During an online global premiere today, solar EV startup Lightyear unveiled the final production-ready design of its first vehicle, the Lightyear 0, formerly known as the Lightyear One. After six years of development, the Lightyear 0 is available for order ahead of first deliveries this fall. Lightyear is an EV startup based in the Netherlands
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Britney Spears will reportedly marry her fiancé in a surprise ceremony this evening, only seven months after the contentious conservatorship that ruled her life and finances was ended. The singer became engaged to Sam Asghari, a 28-year-old fitness trainer partner, in September last year. At the time Spears, 40, joked that the proposal was “way
Elon Musk told Tesla employees to expect a “nutty” end-of-quarter delivery wave this quarter at a new company-wide meeting. The automaker has been trying to move away from quarterly delivery waves, but special circumstances made one inevitable at the end of this quarter. Tesla has been known to have intense end-of-quarter delivery pushes due to
Next-generation air taxi developer AutoFlight has released new video of an upgraded proof-of-concept version of its electric takeoff and landing (eVTOL) Prosperity I aircraft undergoing a new battery of test flights. On Wednesday Shanghai-based AutoFlight shared the video of its revamped eVTOL proof-of-concept (POC#2) Prosperity I air taxi at work in the first of 30 successive test flights
Dame Emma Thompson has described the scheme to send migrants to Rwanda as “eye wateringly mad and callous”. The Love Actually and Nanny McPhee star told Sky News’s Beth Rigby Interviews that the government’s approach does not reflect “the soul of this country”. She argued that with migration likely to become an increasingly important issue
The Metropolitan Police force has been authorised to charge Harvey Weinstein with two counts of indecent assault against a woman in London in August 1996. It follows a review of evidence gathered by the force in its investigation into the 70-year-old, said Rosemary Ainslie, head of the Crown Prosecution Service’s special crime division. “The Crown
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Sir David Attenborough is to be given a second knighthood for services to television broadcasting and conservation. Sir David was first knighted by the Queen in 1985 but is now being appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael And St George – a higher accolade – in a nod to his
Ditch the car and even e-bike as you get around this summer on an electric scooter. It takes up less room than a bike, still has zero emissions, and you can ride all around town with ease. Right now, the Segway Ninebot Max G30LP electric scooter is discounted to $500 in refurbished condition, which saves
In only 24 hours Johnny Depp has amassed more than 4.4 million followers on TikTok – and more than three million joined without him posting a single piece of content. The actor’s biography on his verified profile reads “Occasional Thespian”. Depp, 58, who won his defamation case against his ex-wife Amber Heard less than a
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Tiger King star Bhagavan “Doc” Antle has been charged with laundering more than half a million dollars alleged to be the proceeds of an operation to smuggle immigrants across the Mexican border into the US. The charges were disclosed during a federal court hearing in Florence, South Carolina, on Monday. Federal prosecutors claim Antle and
EV-scale solid-state battery cells have come one step closer to reality in Louisville, Colorado, where Solid Power announced it will begin pilot manufacturing of solid-state cells. The completed installation of the production pilot line will allow Solid Power to produce silicon anode, solid-state battery cells for internal testing before delivering them to automotive partners BMW and Ford
Johnny Depp is continuing his UK tour of seemingly unlikely venues to find a Hollywood star, booking out an entire Birmingham curry house in his latest pitstop. The Hollywood actor ate at Varanasi, on the city’s Broad Street, amid his ongoing string of appearances at gigs alongside musician Jeff Beck – having been seen in
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I’ve been an electric bike proponent for well over a decade. My love affair with e-bikes began when I discovered their utility as car replacements (and have led to me living essentially car-free since high school). But I learned how their usefulness only grew as I dove deeper into the fitness and recreational aspects of
Alan Titchmarsh, the celebrity gardener, veteran broadcaster and now officially a national treasure, summed it up perfectly. “It’s all a bit surreal,” he said. I could see why. We were sitting in an open top double decker – one of seven buses that where taking part in the Platinum Jubilee Pageant. Each bus represented a
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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 the West Coast Electric Highway adding electric bicycle chargers to its electric car charging stations, new e-bike belt drive products from Gates Carbon Drive, a review of the super-affordable
Shakira and her partner Gerard Pique have announced they are separating. The 45-year-old Columbian singer and the 35-year-old FC Barcelona defender have been together for 11 years and share two children, nine-year-old Milan and seven-year-old Sasha. In a joint statement via their PR agency, they said: “We regret to confirm that we are separating. “For