Beam Global just launched the BeamBike, an off-grid solar-powered charging station for electric bikes. The platform is designed to provide secure charging for up to 12 electric bikes. A 4.4 kW solar panel will cover the parking area, providing a potentially safe place for locking the ebikes. The solar panels charge an internal battery that then […]
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Uber just added Avride to its autonomous vehicle lineup. The two companies signed a multi-year deal, allowing Uber customers to catch rides and get takeout deliveries via Avride’s autonomous robots. Already Uber customers in Austin can now order Uber Eats and have it delivered from Avride’s six-wheeled sidewalk robots. The company intends on expanding next
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Toyota is going all in on electric air taxis, investing another $500 million into Joby Aviation. The latest investment brings Toyota’s total stake in the California-based startup to $894 million, including a $394 million boost back in 2020. The deal also deepens their collaboration on manufacturing as Joby works to bring its electric air taxis
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Hurricane Helene is highlighting another issue for homeowners in disaster-prone areas. There is a major gap of homeowners that don’t have U.S. flood insurance. The consequences for this are amplifying as coastal storms batter inland cities with freshwater flooding. Flood insurance is not included in standard homeowners’ insurance and must be purchased separately. The Federal
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The Biden administration on Tuesday announced a new rule that mandates water utilities replace nearly all lead pipes nationwide within 10 years—a major move to eliminate a neurotoxin that affects our water supply. According to a news release from the Environmental Protection Agency, an additional $2.6 billion was pledged in new funding to support lead
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Asheville, among many other cities throughout America, has been touted as a climate haven – a city safe from the more immediate threats of the global climate crisis. It’s not a coastal city that has to contend with rising sea levels, nor is it a city on the edge of arid wildfire-prone lands. But Hurricane
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The virtual and the real are colliding in a unique partnership that launched this month. Zaha Hadid Architects and Epic Games have created a new in-game experience for the popular Fortnite video game. Virtual Worlds: The collaboration, titled ‘Re:Imagine London’, is a video game experience within the game where players can explore and build within
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Around the world, people are increasingly fleeing their homes due to the effects of climate change. An innovative new report from the C40 Cities coalition and the Mayors Migration Council studied the impact of climate change on internal migration for ten cities across three continents. Environmental Distress: Despite the vast geographic distances and degrees of
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