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Trek has just unveiled its lightest electric bike to date, the Trek Domane+ SLR. The stealthy e-bike is designed to slot right in alongside non-electric bikes without sticking out. Trek Domane+ SLR Weighing in at a mere 11.75 kg (25.9 pounds), the Trek Domane+ SLR is the company’s lightest electric road bike to date. It

Just Stop Oil activists have thrown tomato soup over Van Gogh’s masterpiece Sunflowers at the National Gallery. Two women walked into a room at the gallery in London’s Trafalgar Square at about 11am, the campaign group said. They threw the contents of two tins of Heinz tomato soup over the famous 1888 painting, which has

London Film Festival has returned in its full, in-person form this year, as celebs and filmmakers head back to the event to show off their latest projects to a British audience. Backstage, the TV and film podcast from Sky News, has been at the British Film Institute’s flagship event on London’s South Bank, watching films

Since the beginning of 2021, more than 15 new US lithium-ion battery gigafactories or expansions have been announced in a region becoming known as the Battery Belt. Combined, these facilities represent a potential investment of at least $40 billion, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. All but one gigafactory exceeds 10 GWh of

An investigation into Tesla using special code marked for crash-testing vehicles hasn’t found any evidence that the automaker cheated on its crash tests. Tesla has an incredible record when it comes to crash safety. Its electric vehicles have consistently achieved top safety ratings with auto safety agencies around the world. The latest safety accolade came

Kevin Spacey is currently on trial in New York, accused of sexual misconduct – but there are no criminal charges involved. The Hollywood star has been sued in a civil case by stage and screen actor Anthony Rapp over an alleged incident almost 40 years ago. Following jury selection earlier in October the multimillion-dollar lawsuit

Queen has released a lost song recorded with late frontman Freddie Mercury more than 30 years ago. Originally taped in 1988 during the British band’s sessions for their 13th album The Miracle, Face It Alone did not make the final cut and was later forgotten. The song was rediscovered when Queen’s production and archive team

Electric school buses are rolling out across the United States as school districts look to keep their students and the communities they work in safe and free of harmful emissions. In a significant milestone, Thomas Built Buses announced Wednesday that it has delivered 200 Proterra-powered electric school buses, with the latest going to Monroe County,

Tesla has updated its in-car energy app to give a comparison between real energy use and the projected range, and it even gives you range advice to get closer to the optimal range. Range calculations are difficult regardless of the type of powertrain – electric or internal combustion engine. There are just so many factors

Maya Jama has been announced as the new host of Love Island, taking over from Laura Whitmore. The 28-year-old presenter said: “I’ve always been such a massive Love Island fan and I’m so excited to be hosting one of the nation’s favourite shows! I can’t wait to get into the villa to meet all of

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee

It looks like Tesla’s flagship Model S and Model X are finally coming back to China as the electric vehicles now appear on an updated list of cars receiving tax exemptions. Tesla is different from most other automakers in many ways, and the way it handles model updates is no exception. Instead of taking the

Damien Hirst has started burning millions of pounds worth of his art as part of a project testing the value of physical paintings versus digital works – and told Sky News: “Who’s to judge what’s right and wrong and what’s real and not?” The British artist, who rose to fame in the 1990s – winning

From source of moral panic, to source material for a multi-million pound drama – while drill music has moved more into mainstream culture, rapper Big Narstie has hit out at how it has been demonised in the press. The musician and presenter is the star of new series Jungle, which he says presents the controversial

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee

Is creativity under attack from the rise of artificial intelligence? Who better to answer that question than Ai-Da, the world’s first artist robot that has made headlines for her incredible paintings and sculptures – not least a portrait of the Queen to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee earlier in 2022. Later today, Ai-Da Robot will make

Liam Gallagher has spoken out about losing loved ones to suicide as part of a campaign encouraging men to talk about their mental health. The Oasis frontman and now solo star has released his latest single Too Good For Giving Up to mark World Mental Health Day on 10 October. He has teamed up with

Tesla has doubled down on its plan to build sales and service centers on tribal land as a loophole to get around New Mexico’s dumb direct-sale ban. New Mexico, like a few other states, still has laws prohibiting direct sales of electric vehicles to the public without going through third-party dealerships. These bans come from

