Electric cars aren’t clean — and it’s time the industry is honest about it Remembering dieselgate The emissions scandal that was dieselgate weakened people’s trust in car manufacturers. “Families bought diesel cars because they wanted to help protect the environment,” says Thomas Ingenlath. “They were lied to.” Because of this, people are rightly wary of believing claims made about electric vehicles. How can they tell where the truth ends and the greenwashing starts?...

Electric motorbikes are great, so why aren’t there more? Let’s talk about torque Established in 2006, Zero Motorcycles designs and produces a range of fully electric motorcycles near Santa Cruz (Northern California). My 2017 Zero SR 13 develops “only” 70 hp but a whooping 146 Nm of torque, weighing 188 kg whether its 13 kWh battery pack is charged or not! This translates into 3.3 seconds from 0 to 60 mph....

Electric vehicle acronym guide: Know your BEVs from FCEVs from PHEVs from ULEVs What does it all mean? BEV Let’s start with the most common type of EV, and the type of vehicle we usually refer to when we’re talking about EVs: the battery electric vehicle, or BEV. As the name suggests, a BEV is an electric vehicle that uses batteries to store and deploy power which powers electric motors to drive the wheels....

Wunderlist, the slick, cross-platform to-do list service from Berlin’s6Wunderkinder, has reached the significant milestone of 1 million active users. Wunderlist is available for iOS, Android, Mac, Windows and the Web, with users’s tasks being synced between devices. Of the 1 million users accrued since the first applaunchedin November last year, 57% are in the USA, with Germany and the UK taking second and third place with 16% and 13% respectively....

To do list apps have always been somewhat of a tech-fetish of mine. I’ve probably spent more time researching them that actually getting things. In fact, I’d say I’ve probably lost more tasks switching between various task management apps than I have completing them – some might consider that rather productive, those lost tasks can’t have been that important right? Anyhow, after testing the breadth of apps out there, from the complex to the simple, it wasDropkickthat eventually grabbed and held my attention, primarily due to its simplicity and instant over-the-air sync....