Will Zero bring its new 60 MPH electric scooter to the US?
Zero Motorcycles turned heads in Milan at EICMA 2025 with the unveiling of its new LS1 electric scooter, a sleek and practical 60 mph (100 km/h) commuter built for European city streets. With its swappable batteries, off-board charging, and smart safety tech like ABS and traction control, the LS1 is clearly a strong contender in the urban EV space. It also marks a major shift for Zero, expanding beyond full-size electric motorcycles into a more accessible, everyday format.
But will it come to the US market?
I rode in Xpeng’s Tesla FSD competitor, but in a ~$20,000 electric car
Today, in the margins of Xpeng’s AI Day in Guangzhou, I rode in Xpeng’s latest advanced driver assistance system, its Tesla ‘Full Self-Driving’ (FSD) competitor.
It has the same capabilities as Tesla’s new v14 update, but it is available in a ~$20,000 USD car.
Xpeng AI Day: new AI model powering robots, robotaxis, and flying cars
Today, Xpeng held its AI Day 2025 at its new headquarters in Guangzhou. The automaker is positioning itself as an AI company with what it calls new “AI-defined applications” powered by the new Xpeng VLA 2.0 vision-centered model.
This model is going to power the autonomous features in Xpeng’s current EV lineup, the self-driving system in its newly announced robotaxis, humanoid robots, and “flying cars.”
Royal Enfield unveils Flying Flea S6 scrambler-style electric motorcycle built for urban adventure
Royal Enfield’s new electric motorcycle brand, Flying Flea, just pulled the wraps off its second model – the scrambler-inspired FF.S6 – at EICMA 2025, and it’s an agile, tech-packed machine that brings serious trail-ready vibes to city streets.
NIU’s scooter-sized electric microcar is actually headed for production
Earlier this year, we covered the unveiling of the NIUMM, an electric microcar designed for urban residents (and especially those with a NIU scooter already, since it shares the same batteries). Now the company is actually bringing it to market.
All the EVs you can buy for less than Cadillac CELESTIQ’s $60,000 price hike
Cadillac wants to live up to its “standard of the world” tag line so bad they can taste is – but adding $60K to the CELESTIQ’s MSRP might not be the flex the marketing team might think. To teach them a lesson, we’re going to ignore the CELESTIQ and list every new EV you can buy for less than that $60K price hike, instead. Enjoy!
MASSIVE Australian battery project will store 5.5 GWh of total power
Finnish energy giant Wärtsilä has announced the latest addition to its massive network utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in Australia: a record-breaking 1.5 GWh deployment that brings the company’s total energy storage capacity in the nation to 5.5 GWh.
PowerUp America is adding 100 new fast chargers in the Southeast
Tennessee EV charging infrastructure developer PowerUp America just ordered a minimum of 100 new DC fast chargers in Q3 from Kempower, the Finnish company with a manufacturing hub in North Carolina.