August 28, 2022 - Brief Briefing

Wheel-E Podcast! Volcon electric mopeds, solar-charging e-bikes, electric unicycles & more

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...

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Environment

California bans the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035

California, the country’s most populous state and the center of U.S. car culture, is banning the sale of new gasoline-powered vehicles starting in 2035,...

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Sports

Serena Williams and the myth of passing the torch

7:00 AM ET NEW YORK — On the grounds at Wimbledon years ago, tennis was once described to me as “boxing without the punches.”...

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World

Floods that have killed 1,000 in Pakistan ‘may not have reached peak yet’

Widespread floods in Pakistan that have killed more than 1,000 people since mid-June may not have reached their peak yet, experts have warned. All...

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Technology

How Amazon is giving Rivian an edge in the EV industry

In this article RIVN TSLA AMZN Following in Tesla’s footsteps, another electric vehicle company has been making a name for itself, with a unique...

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Politics

State pensioners set to be left with just £11 a day as energy bills soar

People relying on the state pension could be left with less than £11 a day to live on from next April because of the...

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World

Girl crushed by marble statue while playing in hotel courtyard

A seven-year-old girl on holiday with her parents in Germany has died after a marble statue collapsed on her. Lavinia Trematerra, from Italy, was...

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Politics

‘Show gratitude to our nation of grafters’ by creating four new bank holidays in the UK

Four new bank holidays should be created in the UK to reward a “nation of grafters”, according to a union. Workers in England and...

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Business

‘Heartbreaking’ choices that Britons will have to make this winter revealed in new poll

Millions of people in the UK will not turn their heating on this winter because of rising energy bills, a survey suggests. The poll,...

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Ozzy Osbourne moving back to UK as he’s ‘fed up’ with US mass shootings

Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne are moving back to the UK. The 73-year-old rock star lives in LA but says he’s “fed up” with the...

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Business

Joules’ rescue talks with Next stumble after latest profit alert

The struggling fashion chain Joules’ hopes of securing a lifeline from the high street behemoth Next have hit a stumbling block days after it...

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Hiker falls 200ft to his death at Grand Canyon

A man fell approximately 200ft to his death while hiking in the Grand Canyon, the US National Park Service (NPS) has said. The 44-year-old...

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Quick Charge Podcast: August 27, 2022

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...

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Environment

Japan is pivoting back to nuclear after Fukushima disaster — and the IEA says it’ll help cool gas markets

This image, from March 2022, shows wind turbines in front of the Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station in Japan. The country is now planning to...

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Science

Astronaut Explains “Intriguing Sight” of Bright Dot Spotted on Earth From Space

An astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) recently shared an “intriguing” daylight sight of a bright dot in the middle of a desert...

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‘We need the name’: Police in new appeal to find Olivia’s killer – as sniffer dogs deployed to scene

Police have made a fresh appeal for information to find the killer of nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel in Liverpool, saying “you know her name, now...

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