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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

Ava Max says she was hit so hard by a man who rushed the stage in Los Angeles that she suffered a scratch to the inside of her eye. Videos shared on social media show a man running towards the American pop star during the end of her set at The Fonda Theatre and appear

China’s largest EV maker, BYD, is expanding its presence in North America after delivering the first batch of 100 Yuan Plus EVs in Mexico. BYD bolsters North American EV presence BYD has been a force in the Chinese EV market, setting a new May sales record with over 119,000 EVs sold (+124% YOY) last month

The gates for Glastonbury 2023 have been officially opened – with some attendees setting off at 1.30am to secure a spot at the front of the queue. About 210,000 people are heading to Somerset for the festival, which will host film screenings, theatre performances and political speeches as well as live music. One of the

Texas announced that it is going to require Tesla’s NACS connector on charging stations in the state – giving the connector another boost in becoming the standard for charging in North America. The Texas Department of Transportation confirmed the news today. The state government agency said that it would require both NACS and CCS connectors

General Motors (GM) is wasting no time as it looks to keep up in a rapidly evolving Chinese EV market. Buick, GM’s mid-level luxury brand, is embracing the wave of innovation with its second EV based on GM’s Ultium platform, the E4 electric SUV. Yet, in the US, we are stuck with Buick’s ICE vehicles.

Jennifer Lawrence became a household name after being cast as lead character Katniss Everdeen in the Hunger Games films. She went on to become at one point the highest paid actress in the world, with an awards collection including an Oscar, BAFTA and multiple Critics’ Choice and Golden Globe trophies. After focusing on dramas, Lawrence

Hyundai confirmed that it is considering adopting Tesla’s NACS connector for its electric vehicles in North America, but it is not ready to pull the trigger as it wants to “look into it from the customer’s perspective” first. After both GM and Ford announced that they would adopt NACS as the standard connector in their

A fresh search for British actor Julian Sands – who disappeared on a hike in California mountains five months ago – has found no trace of the missing star. The 65-year-old was first reported missing in the Mount Baldy region of the San Gabriel mountains on 13 January. Searches were temporarily called off in March

Swedish EV maker Polestar (PSNY) is teaming up with Chinese tech company Xingji Meizu Group to advance its own in-car operating system (OS) designed for buyers in China. Polestar to introduce in-house OS in China Polestar’s (and Volvo’s) parent company Geely bought a majority stake (79.9%) in Meizu, a Chinese electronics company, last year as

Pop star Bebe Rexha has shared pictures of her black eye after she was hit by a mobile phone while performing on stage. Footage shared online from the gig in New York showed the phone hitting the star on the forehead after being thrown by a person in the crowd. The singer, whose real name

Sir Elton John has said the reaction to Phillip Schofield’s secret affair with a younger colleague was “totally homophobic”. The 76-year-old singer claimed a heterosexual relationship with a similar age gap would not have attracted such negative media coverage. “I feel that the Phillip Schofield thing has been totally homophobic,” he told the Radio Times.

A Tesla Cybertruck prototype was spotted arriving by plane in New Zealand – most likely for final winter testing of the electric pickup truck. The Cybertruck is arguably the most anticipated electric vehicle program to launch this year. We, along with about 1.5 million reservation holders, have been following it closely to have an idea of

Tesla announced it produced 10 million 4680 battery cells at Gigafactory Texas. It is a good sign for the automaker’s production ramp-up, which relies heavily on the new cell. The 4680 battery cell format has taken the industry by storm since Tesla unveiled its own cell strategy at Battery Day in 2020. The automaker claimed

Former footballer and Sky Sports pundit Graeme Souness has completed a charity swim across the English Channel. The 70-year-old Liverpool and Rangers legend undertook the 21-mile challenge for the charity Debra UK, which supports patients living with a rare condition that causes painful, blistering skin. With the help of five friends who also did the

Tesla has added a discount to new inventory Model S and Model X vehicles and three years of free Supercharging for deliveries by the end of the quarter. With the end of the quarter approaching, Tesla is looking to deliver better-looking financial results by not ending it with many vehicles in inventory. To achieve this

Former Saturday Night Live star Pete Davidson has been charged with reckless driving after crashing a car into a home in Los Angeles. The 29-year-old comedian was contacted by police after the incident on 4 March in a residential area of Beverly Hills. The LA District Attorney’s Office said that it is taking the allegations

Two of London’s major summer art fairs have been cancelled this year, with organisers saying Brexit is partly to blame. The cancellations of Masterpiece and Olympia have raised concerns about the threat Brexit poses to the UK’s status as a major global art market. Currently, Britain’s market is second only to the United States by

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

Take That star Howard Donald has been dropped as one of the headline acts at Groovebox’s Pride Festival after it came to light he’d liked a number of tweets that were critical of trans people. Donald had been due to perform at the Nottingham event on Saturday 29 July, which also features acts including Horse