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On the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we discuss Elon Musk’s Twitter drama leaking to Tesla, wireless charging, the EV dealer problem, and more. Sponsor: Buy Electrek Merch! The show is live every Friday at 4 p.m. ET on Electrek’s YouTube channel. As

Want to enjoy the silent, emissions-free ride of an EV with your 1974 Ford Bronco? Arc Motor Company, an Ontario-based green tech startup, aims to turn your classic car into an EV using scrapped Tesla batteries, starting at $75,000. Founded by Sloane Paul, the first woman in North America to create a business of this

Agrivoltaics – when land is used for agriculture and solar power generation – isn’t new to the US, but vertical agrivoltaics are. US solar developer iSun is working with German agrivoltaics company Next2Sun to install the US’s first vertical agrivoltaics system. Next2Sun installs bifacial solar panels on its patented vertical mounting system. It says its system is ideal for

Laura Lynch, one of the founding members of the Dixie Chicks, has died in a car crash aged 65. Her cousin Mick Lynch told showbiz news outlet TMZ she was driving outside El Paso, Texas, at the time of the collision on Friday. The Texas Department of Public Safety confirmed that Lynch died on Friday

I’m admittedly more of a two-wheeled kind of guy, owning and riding just about every type of electric bike, scooter, and e-motorcycle out there. But I’ve always thought that the thing that could get me to buy an electric car would be a short little electric roadster – something like an e-Miata. After browsing through

Ian Pepperell, best known for playing Roy Tucker in The Archers, has died aged 53, the BBC has announced. The actor, who played the hotelier in long-running BBC Radio 4 drama The Archers for 22 years, died on Friday following a long illness. He also acted in numerous stage productions and appeared in BBC soap

The GMC Sierra EV Denali was spotted for the first time out testing in Michigan. GMC and Buick global VP Duncan Aldred shared new images revealing the highly anticipated electric truck. GM has been teasing an electric GMC Sierra truck for several years now. The 2024 GMC Sierra EV first edition was officially unveiled in

Wham! has been declared the UK’s official Christmas number one with Last Christmas – 39 years after first being denied the festive top spot. George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley’s festive classic beat hits from Eurovision star Sam Ryder, Mariah Carey, and The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl. Ryder’s You’re Christmas To Me secured second place, followed

What has three wheels, three motors, and seemingly endless possibilities? The Dolas Defender 250 electric bike. It may be a three-wheeler, but just don’t call it a tricycle. It’s something of a rollerblade to the rest of the rollerskates of the trike world, fitting all three of its wheels in a single track. That’s just

A man has been arrested on suspicion of theft and criminal damage after a new Banksy artwork was removed. The elusive artist confirmed the work – a traffic stop sign featuring military drones – was his in a social media post shortly after midday on Friday. Less than half an hour later, two men were

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

Fast And Furious star Vin Diesel has been accused of sexual battery by his former assistant while working for him in 2010. Astra Jonasson alleges the actor forced himself on her in a hotel suite in Atlanta, while the pair were working on Fast Five. Her lawsuit claims she tried to escape the room after

Andrew Tate and his brother have requested an emergency visit to the UK to visit their mother – who’s had a heart attack. A spokesperson for the brothers said she “suffered a sudden heart attack this afternoon and was immediately rushed to the hospital”. “It is our understanding that she will be undergoing emergency surgery.

If your Tesla starts to stink like old sweat socks, you can fix that problem yourself, but it’s a little bit of a daunting process. My Tesla Model 3 has ponged of what I’d describe as a combo of feet and stinky cheese for a few months. I procrastinated dealing with it, but when it

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said he believes there are “grounds for changing the law” around assisted dying. The debate has been back in the headlines this week after Dame Esther Rantzenrevealed she was considering ending her own life if treatment for her lung cancer did not improve her condition. Politics live: Starmer issues

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

I want to preface this story with a caveat: Lemons exist (and I don’t mean the fruit). Sometimes, you just get a bad car. And generally speaking, I have a very empathetic view toward the job of vehicle software engineers. The functions that customers expect their vehicles to perform have grown immensely in the past

George Clooney has said that Matthew Perry’s role on Friends “didn’t bring him joy or happiness or peace”. The ER actor, 62, reflected on his friendship with Perry after he died in October aged 54. Image: George Clooney on ER Pic: Moviestore/Shutterstock He told US publication Deadline: “I knew Matt when he was 16 years

The prospect of a Universal Studios theme park opening in the UK has got fans very excited indeed. After financial records and public documents suggesting something was afoot were found by industry news site Orlando Park Stop, the Hollywood giant confirmed the plans in a statement to Sky News. The studio – which, like Sky,

A solar electric truck climbed the world’s highest volcano using solar power alone – and set a new world record for altitude for an EV. A Swiss team called Peak Evolution, which is sponsored by Austrian transport and logistics company Gebrüder Weiss, successfully climbed the western edge of Ojos del Salado, 6,500 meters above sea level