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Photo by KEHN HERMANO on Pexels.com Walkability, electrified transport, free public EV charging – cities earning the top spot in urban mobility include San Francisco and Paris. Consulting firm Oliver Wyman Forum and the University of California, Berkeley, ranked 70 international cities based on urban mobility, including everything from EV adoption and carbon-free public transportation to

Pamela Anderson’s famous red swimsuit from Baywatch will go on display in London. The actress shot to fame in the 1990s in the show, known for its much-parodied slow-mo sequences and high drama on the beaches of Malibu. The swimming costume will be shown off at the Design Museum’s exhibition Splash! A Century of Swimming

Photo: Nextracker Nextracker just set a milestone in US clean energy manufacturing: It has delivered the first-ever solar trackers expected to meet 100% domestic content requirements under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). These US-made trackers are now on their way to power SB Energy’s Pelican’s Jaw solar project in Kern County, California. (Solar trackers, typically

Another one of BYD’s best-selling electric cars is due for an overhaul. BYD’s new Dolphin EV just leaked in China, giving us a sneak peek at the updated model for the first time. Meet BYD’s new Dolphin EV, launching soon The Dolphin is one of BYD’s top-selling EVs, not only in China but also in

Thousands of people have been evacuated from the path of a fast-moving wildfire sweeping through parts of California’s upmarket city of Malibu. Among those forced to leave their homes were Hollywood actor Dick Van Dyke, who turns 99 on Friday, and his wife Arlene, while singer Cher reportedly also fled the area. Mary Poppins and

A former Love Island winner has had to move out of his house due to a sinkhole “in his driveway”. Liam Reardon, 25, won the 2021 series of the reality show alongside girlfriend Millie Court, 28. Speaking on the pair’s podcast, Mr Reardon said he and his family had only moved into their new home

It’s nearly 36 years to the day that Britain saw its deadliest terrorist atrocity, the bombing of Pan Am flight 103, when 270 people lost their lives. On its way to New York’s JFK, the Boeing 747 exploded 31,000ft over the small Scottish town of Lockerbie, four days before Christmas 1988. One of the worst

Christmas number one isn’t just a coveted slot for artists – it can also tell us about the mood of the nation and our evolving taste in music. LadBaby dominated the 2020s with five consecutive hits characterised by energetic, danceable, and novelty tunes designed for virality. The string of hits – including 2019’s I Love

Tonight on Quick Charge, we wonder if the upcoming Tesla Cybercab could actually benefit from growing a few pedals. Meanwhile, Tesla Supercharger customers are getting a better deal this week, and there’s a new, $2 billion solar project coming on line in southern California. We’ve also got a report showing that EV charging sessions were

Toyota wants a bigger share of the world’s largest EV market with a new low-cost EV rolling out. Now available for pre-orders in China, the Toyota bZ3X electric SUV starts at just $13,800 (100,000 yuan). Toyota bZ3X electric SUV pre-orders open in China Although Toyota only has one fully electric vehicle, the bZ4X, on the

The nominees for next year’s Golden Globe Awards have been announced, ahead of a star-studded ceremony set to take place in January. Musical thriller Emilia Perez, which stars Selena Gomez and tells the story of a Mexican drug lord who undergoes gender affirming surgery to become a woman, leads the film nominations, while The Bear,

Eddie Redmayne and Kiera Knightley are among a host of British stars nominated for next year’s Golden Globe Awards. Redmayne starred in Sky Atlantic’s thriller Day Of The Jackal and Knightley is the lead in Netflix’s spy series Black Doves. Announced by actors Mindy Kaling and Morris Chestnut live from LA, it’s the first big

France may not have a functioning government but the French keep buying EVs, anyway – more than 15% of all new cars sold last month were EVs with the new, retro-tastic Renault 5 hot hatch taking the top sales spot. The troubled French government finally collapsed this week following a historic no-confidence vote that saw Prime

Rapper Jay-Z has been accused of raping a 13-year-old girl after the MTV Video Music Awards in 2000, allegedly alongside Sean “Diddy” Combs. The accuser, who is identified as “Jane Doe”, said the assault happened at an after-party. A federal lawsuit – which originally only named Combs – was refiled on Sunday in New York

I’ve spent countless hours here at Electrek doing detailed hands-on testing of hundreds of electric bikes. Through thousands of miles of riding, I’ve been fortunate to learn these e-bikes inside and out, top to bottom and front to back. That long-term experience with real-world e-bike testing has helped me find the best electric bicycles on

Electric truck startup OX Delivers scored a $163 million multi-year deal to bring its tough, capable, and low-cost electric “trucks-as-a-service” vehicles to East Africa in a bid to bring e-mobility to the global south. The $163 million multi-year deal creates a new franchise venture called OX East Africa, and includes delivery of a fleet of

