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Last Updated: March 19, 2024, 10:15 ISTCitroen Partners with BluSmart, Adds 4000 eC3 Units to Electric Fleet. (Photo: Citroen)BluSmart partners with Citroen to add 4000 eC3 units, advancing electric mobility in India. Sustainable, swift, and eco-friendly ride-hailing on the rise.Citroen has partnered with BluSmart Mobility, an eMobility service provider, to boost BluSmart’s electric fleet with 4000 units of Citroen eC3 cars.This collaboration, marked by a memorandum of understanding (MoU), signifies both companies’…

Leading the charge of today’s green deals is a one-day only sale on the GoTrax Everest Electric Dirt Bike at $1,000 off. It is joined by a collection of discounted wood pellet grills and smokers, with the KingChii Pro Series 02 Wood Pellet Smoker and Grill standing tallest at a new $266 low. Last but not least, WORX has some outdoor tools and combos on sale with the 20V PowerShare 10-inch Cordless Chainsaw landing at $99. Plus, all of the other best new Green Deals landing this week. Head below for other New…

Renault is already pushing strongly into the small electric vehicle segment with the launch of its retro R5 E-Tech model. The chief executive of French automaker Renault called Tuesday for a European "Marshall Plan" to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles and reduce carbon emissions in the face of Chinese competition.…

By TOM KRISHER and MATTHEW DALY (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration this week is expected to announce new automobile emissions standards that relax proposed limits for three years but eventually reach the same strict standards proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency. The changes come as sales of zero-tailpipe emissions electric vehicles, needed to meet the standards, have begun to slow. The auto industry has cited lower sales growth in objecting to the EPA’s preferred standards unveiled…

The innovative Swedish electric boat maker Candela has just announced its biggest funding round ever, reeling in €24.5M (US $26.6M). Fresh off the announcement of the first commercial user of the company’s new P-12 electric ferry, Candela is now flying closer to its goal of replacing combustion engine watercraft with efficient electric boats in both the recreational and commercial boating industries. The company is well on its way to achieving that goal, using an innovative design with…

Photo: Hitachi Energy Hitachi and Penske Truck Leasing have launched a high-capacity electric truck charging pilot at a major commercial truck depot in California. Penske’s electric truck charging pilot with Hitachi America and Hitachi Energy supports deployments in the Stockton, California, area. Hitachi Energy has supplied Penske with its Grid-eMotion Fleet EV charging system. Its DC fast chargers are scalable, modular, and available from 50 to 600 kW power. Hitachi says its compact…

Donald Trump has talked about electric cars in a new interview, and as usual, he has decided to trash them and show that he doesn’t know much about them. Disclaimer: we don’t like to get too political at Electrek. We are biased toward electric vehicles and we do like policies that encourage them, especially those that incentivize them in a way that represents their benefits for the environment. Since Trump has a real chance of becoming president again, it’s important to cover his views on electric…

Rivian shocked the industry after unveiling the R3 electric crossover, a smaller and even more affordable EV than the R2. But, it was the high-performance R3X that grabbed people’s attention with a modern design take on iconic rally cars of the past. After officially introducing the R2 last week, CEO RJ Scaringe had a Steve Jobs-like “one more thing” moment, revealing the R3. The R3 is Rivian’s take on a midsize electric crossover with “even tighter dimensions and at a lower price point than R2.”…

New Zealand’s Lake Manapōuri is often described as the cleanest lake in the world due to its crystal clear water fed by melting glaciers that carved the lake, as well as yearly snow melt. Now the lake’s hydro-electric power station is getting even cleaner with the adoption of the world’s first flying electric hydrofoil ferry. New Zealand renewable energy company, Meridian Energy, signed an agreement with Swedish electric hydrofoil boat maker Candela that will see the new Candela P-12 electric ferry…

Photo: Thomas Built Buses Thomas Built Buses, founded in 1916, has delivered its 1,000th electric school bus to a school system in Georgia. High Point, NC-based Thomas Built Buses is a Daimler Truck North America subsidiary. The company announced today that it’s delivered its 1,000th Saf-T-Liner C2 Jouley electric school bus to Meriwether County School System, Georgia, as part of a larger order. The Saf-T-Liner C2 has 244 kWh standard battery capacity and 295 peak horsepower. It features…