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Weird Alibaba: Is this sub-$2,000 three-wheeled electric pickup truck the future of small trucks?

There are major movements toward reducing the size of cars and trucks in favor of lighter and more socially responsible vehicles that are less...

Environment

Shares of Australian coal miner Whitehaven have jumped 150% since the Ukraine war

Coal is unloaded onto large piles at the Ulan Coal mines near the central New South Wales rural town of Mudgee in Australia, March...

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‘I needed the work’: Johnny Depp makes surprise appearance at MTV’s Video Music Awards

Johnny Depp made a surprise cameo at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards – telling the audience he “needed the work” as he was...

Sports

With his FedEx Cup win, the PGA Tour caps off the Summer of Rory McIlroy

8:40 PM ET ATLANTA — Late Sunday afternoon, as Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler prepared to play the final hole of the Tour Championship,...

Technology

Chinese tech giants had their worst quarterly growth on record, thanks to Beijing’s zero-Covid policy

In this article BABA 700-HK JD Chinese technology giants including Alibaba have seen slower-to-no-growth as China’s economy faces weakness as a result of Beijing’s...

170 arrests as crackdown on organised crime intensifies following killing of Olivia Pratt-Korbel

A crackdown on serious and organised crime has seen Merseyside Police arrest 170 people over the past week. Officers have carried out dozens of...

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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...

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,...

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.”...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...