electrification, Infrastructure, Startups, Vehicles

The company is taking reservations for the high-end Machina Vision, which starts at €120,000 and features a lightweight powertrain for a total vehicle weight of fewer than two tons.

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