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Joby completes initial FAA Systems, Compliance Reviews for eVTOL aircraft

Green Car Congress

Joby Aviation, a California-based company developing all-electric aircraft for commercial passenger service, announced the completion and subsequent approval of its first Systems Review and its first Compliance Review by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

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Ride1Up Cafe Cruiser review: Affordable & stylish 28 MPH electric bike for one or two riders!

Electrek

It’s a bit ironic that California-based electric bike maker Ride1Up’s name is now antithetical to its newest model, the Cafe Cruiser. The post Ride1Up Cafe Cruiser review: Affordable & stylish 28 MPH electric bike for one or two riders! Riding two-up is generally motorcycle speak for carrying a passenger on back.

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Cruise robotaxi pedestrian accident review concludes with strange findings

Teslarati

An independent review of Cruise’s high-profile pedestrian accident last October has presented some interesting conclusions. California DMV officials later alleged that Cruise “misrepresented” and “omitted” critical information about the incident. The pedestrian suffered serious injuries.

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California regulator to hold hearing on GM self-driving unit Cruise – ET Auto

Baua Electric

The California Public Utilities Commission will hold a hearing Tuesday on a bid by General Motors’ Cruise unit to resolve the agency’s investigation into the robotaxi company’s failure to disclose details of a pedestrian crash involving a self-driving car. California suspended the testing permit, and Cruise halted all U.S.

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Review: 2024 Fiat 500e urban EV has its charm

Baua Electric

Sadly, we weren’t able to test whether the new 500e retains the entertaining and delightful handling of its predecessor, the 2013-2019 500e, which was sold only in California and Oregon. But until we get it into some proper hills and twisties, we can’t fully review its driving behavior. Fiat quotes a 0-to-60-mph acceleration time of 8.5

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Fisker introduces Alaska pickup truck, Ocean with Force E off-road package; 11 Ocean deliveries in Q2

Green Car Congress

Fisker recently presented four future electric vehicles, as well as technology and sustainability visions, to an audience of investors, analysts, employees, and the media at an event in Huntington Beach, California. Fisker also reviewed its Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) objectives.

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2022 Los Angeles Auto Show Review

Clean Fleet Report

Fiat stopped selling the Cinquecento, or 500e, in the United States (in reality California and Oregon only) in 2019. We reviewed the last year of this small but fun EV, noting its limitations, not the least of which was an 84-mile driving range. of torque, good for a 0-60 mph time of 3.2 2024 Fiat 500e EV.