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Budget-priced 70 mph electric scooters from Ola begin sales, shake up industry

Electrek

more… The post Budget-priced 70 mph electric scooters from Ola begin sales, shake up industry appeared first on Electrek. Now that orders are open, all eyes are on Ola to see how the company grows its scooter operations domestically and abroad.

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This new 30 mph folding e-bike has one of the largest batteries in the industry

Electrek

more… The post This new 30 mph folding e-bike has one of the largest batteries in the industry appeared first on Electrek. But perhaps the most remarkable part is just how massive the battery is, offering more range than almost any other retail e-bike.

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This new 60 mph and 8.4 kW standing electric scooter shows the industry isn’t slowing down

Electrek

more… The post This new 60 mph and 8.4 kW standing electric scooter shows the industry isn’t slowing down appeared first on Electrek. Forget high-performance electric scooters – we’ve now entered a whole new field of “ultra performance” electric scooters.

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IIHS: Here's Why We Don't Crash Test at More Than 40 MPH

The Truth About Cars

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety occasionally updates its testing methods to keep pace with a rapidly evolving automotive industry, but there’s one thing that hasn’t changed with the new tests: Crash speeds.

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BYD showcases Yangwang U9 EV that goes 0-60 mph in 2 seconds… Oh, and it can ollie

Electrek

The quad motor supercar debuts atop BYD ’s new e⁴ platform featuring a DiSus vehicle body control system being hailed by its makers as the “most advanced in the global industry.” more… The post BYD showcases Yangwang U9 EV that goes 0-60 mph in 2 seconds… Oh, and it can ollie appeared first on Electrek.

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Lucid Air achieves industry-best 0.21 coefficient of drag

Green Car Congress

Designed to service customers from both the production vehicle and race car industries, Windshear’s tunnel features a closed-air circuit, temperature-controlled system built around a rolling road. The rolling road accommodates full-size vehicles, with air and rolling road speeds coordinated up to 180 mph.

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Texas-based Volcon launches 80 MPH ‘Stag’ electric UTV with 100+ miles of range

Electrek

The Round Rock, Texas-based electric powersports company Volcon may be a relative newcomer to the industry, but the American manufacturer has already made a splash with its popular Grunt off-road electric motorcycle. Now the company is following up with twice the wheels and well over twice the power in the new all-electric Volcon Stag UTV.

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