Just ten days after announcing entry into the Japanese market, Build Your Dreams (BYD) has followed up with plans to sell passenger EVs in Germany and Sweden as well. As part of a new partnership with European dealer group Hedin Mobility, BYD expects to begin delivering EVs in the new EU countries before year’s end.
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Ekin-Su Culculoglu and Davide Sanclimenti have been crowned as this year’s winners of Love Island. The 27-year-old Turkish actress from Essex and Italian business owner, also 27, won over fans with their fiery but passionate relationship that lasted most of the series. They beat Gemma Owen, who is the daughter of former England footballer Michael
Tesla has secured battery material supply deals with two large Chinese companies, according to new fillings. The move aims to ensure battery supply to support its electric vehicle production through the mid-decade. Automakers who are serious about electric vehicles are currently scrambling to secure as much long-term battery supply as possible since it will determine
British period drama Call The Midwife has beaten the likes of TV heavyweights Breaking Bad, Game Of Thrones, Doctor Who and Line Of Duty to be crowned the greatest series of the last 25 years in a new poll. Loosely based on real life events, the BBC show follows a group of midwives working in
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This isn’t the first time we’ve reported that SONDORS is ready to deliver its Metacycle electric motorcycle to pre-order customers. But to be fair, it’s not the first time the Southern California-based company has said it was ready for deliveries. But now with photos of Metacycles purportedly in SONDORS’ domestic logistics facilities, the first bikes
Chris Rock is yet to respond to Will Smith’s apology for slapping him on stage during this year’s Oscar’s ceremony – but has continued making jokes about the incident. “Everybody is trying to be a f***ing victim,” Rock said on stage on Friday, CNN has reported. “If everybody claims to be a victim, then nobody
Tesla is preparing to launch pictures of its customer in space on SpaceX’s lunar orbiter mission with the Korea Aerospace Research Institute of South Korea. Back in 2018, Tesla had a referral program to help sell vehicles where owners could share a referral code with new buyers who would receive Supercharging credits. In exchange, referrers would get
This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. This week, we discuss Tesla using new Supercharger Cube lounges, the new proposed EV tax credit, a test drive of the Mercedes-Benz EQXX, and more. The show is live every Friday at 4 p.m. ET on Electrek’s
Long time Electrek readers will know that I leased a Chevy Bolt EV from 2017 until the pandemic and really loved that electric blue “Micro-SUV” EV; we’ve already taken a look at its younger sibling, the EUV with Super Cruise. But considering recent events GM has cleaned up the battery “issue” and lowered the price
Will Smith has apologised to Chris Rock over his infamous Oscars slap – in his first in-person statement about the incident. In a reel released on his Instagram account, the actor said he had been “doing a lot of thinking and personal work” since the Oscars and was “trying not to think of myself as
Elon Musk noted that he believes inflation might finally be trending down based on Tesla commodity prices. The CEO has previously said that he would be waiting for that to start reducing the prices of Tesla vehicles. Over the last few years, the inflation rate has been hitting record highs that we haven’t seen in
Now that the US Senate has an agreement on the reform of the federal tax credit for electric vehicles, it looks like it might finally happen after roughly two years of work. Though it’s still pending a vote. But it does bring up an interesting question: Will it make EV sales crash until the end
From the Princess of Pop to an Oscar-nominated actress, Neighbours has provided a platform for several world-famous stars. And many of those have returned for the final episode, which comes after the series was axed by Channel 5 in the UK. Hollywood actor Guy Pearce, who played Mike Young (pictured above), is among the familiar
Everybody needs good neighbours – but alas, it’s finally time to say goodbye once and for all to the residents of Ramsay Street. After 37 years and 8,903 episodes, Neighbours is no more – the emotional final episodes having aired in Australia ahead of the UK broadcast. Ever since it was announced that the soap
It was the social media whodunnit that captivated the nation and spawned a nine-day trial at the High Court earlier this summer. Now, the Vardy v Rooney libel case will finally reach its conclusion, when the judgment is handed down by Mrs Justice Steyn around midday. As the judgment will be remote, it’s unlikely either
Ford Motor Company will continue its tradition of providing vehicles to the police, but this time, it’s going all-electric. Today, Ford has unveiled the F-150 Lightning Pro Special Service Vehicle – what the American automaker is calling the first electric pickup truck in the US, purpose-built for the police. The Ford F-150 Lightning is the first all-electric
Back in April, NASA chose Canoo to build the electric vehicles that will bring astronauts to the launchpad for the Artemis program. Since then, Canoo and NASA have brought the vehicles around Kennedy Space Center, from the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout building to the launchpad that will return astronauts to the Moon. Over the
She might be a Hollywood star, but even Amy Adams admits to still being mildly “horrified” at seeing herself on giant posters as she makes her West End debut. Outweighing this small negative though is the “humbling” experience of playing a part in the “post-COVID resurgence of theatre”, she says. Plus, if she ever does
Shawn Mendes has cancelled the rest of his world tour in the UK, North America and Europe to prioritise his health, the singer has announced. Breaking the news to his 69.7 million followers on Instagram, the 23-year-old said he was “not at all ready for how difficult touring would be” after his long break due