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Mearth

JANUARY 19, 2021

If you’re thinking of buying a portable electric scooter this year or got one last Christmas, it’s important to know first how to properly ride and handle it. Electric scooters are nothing like the kickscooter of your childhood. First, read these articles if you haven’t yet: Electric Scooter Safety Checklist .

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Mearth

JANUARY 12, 2021

Brakes are the most important safety feature in a portable electric scooter. Electric scooters have a braking system with 2-3 types placed in the rear and the front wheel. The brakes on an electric scooter are similar to what’s used in cars and bikes, but their performance is different than what you would expect in those vehicles.

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GreenTech Gazette

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

But what about electric-powered scooters? While gasoline or diesel fueled motorbikes and scooters are still a choice, and we still see so many of them around, there is more of an interest in electric scooters than there ever has been. It can cost pennies to recharge a scooter. Here are some of the benefits of owning one.

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Mearth

JANUARY 4, 2021

How does the electric scooter motor work? . The motor draws energy from your battery and creates propulsion. . The technical specifics of how the electric scooter motor works depend on what kind you have. The technical specifics of how the electric scooter motor works depend on what kind you have. Hub Motors .

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Business Green

AUGUST 16, 2020

By replacing short car journeys e-scooters can cut CO2 by up to 90 per cent, but robust regulation needed, Cenex warns. E-scooters are seen as a low carbon form of travel that can help reduce congestion and improve city-centre journey times.

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Charged

MAY 17, 2023

Powering Clean Urban Transportation Electric scooters have the ability to transform urban transportation. Taking Charge of the Future What if you could design a scooter that could be charged at home or work? If you could just take out the battery and charge it with a regular power outlet like a cell phone or laptop?

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 11, 2023

An exploded view of an EV battery. A circular economy for electric vehicle batteries appears to be still some way off, but metal recycling expert EMR claims to be making inroads, and to be helping shape the future of the sector. A lot of this work is already underway.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 21, 2021

There are also more incentives for fleet managers to adopt these battery-powered vehicles, because in a growing amount of cases, electric vehicles can save companies money over using diesel power. . Battery-powered commercial vehicles also highlight the power of the lithium-ion battery in a unique way.

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Mearth

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Mearth will release a new line of electric scooters called the GTS Series on 4 December, Friday. Mearth, one of the best-selling electric scooters in Australia, is set to release a new line of foldable electric scooters named the GTS Series on 4 December, Friday. The GTS Series will include two models, the GTS and the GTS Max.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 18, 2020

The battery sector is turning to artificial intelligence for clues on how to improve recharging rates without increasing the degradation of lithium-ion batteries. 'An expensive bottleneck in battery research' The research effort has been in progress for at least three years.

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Charged

MAY 8, 2023

Due to a recent surge in fires related to e-mobility consumer products, US lawmakers and regulators are placing new requirements on the lithium-ion batteries and chargers associated with e-bikes, kick scooters, and hoverboards. What will the session cover?

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Business Green

JULY 22, 2020

Europe's largest e-scooter firms have set out a series of joint sustainability commitments aimed at keeping the rapidly growing e-scooter industry's waste and carbon emissions in check. Moreover, reports of e-scooters being dumped in rivers have prompted criticism over their environmental impact.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

In 2015, Israeli battery developer StoreDot announced plans to enter the EV market with battery cells that it said could enable a 300-mile battery pack to be charged in 5 minutes. The first production batch of sample cells is meant to showcase the technology to potential partners, including battery-makers and vehicle OEMs.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Green Watt Power , a maker of EV chargers and DC-DC converters, has introduced a charger designed for EVs, including material handling vehicles, motorcycles, scooters and e-carts. It also has a universal input range of 90 to 264 VAC, an input frequency range of 47 to 63 Hz and a 20 A output for 400 V lithium-ion batteries.

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Global Renewable News

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Governor Kathy Hochul today (Feb 1) announced a statewide campaign to raise awareness about the safe use of consumer products that contain lithium-ion batteries, such as e-bikes, e-scooters,

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

But for electric vehicles to become mass market products, batteries need to improve. Read more: Better batteries are fueling a surge of electric scooters in India and China.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Once billed as an environmentally-friendly and enterprising venture, the electric scooter-sharing micromobility business has not lived up to the promising hype but is now looking dismal. Could this be the end for e-scooters? Related: We love electric scooters — but is the Bird trend actually bad for the environment?

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Charged

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Swiss technology startup Morand has launched a hybrid energy storage system that combines the characteristics of an ultracapacitor with that of a chemical battery to create “a durable and ultra-fast energy pack that can be usefully recharged in seconds.”. Applications include small city EVs, drones, e-bikes, e-scooters and robotics.

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CleanTech Group

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

From smart-lithium battery-powered scooters and copper extraction to farming platforms, find the recent deals worth looking at. Looking for the latest cleantech deals?

