On the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we discuss the Tesla Cybertruck spec leak, Seth’s Volvo EX30 first drive, EV earnings (Rivian, Lucid, and Polestar), and more. Sponsored by VMAX: If you’re looking for a high-quality e-scooter with superior performance, check out the
Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a Morning Meeting livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Friday’s key moments. 1. U.S. equities climbed higher Friday, with the S & P 500 up 0.47% and the Nasdaq Composite up 0.74%. Both indices are on track to deliver gains for the
In this article TWOU Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Shares of online education company 2U plummeted about 60% Friday, falling below $1, after a problematic forecast and indications that some universities are terminating their contracts. 2U, which helps companies offer digital programs to students, posted a net loss of $47.4 million for the third
Digitally generated audio of Sadiq Khan seemingly calling for Armistice Day to be delayed is being investigated by police. Clips have been circulating on social media, using the London mayor’s voice and mannerisms, where he can be heard playing down the importance of Remembrance weekend commemorations. In one clip, a voice similar to Mr Khan
A man who spent 35 years behind bars after being wrongly convicted of sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl has been freed from prison thanks to a DNA breakthrough. Louis Wright, now aged 65, had lived near the child’s home in Albion, Michigan, at the time of the attack in 1988 and an off-duty officer reported
The Beatles have topped the UK charts with their new track Now And Then – 54 years since their last number one. The song is derived from a private recording made by John Lennon in the 1970s, and was only completed earlier this year by the surviving Beatles – Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Ringo
Suella Braverman has met the head of the Metropolitan Police this afternoon to offer the force her “full backing” ahead of controversial pro-Palestine protests taking place this weekend. On Wednesday, the Home Secretary wrote an article for The Times newspaper – which was not signed off by Number 10 – attacking the force for “playing
Succession star Brian Cox may be better known for his villainous roles, but James Bond co-magnate Barbara Broccoli thinks he would have made a great 007. Broccoli told Sky News: “He’s one of the greatest actors ever. I would just say he would have been a great Bond.” Image: Pic: Amreen Rooprai/Prime Video Despite never
About 5 and a 1/2 years from now, astronomers predict, an asteroid about as wide as the Empire State Building is tall will streak through space within 20,000 miles (32,200 kms) of Earth, the closest any celestial object of that size will have come to our planet in modern history. When it does, a spacecraft
A pedestrian walks pass a branch of Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) in Fuzhou, Fujian province of China. VCG | Getty Images The U.S. financial services division of Chinese bank ICBC was hit with a cyberattack that reportedly disrupted the trading of Treasurys. Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the world’s largest lender
Prenuvo MRI machine Courtesy of Prenuvo While celebrating the July Fourth holiday last year on a boat in Tyler, Texas, Dr. Julianne Santarosa received the results from her full-body MRI scan. What she saw put a damper on the festivities. Radiologists at Prenuvo, which performed the scan, had identified a nodule in her lungs. Santarosa,
Suella Braverman and Tory critics of the police are undermining public confidence in law enforcement and eroding trust in Britain’s system of democracy, according to heated WhatsApp exchanges among Tory MPs leaked to Sky News. The true scale of the civil war between Tory MPs over the policing of pro-Palestinian marches and behaviour of the
Hundreds of thousands of protesters are set to head to central London today to call for a ceasefire in Israel’s war against Palestinian militant group Hamas. The march has drawn criticism from the prime minister and home secretary because it coincides with Armistice Day, when people across the UK remember the moment the guns of
Thousands of Palestinians are streaming onto Gaza’s only highway as they try to flee the combat zone in the north, after Israel announced a window for safe passage. It comes as Israeli forces struck near several hospitals in Gaza City as the military pushes further into dense urban neighbourhoods. Parents carried children in their arms
Families “should feel optimistic” that the worst of the cost-of-living crisis is over, the chancellor has told Sky News. Acknowledging households have “suffered enormously” from energy, food and fuel inflation in the last 18 months, Jeremy Hunt said they should now feel some relief despite the UK economy slowing to a halt in the third
£7.6m is a lot of money to leave on the table by anyone’s standards. NatWest Group, the taxpayer-backed bank, hopes that headline-grabbing number will persuade stakeholders that it has taken a tough line on the severance package handed to Dame Alison Rose, its former chief executive. Indeed, Dame Alison herself might claim that she herself
A Tesla Cybertruck was spotted climbing stairs off-road, and it gave us our best look at the electric pickup truck’s ground clearance. We are just a few weeks away from the start of Cybertruck deliveries, but there’s still a lot we don’t know about the truck. Earlier this week, there was a leak with some
SEC Chair Gary Gensler mocks putting a gun to his head in response to a “Blazing Saddles” reference by Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., during the House Financial Services Committee hearing titled “Oversight of the Securities and Exchange Commission,” in Rayburn Building on Tuesday, April 18, 2023. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images
Former NatWest boss Dame Alison Rose is to lose £7.6m of her payout as the bank group seeks to draw a line under the debanking row sparked by the closure of Nigel Farage’s Coutts accounts. However, she will still receive around £1.7m. Dame Alison stepped down in late July after admitting she discussed the former
Former NatWest boss Dame Alison Rose is to lose £7.6m of her payout as the bank group seeks to draw a line under the debanking row sparked by the closure of Nigel Farage’s Coutts accounts. However, she will still receive around £1.7m. Dame Alison stepped down in late July after admitting she discussed the former