Ford CEO Jim Farley says that the company is addressing the situation where dealers are charging ‘unreasonable’ markups on the F-150 Lightning electric pickup and other vehicles. The demand for Ford’s first electric pickup truck has been through the roof. It managed to accumulate 200,000 reservations, but it has had issues in the conversion to
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Tesla was spotted working on a new Cybertruck prototype at Fremont factory. While it’s nice to see more footage of the highly-anticipated new electric pickup truck, the footage makes us a bit uncomfortable with how close the drones get to the prototype and Tesla employees. We were expecting to get an update about the Cybertruck
Six years after leaving clutching an armful of awards, Adele is back at the Brits and competing on an equal footing with Dave, Ed Sheeran and Little Simz for the most prizes at this year’s ceremony – where male and female categories have been dropped and “big performances are back”. New Brit Awards host Mo
Belgium-based urban electric bicycle manufacturer Cowboy has shared interesting data gleaned from its ridership, providing insight on how much fitness benefit is offered by electric bikes. Fitness is just one of the many draws of electric bicycle riding. Many riders have switched away from cars or buses for their commute, opting instead for electric bicycles.
The CEO of audio platform Spotify has waded into the Joe Rogan row, telling employees while he does not support the podcaster’s use of racial slurs, the company will not be cutting ties with him. A number of artists have removed music from the platform, including Joni Mitchell and Neil Young, over Rogan’s comments where
Kylie Jenner has announced the birth of her second child with her partner, rapper Travis Scott. The 24-year-old reality TV star and cosmetics entrepreneur posted a black and white picture showing a hand holding the child’s tiny hand on Instagram, where she has 309 million followers, on Sunday. Some reports said the hand was that
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In a sea of Vespa-styled electric scooters coming out across Europe, the newly unveiled Naon Zero-One electric two-wheeler offers a unique and fresh design. The fresh styling just may help differentiate it from the ubiquitous classically designed scooters still commanding significant market share. One look at the Zero-One is all it takes to realize that
Singer Lata Mangeshkar, one of India’s biggest cultural icons, has died aged 92. She died of multiple organ failure at a hospital in Mumbai after she was admitted on 11 January with COVID-19, hospital officials said. Born in 1929 in pre-independence India, Mangeshkar began singing in her teens, and in a career spanning 73 years sang
Admit it, you know it’d be fun to be chief engineer on your own train. You’ve probably never even thought about it before, but if I said “Here, have your own train. Go nuts!”, you’d jump at it. I know I would. And through the magic of the internet and a crazy little corner of
Joe Rogan has apologised after footage emerged of him repeatedly using the n-word on his podcast show. The comedian, 54, said that he isn’t racist and offered “sincere and humble apologies” for using the word but stressed the clip was “taken out of context”. Rogan, who has a lucrative deal with Spotify, has come under
Kia flew us out to wine and “winding road” country to test the new EV6, which is coming a bit late to the US, as it’s been out for a while in its native Korea and Europe already. So that means I’ve had months to digest the information about the car, its characteristics, and its
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Jimmy Carr has been condemned for making a “truly disturbing” joke about the travelling community and the Holocaust. The comedian – famed for his stand-up and appearing on TV show 8 Out Of 10 Cats – issued a “trigger warning” to audiences at the start of the one-hour Netflix special, His Dark Material. Carr, 49,
The Eunorau Cargo Max uses a similar setup to the Eunorau G20 e-cargo bike that we previously tested, but swaps in a more affordable direct drive motor instead of the pricier mid-drive. Having put some good miles on the Eunorau Cargo Max recently, I’m ready to tell you exactly what I like (and don’t like)
A contestant on The Masked Singer prompted two members of the judging panel to walk off in protest during filming last week. Warning: If you watch the US version of The Masked Singer – there are spoilers ahead. The super popular show sees famous faces donning over-the-top costumes before singing to panel of celebs who