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Podcast: Tesla Gigafactory Berlin, Tesla Cybertruck, first Megacharger, and more

This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including an interview with David...

Environment

Goldman Sachs says oil prices could be higher for much longer

Oil prices could stay at higher levels in the years to come as demand rebounds while supply remains tight, according to Goldman Sachs’ head...

World

Zaghari-Ratcliffe could be sent back to prison ‘at any time’ after losing latest appeal

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has lost her latest appeal against her sentence in Iran, meaning she could be sent back to prison “at any time”, her...

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Who tops the charts? Best-selling women singers in UK revealed

Adele’s album 21 is the best-selling record by a woman in the UK. As part of National Album Day, BBC Radio 2 calculated the...

Business

Hut Group founder Moulding to give up golden share in bid to restore City confidence

Matthew Moulding, the boss of the online beauty, nutrition and technology services group THG, is to surrender his golden share in the company in...

Politics

Johnson leads tributes in show of unity at scene of MP’s fatal stabbing

Boris Johnson has laid flowers at the scene of the fatal stabbing of Conservative MP Sir David Amess in Essex – an attack which...

Science

Meteorite That Crashed Into Canadian Woman’s Home Can Reveal Much About Solar System’s Origin

While NASA is sending a spacecraft to Jupiter’s asteroids in an unprecedented mission to unravel the mystery of solar system’s origin, a physicist has...

Politics

Senior Tory MP calls for face-to-face meetings with constituents to be paused in wake of Amess killing

A senior Conservative MP has called for a temporary pause in face-to-face meetings between parliamentarians and their constituents following the killing of Sir David...

Science

NASA’s Mission Lucy to Unravel Solar System Origin Launches Today on a 12-Year Journey

Space has always intrigued humans. While many exploration missions have hitherto focussed on our neighbours like the Moon and Mars, US space agency NASA...

Environment

Looking At Geothermal Energy Through An International Lens

Amanda Kolker. Photo by Amy Griffin, NREL From Iceland to Alaska to France, NREL geoscientist Amanda Kolker has studied geothermal energy all around the world. After...

US commits to offer ‘condolence payments’ to relatives of 10 Afghan civilians wrongly killed in drone strike

The US has promised condolence payments to the relatives of 10 civilians killed in a drone strike in Afghanistan. The victims, including seven children...

Environment

“Just Get Rid Of That Thing!” — Visualizing Seemingly Interchangeable Home Energy Flows

The Power Squeeze That Inspired Me Last month, I bought a house. I could have afforded something a lot nicer, but I didn’t feel...

Murder of MP Sir David Amess was terrorism, ‘potentially linked to Islamist extremism’, say police

The fatal stabbing of Conservative MP Sir David Amess in Essex has been declared as a terrorist incident, police say. Sir David, who represented...

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6 ways to get the best range from your electric car in winter

If you don’t live in the southern hemisphere or close to the Equator, then cold temperatures are headed your way, if they haven’t already...

Environment

Coldplay’s world tour to use sustainable tech, but Chris Martin says ‘backlash’ for flying is right

In this article BMW3-FF Chris Martin of Coldplay performs at the O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire on October 12, 2021 in London, England. Simone Joyner...

Technology

Jack Dorsey says Square may build a bitcoin mining system, adding to bitcoin price surge

Square CEO Jack Dorsey said late on Friday the company might jump into the bitcoin mining business. Dorsey tweeted that the company is considering...

Technology

Ex-Theranos project manager testifies that Elizabeth Holmes told him to conceal parts of testing lab

Elizabeth Holmes (L), founder and former CEO of Theranos, leaves the courthouse with her husband Billy Evans after the first day of her fraud...

Former US president Bill Clinton remains in hospital for second day but ‘doing well’

Former US president Bill Clinton has remained in hospital for a second day, where he has reportedly been recovering from a urological infection. The...

World

US to reopen borders to vaccinated passengers from UK and EU on 8 November

The United States will reopen its borders to travellers from the UK and European Union, lifting a ban that has been in place for...

Sports

Champs and stars are back this weekend, but fights for Navarrete and Garcia are missing something

10:35 AM ET As the boxing world moves on from Tyson Fury’s incredible victory over Deontay Wilder, this weekend offers a number of solid...