Monthly Archive: July 2023

The Electric Echidna

How do you go from Laddertubes to electric mining trucks? Why would you call a truck like that an echidna? These are the questions I put to Beau McKenna, marketing manager of Safescape in Australia. He answered: “The Bortana EV was originally a product of mining safety specialists Safescape who produce products such as Laddertube […]

Rivian made progress ramping up EV production in Q2

2023 Rivian R1TRivian built 13,992 vehicles and delivered 12,640 vehicles in the second quarter of 2023, the automaker reported Monday. These new Q2 numbers are up significantly versus the 9,395 vehicles made and 7,946 delivered in the first quarter. And they show that Rivian isn't falling much farther behind on deliveries. A Rivian press release said these...

5 Things To Do If Canadian Wildfire Smoke Has Woken You Up To The Climate Emergency

Wildfires wake us up. They sound alarm bells. Their smoke calls attention to our atmosphere, which we’ve taken for granted (and dumped pollution into) for centuries. They are part of inescapable, never-before-seen weather phenomena happening every summer, everywhere. We can all now list harrowing climate phenomena we’ve experienced over the past 5-10 years. For our […]