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Following the debut of the production-intent design of its Helix light eVTOL, electric aviation startup Pivotal has begun selling the personal aircraft in the US. The Helix is unique in that it does not require FAA pilot certification, opening the skies to a larger pool of potential customers… if they have the money. Pivotal is

Starting off the work week, we have a $500 discount on this GoTrax step-through e-bike to go alongside a deep clearance offer on the Juiced’s HyperScrambler 2 at $2,499 – if you need something more in the e-moped space, that is. Both of these e-bike deals are joined by Snow Joe’s 24V 21-inch electric snow

A$AP Rocky has pleaded not guilty to allegations he fired a gun at a former friend and collaborator outside a Hollywood hotel in 2021. A Los Angeles judge had previously found there was enough evidence for the rapper to stand trial after hearing testimony at a preliminary hearing. Rocky, whose real name is Rakim Mayers,

Actor Idris Elba has urged the government to immediately ban machetes and so-called zombie knives, saying it’s “time to push the agenda as strongly as we can”. The Luther star has launched a campaign called Don’t Stop Your Future, and told Sky News that “the nation wants to see that we do care about our

The first of five planned West Virginia solar farms just came online – here’s why that’s significant for the state. 1 out of 5 new West Virginia solar farms FirstEnergy subsidiaries Mon Power and Potomac Edison have launched a solar farm on 80 acres at Fort Martin Power Station in Maidsville, West Virginia, north of Morgantown.

Oppenheimer and Succession have been crowned the big winners at this year’s Golden Globes – with Barbie’s box office domination celebrated too. In the film categories, Emma Stone’s Poor Things, The Holdovers, and the French thriller Anatomy Of A Fall were also successful, while comedy-dramas Beef and The Bear took home big prizes in the

Remember that time someone in China sent me a free panda car? Well after cruisin’ for another proverbial bruisin’ in the Alibaba electric car catalog, I stumbled upon a variant of it that seems to have a truck’s rear end tacked on the back. It’s silly and fun and just oh-so-perfect. Meet this week’s Awesomely

The Sky News Breakfast programme has a fresh new look and will start earlier from Monday 15 January. Live from 6am every weekday presenter Gareth Barlow will be joined by political correspondent Mhari Aurora with news from around the world and Westminster. They will stay in the studio for Breakfast with Kay Burley from 7am-10am

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As an EV owner myself, one of the things we love to talk about is how much money we save by never having to go to gas stations to “fill up” our cars. But in reality, if you are on a road trip or you heavily rely on charging outside of your home, those superchargers

The electric Nissan GT-R we’ve been waiting for may arrive by the end of the decade. Nissan said the 1,300 hp Hyper Force EV concept “gives a glimpse” of what the next electric GT-R could be. Nissan unveiled the Hyper Force EV concept at the Japan Mobility Show in October. The futuristic-looking electric supercar is

US talent show judge Nigel Lythgoe has announced he is stepping aside as a judge on So You Think You Can Dance amid lawsuits accusing him of sexual assault. Among those making allegations against Lythgoe is Paula Abdul, who claims he groped her breasts and genitals and “began shoving his tongue down her throat” in

Less than a year after its launch in China, Geely’s sub-brand Galaxy has begun selling its first all-electric model – the E8. Starting at a price below $25,000, the Galaxy E8 sedan looks extra sleek, and it touts some more than adequate EV technology, arriving as a genuine contender in an ultra-competitive Chinese market. You

Actor Christian Oliver and his two daughters have died in a plane crash in the eastern Caribbean. The aircraft went down just west of Petit Nevis, a tiny private island near Bequia, part of St Vincent and Grenadines, on Thursday afternoon, according to the Caribbean nation’s police. The pilot, Robert Sachs, also died. Instagram This

Derek Draper, a former political adviser and husband of TV presenter Kate Garraway, has died after several years of serious health complications due to coronavirus. The 56-year-old was said to be one of the UK’s longest-suffering COVID patients, spending 13 months in hospital after contracting the virus in March 2020. Garraway posted a statement on

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Glynis Johns, the actress who played Mrs Banks in 1964 film Mary Poppins, has died. The British actress, born in South Africa, was 100 years old. She played Desiree Armfeldt in A Little Night Music, for which she won a Tony in 1973 for Stephen Sondheim’s “Send in the Clowns”. Her manager said she died

Ford remained the second top-selling EV brand in the US, behind only Tesla, after selling nearly 26,000 EVs in Q4. The F-150 Lightning was America’s best-selling electric truck in 2023, while the Mustang Mach-E had its best sales year yet. Ford sold a record 25,937 electric vehicles in the last three months of 2023, up

The Spice Girls are being honoured with a set of stamps to mark 30 years since the band began. The 15-set collection from the Royal Mail is the first time it’s dedicated an entire stamp issue to a female group. The stamps relive some of their biggest moments, including the 1997 Brit Awards, the 2012

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