Aug 15, 2026 | e-Bikes, Electric Vehicles
The derailleur has survived every attempt to replace it for a hundred years, and it has survived for a good reason: a bent piece of aluminium hanging off the back of a bike is lighter, cheaper and more efficient than anything else that changes gear. Hub gears lost on...
Aug 15, 2026 | Battery Technology, e-Bikes, Electric Vehicles
A Porsche Taycan Turbo S carries its energy at about 148 watt-hours per kilogram of battery pack. A Tesla Model 3 manages 171. The e-bike battery Gobao plans to sell in 2027 claims 243. The bicycle wins, and not narrowly. It is not because the bicycle has better cells...
Aug 15, 2026 | Battery Technology, e-Bikes, Electric Vehicles
Gobao brought a drive unit to Eurobike 2026 that deletes the derailleur, and — unusually for this category — brought the whole specification sheet with it. The X1P makes a claimed 150 Nm and 1,500 W peak from a 3.85 kg unit with a stepless 500% gear range, and it is...
Aug 15, 2026 | e-Bikes, Electric Vehicles
Avinox brought a motor with a gearbox inside it to Eurobike 2026 and told the world almost nothing about it. No torque figure. No power figure. No weight. No price. No date beyond a confirmation that it will not be sold in 2026. What it did publish is a gear range —...
Aug 14, 2026 | Battery Technology, Cars, Electric Vehicles
BYD opened pre-orders for the Sealion 08 on 13 August, and the two numbers doing the rounds are 900 km of range and a charge from 10% to 97% in nine minutes. Both are real claims from BYD. Both mean something different from what they sound like. The car itself is...
Aug 14, 2026 | Cars, Electric Vehicles, Policy & Regulations
Americans cannot buy a Chinese electric car. Waymo has imported more than 3,200 of them. Alphabet’s robotaxi arm has brought over 3,200 Zeekr CM1e vehicles through the Port of Los Angeles, more than 2,600 of them this year, at a tariff rate that roughly doubles...
