The Boring Company (TBC) can now officially say that it's expanding its tunnel network underneath Las Vegas by 25 miles, which will add 18 new stations to its original plan.
Magpie Aviation announced a novel new approach to electric airplanes on Monday. Today’s battery technology (including CATL’s new, more efficient one) severely limits the practicality of zero-emission aircraft, leaving clean-energy innovators with two incomplete options: flying a plane full of batteries or one full of people — but not both. So the California-based startup wants to tie them together, extending the rear plane’s range by hundreds of miles.
Today, transportation companies like Uber and Hyundai are building VTOL aircraft fleets to serve as short-hop air taxis. In the ‘60s, companies like Chicago Helicopter Airways just used a bunch of repurposed US Navy helicopters.
With the world gradually moving toward electric cars, it’s only a matter of time before EVs take to the skies, at least for shorter trips. Inching us closer to that milestone is Chinese battery maker CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited), which on Wednesday launched a battery at the Shanghai Auto Show that it claims can power electric passenger aircraft.
The latest electric motorcycle from Harley-Davidson’s LiveWire will cost $15,499 in the US, $499 more than previously expected. Deliveries should start in July.
The IRS released a list of electric vehicles that still qualify for the full $7,500 federal tax credit after strict new guidelines, announced back in March, officially go into effect on April 18th. Six EVs now qualify under the new terms, including the Cadillac Lyriq, Chevy Bolt and some Tesla Model 3 versions.