WM Motor officially unveils its flagship M7 sedan with the LiDARs

Chinese EV automaker WM Motor has officially shared full images and hardware details of its first electric sedan, the M7. Since announcing the new EV this past July, WM Motor shared that the M7 would include LiDAR. With today’s announcement, we now know that the sedan will include not one, not two, but three LiDAR sensors.

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Hover-1 self-balancing electric scooter lets you ride up to 15MPH for $120, more in New Green Deals

While there’s a chill in the air, there’s still plenty of time left to enjoy being outside this fall. A great way to do just that is to ride around with Hover-1’s electric self-balancing scooter, which is on sale for $120 today. Plus, you’ll find discounts on electric lawn mowers and much more below, as well. We also have a wide selection of Tesla, Greenworks, and other e-bike discounts in today’s New Green Deals, so you won’t want to miss that either.

Head below for other New Green Deals that we’ve found today, more on why going electric for your yard tools like the mower on sale is important, and of course Electrek’s best EV buying and leasing deals. Also, check out the new Electrek Tesla Shop for the best deals on Tesla accessories.

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Extreme E takes the Island X Prix to Sardinia to bring focus to extreme weather events

Extreme E continues its debut season at the Island X Prix in Sardinia this weekend, racing in Europe for the first time.

Each Extreme E venue is picked to bring awareness to one aspect of environmental damage humans are doing to the Earth. In the case of the Island X Prix, the focus is on recent wildfires that tore through Italy this summer, which are exacerbated by rising global temperatures, and on conserving oceanic carbon stores like the ocean seagrass that grows off the coast of Sardinia.

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BMW shows off police version of its futuristic 75 mph electric scooter

The BMW CE 04 was first unveiled as a civilian model, but has now gotten the police cruiser treatment to enable its use by law enforcement agencies.

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Tesla (TSLA) reaches new all-time high, surpasses $900 billion valuation

Tesla stock (TSLA) has reached a new all-time high, surpassing a market capitalization of $900 billion.

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Tesla Autopilot 2.0 owners need a camera upgrade before getting ‘Full Self-Driving Beta’

Elon Musk confirmed that owners of Tesla vehicles who bought the Full Self-Driving (FSD) package on cars with Autopilot 2.0 are going to need a camera upgrade before they get access to the “FSD Beta.”

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Ola denies delay of its 70 mph electric scooters, plans test rides and says deliveries on track

The Ola S1 and S1 Pro electric scooters recently became the fastest-selling electric scooters in the world upon their debut. But now the company is pushing back against claims that it is running behind schedule to get those scooters out to pre-order customers.

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Tesla Autopilot vindicated by event data in highly publicized fatal crash ‘with no one at the wheel’

Tesla Autopilot has been vindicated by its event data recorder in a highly publicized fatal crash that was reported as having “no one at the wheel.”

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Clean energy jobs: Here’s what happened in 2020, and what’s coming

Clean energy employment reached 12 million globally in 2020, up from 11.5 million in 2019, according to a report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the International Labour Organization (ILO), the eighth edition of “Renewable Energy and Jobs: Annual Review 2021.”

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Ørsted is going big on US offshore wind and this is what it needs to succeed

Denmark-headquartered Ørsted is the largest offshore wind company in the world. David Hardy, who became CEO of Ørsted Offshore North America in October 2020, testified today on Capitol Hill, before the US House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Energy Subcommittee. Here’s what he said this morning.

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