Kanye West’s Twitter and Instagram accounts were restricted over the weekend, with the social media platforms saying they removed the rapper’s posts after online users condemned them as antisemitic. West, who has legally changed his name to Ye, had his Instagram account suspended after a since-removed post in which he allegedly invoked antisemitic tropes, accusing

This week on Electrek’s Wheel-E podcast, we discuss the most popular news stories from the world of electric bikes and other nontraditional electric vehicles. This time that includes new electric bikes from Yamaha and Delfast, test riding the new LiveWire S2 Del Mar and the Polaris RANGER XP Kinetic, new electric motorcycles from Sur Ron and SUPER73,

Recently I drove a Tesla Model 3 on an electric roadtrip from Southern California to Portland and back. The total distance was around 2,200 miles, with the bulk of the driving happening over the course of 5 days (3 up, 2 down), and I only “spent” about 25 minutes waiting for the car to charge,

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee

Sacked government trade minister Conor Burns has denied ever meeting Mel B after the singer suggested he made an inappropriate remark to her in a lift. Mr Burns was removed from his ministerial role “with immediate effect” on Friday following an allegation of serious misconduct. The Tory MP for Bournemouth West has also had the

Some of you who follow this tongue-in-cheek series may know that I’ve long sought after an electric aircraft from Alibaba to bestow upon it the dubious honor of being featured here. I’ve gotten close, but no cigar. I still haven’t caught my white whale this week on China’s largest online shopping platform Alibaba, but they

A celebrity cosmetic doctor who featured on This Morning is under investigation by the medical watchdog after allegations were made against him. Dr Tijion Esho, who made appearances on the ITV show alongside hosts Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby, has had temporary restrictions imposed on his practice while an inquiry is carried out by the

The Solar Energy Industries Association, the nonprofit trade association of the US solar industry, just flagged a proposed change to the 2024 International Building Code by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) that would do more harm than good to the US solar industry. Bureacratic overreach on solar Abigail Ross Hopper, president and CEO of the SEIA, published

South Korea’s military has said it is “desirable” for the K-pop supergroup BTS to be conscripted to ensure fairness. The nation is split over whether the boy band should be exempt from mandatory service in a country where all able-bodied men must perform between 18 and 21 months of military service. However, exemptions are made

BILITI Electric has teamed up with e-commerce company JUMIA to deploy its three-wheeled electric vans for parcel delivery. California-based commercial electric vehicle maker BILITI Electric and pan-African e-commerce giant JUMIA recently inked a partnership that will see these electric three-wheelers roll out first in Kenya. There the electric tuk-tuks will be integrated into JUMIA’s existing

In 2021, there were almost 647,000 US EV purchases – a nearly 13-fold increase from 2012, according to a new online dashboard launched today by Environment America Research & Policy Center and nonpartisan research center Frontier Group. The interactive “Renewables on the Rise 2022” dashboard also reveals that the number of EV chargers in the

Prince Harry and Sir Elton John are among a group of celebrities suing the publisher of the Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday and Mail Online. The legal action claims to have compelling evidence of “gross breaches of privacy by Associated Newspapers”. The allegations include: • Hiring private investigators to put listening devices in cars and

Liverpool will host next year’s Eurovision Song Contest, the BBC has announced. It beat off Glasgow to win the chance to host the show, with the grand final taking place on 13 May 2023. Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra won this year’s contest but organisers, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), ruled it would be unsafe to host

Jeremy Clarkson has been ordered to shut the restaurant and cafe at his farm in Oxfordshire over what the local council says is a breach of planning laws. The 62-year-old broadcaster is appealing after receiving an enforcement notice from West Oxfordshire District Council in August. Clarkson‘s Diddly Squat Farm in Chadlington has become well known

Amazon is ordering 20 electric trucks from Volvo as part of its electrification effort for its large delivery and supply chain fleet. Back in 2019, Amazon announced a new initiative called “The Climate Pledge.” It’s a carbon-neutral commitment across the company, and as part of the new initiative, Amazon confirmed it ordered 100,000 electric delivery vans with