Seattle is transitioning its fleet of waste management vehicles away from fossil fuels, starting with the nation’s first full-sized, 100 percent electric garbage trucks. The vehicles come from Recology, a… Read More
Jeff Bezos has set his sights on yet another industry. The Amazon CEO told employees in March that he’s “very excited” about the technological revolution happening in the auto business,… Read More
Lawmakers in Washington state want to encourage adoption of electric vehicles and construction of the infrastructure necessary to support them. But some EV owners are calling out their approach as… Read More
Last Thursday, a multi-billion-dollar transportation package emerged from the Washington State Senate Transportation Committee as three bills: Senate Bills 5970, 5971, and 5972. In addition to the biggest element of… Read More
Amazon and General Motors plan to invest in Rivian, the maker of electric pickup trucks, according to reports by Reuters and Bloomberg, citing sources familiar with the matter. The Rivian deal would… Read More
Lyft is launching a new program in Seattle Wednesday that allows riders to request electric vehicles and hybrids in the app. “Green Mode” is live in the Lyft app in… Read More
A Silicon Valley startup called Opener is taking the wraps off a single-seat, all-electric flying vehicle known as BlackFly, which the company says will require no formal licensing in the… Read More
Tesla cars riding electric-powered tracks? Forget about it, at least for now. Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and founder of The Boring Company, says pedestrians and cyclists will be… Read More
Seattle City Light opened two fast-charging stations for electric vehicles in the city’s Beacon Hill neighborhood Tuesday. The facilities allow for about 80 miles of range per 20 minutes of… Read More
LAS VEGAS — Beep beep! Will Amazon’s Treasure Truck have to move to the right to let Toyota’s vision for roaming retail get past somewhere down the road? After saying… Read More
A new entrant in the market for electric-powered air taxis is getting a boost from one of aviation’s oldest family names: Erik Lindbergh, the grandson of pioneering pilot Charles Lindbergh, is… Read More
Tesla CEO Elon Musk rode in with revelations about his company’s all-electric Semi truck, but walked off with an even bigger surprise: a new version of the Tesla Roadster that… Read More
Would you buy a new electric car from this vacuum-cleaner salesman? James Dyson, the founder of the Dyson gadget powerhouse, is betting $2.7 billion that you will. Today Dyson, who… Read More
This week, our gadget show Geared Up is taking its energy to a different level. While co-host Andru Edwards is out of town, we take a spin in the brand-new, all-electric Chevy Bolt… Read More
Uber is announcing a new program to support and encourage the use of electric vehicles in Portland, similar to an intiative it has piloted around the world. This is Uber’s… Read More
You may not have heard of Inventist, but if you’ve spent much time walking the streets of downtown Seattle lately, you’ve probably seen Shane Chen’s inventions. I had a chance… Read More
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Representatives of Seattle City Light and other public utilities spoke Thursday in favor of a bill by Rep Gael Tarleton, D-Seattle, that would let public utilities seek private-sector… Read More
The all-electric Solar Impulse 2 plane left America’s shores tonight and began what’s expected to be a 90-hour trip across the Atlantic Ocean to Spain. This 3,600-mile leg of the… Read More
NASA says it has received its first X-plane designation in a decade, for a research aircraft that has 14 electric motors built into a slimmed-down wing. The X-57 hybrid electric… Read More
Andy Rebele — investor, entrepreneur, and avid boater — enjoys a challenge. In 2011, Rebele founded Seattle-based Pure Watercraft to bring electric vehicle innovations to the boating community, pitching it as the “Tesla… Read More
Mayor Ed Murray attempted to electrify the Climate Leadership Conference in Seattle in more ways than one on Thursday with a new transportation initiative called Drive Clean Seattle. The aim… Read More
A few years ago, 2011 UW graduate Ben Tarassoli was looking for an electrically-assisted bicycle (e-bike). Although there were plenty of makes and models to choose from, he couldn’t find… Read More