Stars including Jennifer Coolidge and Pedro Pascal have voiced their support for striking Hollywood writers at the pre-recorded MTV Movie and TV Awards. The annual event had been due to return to LA’s famous Barker Hangar in Santa Monica live on Sunday night but the live show and red carpet were scrapped at the last
Entertainment
Lucid set up shop at a Tesla Supercharger station in Los Angeles to offer Tesla owners test drives of the Lucid Air. For some reason, it seems to be angering some Tesla fans. For the most part, we want to see electric vehicles go after gasoline-powered cars, but electric propulsion has already converted a lot
From Ibiza classics to opera via Olly Murs and Disney’s Mulan – if the King wanted diversity to be the buzzword of the coronation, the eclectic concert line-up certainly lived up to it. It went down a treat with the audience – from Prince George and Princess Charlotte waving their Union flags in the front
The US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Residential Energy Consumption Survey revealed which states use the most site energy – that is, the amount of energy that enters a home. What’s site energy? Site energy as defined by the EIA includes electricity from the grid, electricity from onsite solar panels, natural gas, propane, and fuel oil. With respect
The Lord Of The Rings villain Sauron has become the namesake of a new group of butterflies, chosen by scientists in a bid to draw attention to their beauty. Saurona was picked as the butterflies’ genus name thanks to the black rings on their vivid orange wings, reminiscent of the all-seeing eye described in JRR
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
When it comes to the Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week column, we don’t discriminate based on wheel number. We’ve covered plenty of two and four-wheelers, but three-wheelers need some love too. As long as a product is weird, wild, and comes from the seemingly endless Alibaba shopping catalog, it has a chance
Celebrities including Ant and Dec, Dame Emma Thompson, Stephen Fry and Dame Judi Dench have all arrived to celebrate the King’s coronation. More than 2,000 people have been invited to Westminster Abbey, including around 100 heads of state, kings and queens from across the globe and everyday heroes. Arriving bright and early, actor and comedian
If you’ve been waiting to buy Ford’s electric truck, you’ll soon have your chance. Ford is set to re-open orders of its incredibly popular F-150 Lightning electric truck again on May 9th. However, this time, no reservation is needed. Since its release in May 2021, the F-150 Lightning has become an instant fan favorite, gathering
Audi released its Q1 2023 earnings Friday, showing a 43% rise in EV deliveries. The increase comes despite a weaker market in China, with overall deliveries falling nearly 16% YOY in the region. Audi EV deliveries in Q1 2023 Audi delivered a total of 34,584 EVs in the first three months of the year, up
Hit Australian children’s TV show Bluey has edited an episode after concerns that it was potentially fat-shaming characters. A co-production between the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and BBC Studios, Bluey is set in Australia and is about the life of an eponymous blue heeler puppy, her little sister Bingo and her parents Bandit and Chilli. The
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
RuPaul’s Drag Race and We’re Here star Shangela has been accused of rape in a civil lawsuit. Filed in Los Angeles, it alleges that Darius Jeremy ‘DJ’ Pierce, who goes by the stage name Shangela, raped a former We’re Here production assistant while filming the first season of the hit HBO show. Daniel McGarrigle, 39,
Rivian and Mitchell International revealed a new data licensing agreement for collision repairs Thursday, the first of its kind for the EV manufacturer. Rivian signs first data licensing agreement for collisions Rivian produced over 24,000 electric vehicles last year, a significant jump from only 1,000 sold by the end of 2021. The EV maker has
A neighbour of British actor Stephen Tompkinson has told a jury she witnessed him slapping and punching a drunk man in the head during an incident outside his home. Caroline Davidson gave evidence on the second day of the 57-year-old’s trial at Newcastle Crown Court, where he is accused of inflicting grievous bodily harm on
A Tesla driver died in a fatal shooting at a Supercharger station in Denver, Colorado, over a dispute regarding charging their electric vehicles, according to the police. The incident happened this morning at a Tesla Supercharger station outside of the Edgewater Public Market. Local news outlet Denver7 reported that the police confirmed a man died
Threats to voting at the Eurovision song contest in Liverpool from Russian agents or cyber attacks will be dealt with by the UK’s security experts, MPs have been assured. MPs in the Commons flagged concerns to the government that Russia could seek to disrupt the voting during the contest, which is viewed globally by more
Melanie Lynskey has been a face on screen since she was 16, when she made her debut alongside Kate Winslet in the 1994 psychological drama film Heavenly Creatures. However, in the last 18 months she has arguably had more attention than ever thanks to the hit mystery series Yellowjackets, about a group of teenage girls
Tesla has once again started taking orders on the Model 3 Long Range in the US, after it was missing for nearly 9 months. And it looks like it might be using Lithium-iron-phosphate (LiFePO/LFP) battery cells, like the Model 3 Standard Range. The changes appeared on Tesla’s website tonight, in Tesla’s Model 3 design studio.
Ford Motor (F) released its Q1 2023 earnings results after market close on Tuesday, May 2, as the automaker gives us our closest look at its Model e electric car division yet. Ford Q1 2023 earnings preview Earlier today, we posted a preview of what you can expect from Ford’s first-quarter earnings results. Ford’s electric