Gogoro, the global leader in battery-swapping for light electric vehicles like scooters and motorcycles, just can’t seem to slow down. After a week full of major news, the company is back with perhaps its biggest announcement lately: a plan for a major partnership that will see the company greatly expand the use of its swappable
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Just over a month after launching its first-ever BEV, smartphone developer, Xiaomi is touting some big production numbers for the SU7. Better yet, such output supports encouraging orders to date as the Chinese tech company is off to a hot start in its newly entered vehicle manufacturing segment. As a Chinese electronics company specializing in
Billie Eilish has announced a new tour and will be coming to the UK next summer. The 22-year year old‘s show is named after her latest album – Hit Me Hard And Soft – and will kick off in North America in September. It will then head to Australia in February 2025, before travelling across
Daimler’s new, all-electric truck brand made its Canadian debut this week with the official market launch of its battery electric class 4 and 5 medium duty work trucks. After making its North American debut at the 2023 ACT Expo in Anaheim, California, Daimler Truck’s RIZON brand has continued on a steady march towards production with
One of the UK’s leading road and rail logistics companies, Maritime Transport, is making some big moves in a bid to electrify its trucking fleet – with fully 18 all-electric, three axle tractor units from Scania leading the charge. As part of the UK’s Zero Emission HGV and Infrastructure Demonstrator (ZEHID) program, Maritime Transport has put
Image by FirstElement Fuels. FirstElement Fuels has opened the world’s first large-scale hydrogen fueling station for heavy-duty commercial trucks just outside the Port of Oakland. FirstElement is calling their new filling station, which opened to the public this week for tours and demonstrations, the first of its kind. Located near the Port of Oakland, the
The lawyer for Harvey Weinstein says the former film producer has been taken to hospital following his return to a New York jail. It comes days after the movie mogul’s 2020 conviction for rape was overturned, with a New York court ordering a new trial in the landmark “MeToo” case. Arthur Aidala, Weinstein’s lawyer, said
All the cool suburbanites are already taking their kids to school, loading up at the farmers’ market, and making deliveries on clever and capable cargo e-bikes, but the new Momentum Cito E+ from Giant raises the cargo bike bar even higher — and makes leaving the car at home easier than ever. Momentum is a
A TV doctor who gave free Botox to a patient in return for sex at his clinic has been struck off. Dr Tijion Esho, who has featured on ITV’s This Morning, BBC’s Morning Live and E4’s Body Fixers, denied having a physical relationship with the woman, known only as Patient A, but admitted to an
ITV News broadcaster Rageh Omaar has said he was “determined to finish presenting the programme” after returning home following hospital treatment. Viewers expressed concern about the 56-year-old presenter after he appeared to fall “unwell” live on air during News At Ten on Friday night. In a statement shared by ITV News, Omaar said: “I would
Tesla just released the Model 3 Performance on Tuesday, and already Tesla has hiked the price by $1,000. The Model 3 Performance came out the morning of Tesla’s quarterly earnings report earlier this week, with lots of updates. Tesla updated the car’s bodywork, seats, steering, brakes, damping, track mode software, and of course the rear
ITV News presenter Rageh Omaar is “receiving medical care” after becoming “unwell” live on-air, the TV channel says. Omaar, 56, was presenting News At Ten on Friday when he appeared to be struggling to read the news bulletins, stumbling over words, prompting concern online. ITV pulled the show from its scheduled re-run on ITV+1, telling
A new update has been released for the nine-year-old video game Fallout 4, the first of its kind for the hit title since 2017. It follows the roaring success of the Fallout TV show, which this month became the most-watched programme on Amazon Prime Video, overtaking both The Grand Tour and Clarkson’s Farm. Game publisher
Mazda unveiled two new EVs, the EZ-6 electric sedan and the Arata SUV, at the Beijing Auto Show. Although Mazda’s new EVs are for China, they are what the brand is missing in the US. Mazda’s first EV in the US, the MX-30, was discontinued after only 66 models were sold last year. It was
Peter Kay says he has been forced to postpone two shows at a new arena in Manchester again – this time for almost a month. The comedian was due to perform at the Co-op Live in Manchester, which is set to become the UK’s biggest arena, on 23 and 24 April. Behind-schedule power tests and
Former Home and Away star Orpheus Pledger has been arrested following a three-day police manhunt for the actor, according to Australian media reports. The 30-year-old was due to appear at Melbourne Magistrates Court on Tuesday accused of assaulting a woman, Sky News Australia said. The actor had been granted bail on Monday for a court-ordered
Photo: Bygging Uddemann The first of 23 caissons for Princess Elisabeth Island, the world’s first artificial energy island, is nearly complete. Princess Elisabeth Island will be an electricity grid at sea that will connect offshore wind farms to the Belgian mainland and also serve as a hub for future interconnectors with the UK and Denmark. Belgian electricity transmission
Tesla Cybertruck Powershare Installation A Tesla Cybertruck owner has been quoted over $30,000 for a Powershare installation to enable his electric pickup truck to power his house. When Tesla unveiled the production version of the Cybertruck late in the year, the automaker finally confirmed it was its first bi-directional charging-capable vehicle. The feature allows Cybertruck
Matty Healy has reacted to new tracks by supposed ex-girlfriend Taylor Swift that are rumoured to be about him. The 1975 frontman is never named in any tracks featuring on Swift’s new album, The Tortured Poets Department, but fans have assumed several references are about him. Many have interpreted the lyrics of the first song
Tesla’s stock (TSLA) surged 12% today, one of its best days in a long time, as Elon Musk tries to position Tesla to ride the artificial intelligence wave. In a rare occurrence, Tesla had a pretty bad miss on expectations for both revenue and earnings with its financial results in Q1 2024. Despite the miss,