Aamir Khan, often hailed as Bollywood’s Tom Cruise, has built a reputation not just as an actor, director and producer but as a true change-maker in Indian cinema. Known for tackling pressing social issues, his films have long been a catalyst for shifting perspectives in Bollywood. His latest project, The Lost Ladies, is no exception,

“You can’t flirt any more. We used to have so much more fun!” Dame Jilly Cooper, 87, looks back with nostalgia to her heyday towards the end of the last century. So do the many fans of her stories in print, audiobooks and on screen. Rivals, Disney’s dramatisation of her 1988 “bonkbuster”, set in the

It’s been a week since the most politically-charged Thanksgiving week in four years, and the results are in: people are buying more EVs, and they’re not afraid to hit the road in their new, battery-powered conveyances. The automotive and EV charging industry analysts report that DC fast charging sessions were up nearly 50% compared to

Nikola stock sinks to a 52-week low, a NHTSA complaint claiming the fuel cell shuts down unpredictably, and one of hydrogen’s early adopters remains unconvinced. Is it time for Nikola to throw in the towel on hydrogen? William Hall’s Coyote Container company made headlines earlier this year, when it became the first company to successfully

It should have been a feel-good story: six young men, plucked from obscurity to become music stars. That’s how Neta Rozenblat, a member of boyband as1one, puts it. Pop hopefuls do not usually find themselves having to navigate fear, grief and complex political issues before the world even knows their names – but theirs is

Dick Van Dyke has said he is “not afraid” of death, as he prepares to mark his 99th birthday next week. The Mary Poppins and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang star, who was born on 13 December 1925, made the comment as he acknowledged he was “acutely aware that I could go any day now”. However,

eVTOL developer Archer Aviation has solidified an existing partnership in the Abu Dhabi region of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Today, the company announced a new multi-party collaboration agreement with key UAE and Abu Dhabi entities in order to establish evTOL air taxi operations in that area of the Middle East. In doing so, Archer

Sabrina Carpenter is the latest headline act to be confirmed for next summer’s BST Hyde Park festival. The 25-year-old star – famous for hits including Espresso, Taste and Please, Please, Please – will perform next July in central London. The announcement comes amid reports her relationship with Irish actor Barry Keoghan has come to an

Electric school bus maker Lion Electric has suspended manufacturing at its Joliet, Illinois facility after laying off nearly four hundred workers – more than half its global employees. The company hopes Canadian real estate developers Groupe Mach can save the day. The remaining 300-off Lion Electric employees are working to manage the company’s ongoing operations – including

Reading and Leeds festivals have announced their first headline acts, with a host of first-time headliners including Chappell Roan set to play next summer. With a stellar year following the release of her debut album The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess, it will be Roan’s first festival headline set. Rapper Travis Scott, known

With its latest stalkless vehicles, Tesla has literally created a market for aftermarket drive stalks that attach to your steering wheel. The first products are here. Starting with the new Model S and Model X, followed by the refreshed Model 3, Tesla removed the steering wheel stalks on most of its vehicles, except the Model

On today’s episode of Quick Charge, explaining EV charging to your in-laws is about to get a whole lot easier thanks to a new universal charging standard and universal plug & charge to streamline payment processing coming in 2025. We’ve also got an all-electric Mazda Miata, and news that Tesla won’t find a cure for

(Source: Audi AG) Volkswagen CEO Olivier Blume faced a huge booing crowd in Germany today, telling tens of thousands of workers that the company isn’t operating in “a fantasy world” and that plants will be closing and jobs will be lost. Here’s the latest. On Monday, a hundred thousand workers walked off at nine Volkswagen

MasterChef presenter John Torode has said he has found the recent reports about co-host Gregg Wallace “truly upsetting”. The pair have presented the BBC One cooking show together for almost 20 years, since 2005. In his first comments since the allegations surfaced, Torode said he would continue to be part of the programme, adding: “The

Singer Fuse ODG has released an “alternative” charity song to Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas? after criticising the original for having potentially damaging effects on Africa. The single titled We Know It’s Christmas (Band Aid Reply) was released by the British-Ghanaian singer on Tuesday, in what he described as “not just a song”

For the second time, a judge strikes down Elon Musk’s $55 billion Tesla CEO pay package as the company struggles to avoid seeing its sales slip year over year for the first time. Plus: an all-new look for Jaguar this Giving Tuesday on Quick Charge! We’ve also got record EV sales from both Kia and

A British band were robbed at gunpoint on the first day of their US tour. Frontman of the band Sports Team, Alex Rice, told Sky News that they had stopped in their tour bus at a Starbucks in Vallejo, California, on Tuesday – the morning after landing in San Francisco. While he and his bandmates