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Polestar unveiled their upcoming Polestar 4, a small SUV which the company is calling an “SUV Coupé,” at the Shanghai Auto Show today. The new Polestar 4 will be Polestar’s fastest car yet, capable of 0-60 in 3.8 seconds from 400kW (544hp) of motor power in dual-motor configuration. In single-motor configuration, you lose half that

Harry Styles, Arctic Monkeys, Wet Leg, Stormzy and Little Simz are among the artists nominated for this year’s Ivor Novello Awards for songwriting. Other artists on the shortlist include Ed Sheeran, Florence + The Machine, and Cleo Sol and Inflo – as well as Kate Bush, whose 1980s hit Running Up That Hill is shortlisted

Ramsay Street… here we come – Mischa Barton is set to join Neighbours for the Australian soap’s revival. The actress, who rose to fame in the early 2000s hit show The OC, will guest star in the forthcoming series – confirmed in 2022 just months after the original show was axed from Channel 5 in

The most watched non-sporting event in the world finally gets under way this week, as the Eurovision Song Contest hits Liverpool. More than 160 million people will tune in over the next few days as Merseyside hosts the annual competition on behalf of last year’s winners, Ukraine. As you know by now, Kalush Orchestra won

Tesla’s primary battery cell supplier, Panasonic, is once again looking to build a new factory in the US after recently announcing a new one. When Tesla initially sought a battery supplier in the early 2000s, no one wanted to sell the company Li-ion battery cells to put in an electric vehicle. At that time, Li-ion

Details of Paul O’Grady’s funeral procession have been revealed, as his husband thanked supporters for their “support and love”. O’Grady, a TV presenter and comedian, died of sudden cardiac arrhythmia last month at his home in the village of Aldington in Kent. He was 67. His husband Andre Portasio posted in local Facebook groups on

It’s time for a fancy pants edition of the Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week. In today’s column, we’ve got a beautiful specimen of an antique-style roadster complete with the tried-and-true guts of electric microcar from China. What could go wrong?! This little EV represents the crème de la crème of China’s sophisticated

S Club 7 star Hannah Spearritt has paid tribute to her bandmate and “first true love” Paul Cattermole. The singers were friends before they started dating during their time in the pop group in the early 2000s, when the band had hits with songs including S Club Party, Reach, and Don’t Stop Movin’. Cattermole was

This morning, Chinese EV automaker XPeng Motors unveiled its next-generation EV architecture that will be the backbone to future models going forward. XPeng states the new SEPA 2.0 platform will not only shorten future models’ R&D cycles, but offer a modular, interchangeable, end-to-end solution that will support a multitude of vehicle types – like its

The world of electric gravel bikes is a fun and interesting overlap between street and off-road e-bikes. But that specialty means that this is often a pricey category. Now Fiido is hoping to help bring costs down with the launch of the Fiido C21 and C22 electric gravel bikes at a budget price. I won’t

Torchwood star Murray Melvin has died at the age of 90, with Russell T Davies and John Barrowman leading tributes to the “wonderful” actor.  His death was announced on Friday by a friend, who said Melvin had “never fully recovered” from a fall in December. The actor was best known for the 1961 film A Taste

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Alec Baldwin is asking for a lawsuit filed by the parents and sister of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins to be dismissed by a judge. In court documents filed on Thursday, the actor said Olga Solovey, Anatolii Androsovych, and Svetlana Zemko filed the suit to “obtain compensation” following Ms Hutchins’s death in October 2021. “The loss

Global wind energy will pass the 1-terawatt (TW) threshold for installed capacity by the end of 2023, according to the newest market outlook from Wood Mackenzie. Luke Lewandowski, Wood Mackenzie research director, said: After needing more than 40 years to reach one TW of installations, the wind industry will reach the next TW of installations

Disney has been accused of “blatant colourism” after revealing who will star in a live-action remake of Lilo & Stitch. Sydney Agudong – a 22-year-old who has Hawaiian ancestry – has been cast as Lilo’s older sister Nani. But some fans say she is not representative of how Nani was depicted in the 2002 animation,

AI art generators are facing backlash from artists who say the technology is “scraping” their work without their consent in order to create sophisticated images. Tim Flach, a world-renowned animal photographer and the president of the Association of Photographers, is among those who feel ripped off and says artificial intelligence can easily imitate the style

Elon Musk is rumored to be starting a new AI startup to compete with OpenAI after he left the organization, which he co-founded, supposedly because of a conflict of interest with Tesla’s own artificial intelligence effort. Now it sounds like he is funding a startup that could compete with Tesla, based on his latest comments.

Take That, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie are among musical acts on the “world class” line-up for the Coronation Concert at Windsor Castle, it has been announced. Take That‘s performance will feature three of the original members – Gary Barlow, Howard Donald and Mark Owen. However Robbie Williams and Jason Orange have been given the

Ridiculous, but in an epic way! If you thought one single battery was passé and two batteries wasn’t enough, then the Eunorau Flash electric bike is probably the one for you. With its three large batteries, the company claims that this electric bike can have you cruising for up to 220 miles (354 km) on

Enel X Way today announced that it plans to add 10,000 DC public charging stations, and at least 2 million home, commercial, and public EV charge ports overall, in North America by 2030. Enel X Way already serves the home and commercial charging segments in North America – it sells EV chargers directly to consumers on its