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CleanTech Group

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

From smart lithium battery-powered scooters t0 copper extraction and farming platforms – find. Want to know how the latest cleantech deals are evolving?

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Business Green

JANUARY 19, 2021

Israeli start-up reveals firm is on 'cusp of achieving a revolution in the EV charging experience' with its fast-charging battery cells. StoreDot claims it has produced a batch of fast-charging sample battery cells with its manufacturing partner Eve Energy using a normal lithium-ion battery production line in a factory in China.

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Clean Energy Trust

JULY 31, 2019

Link Scooter companies continue to receive large investments , with European companies Wind and Dott both raising at least $30 million in Series A rounds. If you were wondering, scooters are not going away. Both companies point to their scooter hardware as a competitive advantage. I’m skeptical on that front?—?while Link (Wind).

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Charged

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Industrial adhesive manufacturer DELO has introduced a structural adhesive for batteries used in hybrid vehicles. DELO says its new adhesive, which is currently being used by an automotive supplier in the ramp-up phase of production, is suitable for low-voltage batteries used in hybrid vehicles, e-bikes and e-scooters.

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Greentown Labs

JULY 8, 2020

We had often wondered why two battery engineers who are really passionate about climate change and really passionate about EVs didn’t own an EV,” George says. “We Micromobility vehicles—such as e-bikes, e-scooters, and e-mopeds—are well positioned to replace many of our daily, local car trips. Leasing your battery has many advantages.

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Green Living Guy

DECEMBER 1, 2022

BY VINCE BRIGA via Spectrum News 1 If you’ve ever driven an electric car or used just about any piece of technology, chances are it’s powered by a lithium-ion battery. The post New York Starts First Large Scale Lithium-Ion Battery Production appeared first on The Green Living Guy.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Thanks to converging forces — including supportive policies, dropping battery costs and aggressive climate goals — transportation leaders at large and small organizations are increasingly turning to new zero-emission and low-carbon options that decarbonize fleets and in some cases save money. Katie Fehrenbacher. Mon, 10/26/2020 - 02:00.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 28, 2020

Mopeds and scooters leading the electric charge. Bloomberg New Energy Finance says that roughly 60 percent of two-wheelers in China were battery-based in 2019. The global share is about 30 percent, but it's mostly mopeds and scooters, said Nick Albanese, BNEF's head of new mobility research. Yamaha is a similar story.

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Mearth

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Mearth launches the GTS Series: GTS and GTS Max, a robust line of electric scooters that’s perfect for off-road capabilities. Built for durability, long-distance, and off-road capabilities, the Mearth GTS Series introduces the GTS and GTS Max, a high-performance and high-end line of electric scooters. The retail price starts at $1999.

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Mearth

DECEMBER 13, 2020

The Mearth X Pro launched last year as one of the best electric scooters in Australia designed for people and powered by innovation. The Mearth X Pro originally launched with powerful specs including a 300W motor that can go up to 800W and a 300Wh battery with available external battery.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 14, 2021

The report by the CEWASTE consortium – led by the Switzerland-based World Resources Forum – says this requirement should apply to certain e-waste categories, including: End-of-life circuit boards, certain magnets in disc drives and electric vehicles, EV and other special battery types, and fluorescent lamps.

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Mr. Sustainability

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

An introduction to the battery company NorthVolt and its strategy Summary - NortVolt, led by Tesla-Veteran Peter Carlsson, is building the very first European battery gigafactory. What is NorthVolt’s strategy to create a European battery power basis? He came back to build his own battery factory. million jobs, vulnerable.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Sodium-ion batteries are expected to offer lower energy density compared to Li-ion cells, but they do offer some advantages, and could be a good fit for smaller EVs. The South China Morning Post (via Clean Energy Revolution ) reports that Chinese companies have begun mass production of sodium-ion batteries.

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Charged

APRIL 25, 2024

Green Watt Power , a division of Powerland Technology, has added 8 new models to its Diamond Series of ruggedized, fully potted AC chargers, which are designed to serve low-voltage EV applications, including material handling, motorcycles, scooters, forklifts, golf carts and RVs.

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Charged

JULY 1, 2021

The AEC-Q101-qualified BUK7S0R5-40H parts are intended for braking, power steering, reverse battery protection, e-fuse, DC-DC converter and motor control applications. Source: Nexperia.

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Business Green

JUNE 17, 2020

The iconic British motorcycle manufacturer this week unveiled the Trekker GT e-bike, which boasts a 504Wh battery that delivers a range of roughly 150km per charge. E-scooters, which are seen as more inclusive than e-bikes because they do not require pedalling, are technically illegal in the UK.

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Business Green

JANUARY 19, 2021

Israeli start-up StoreDot confirms firm is on 'cusp of achieving a revolution in the EV charging experience' with its fast-charging battery cells. StoreDot claims it has produced a batch of fast-charging sample battery cells with its manufacturing partner Eve Energy on a normal lithium-ion production line in a factory in China.

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