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Actor Michael Sheen has revealed he gave up his OBE so he could air his views on the Royal Family without being labelled a “hypocrite”. The 51-year-old star, who has portrayed the likes of Tony Blair and Sir David Frost on-screen and Hamlet on stage, was made an OBE in the 2009 New Year Honours
Tesla has signed a long-term lithium hydroxide supply deal with China’s Sichuan Yahua Industrial Group, according to the latter. The Chinese group disclosed the 5-year supply agreement in a filing to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange today. Reuters reports: “Yahua, which is based in southwest China’s Sichuan province, did not provide tonnage figures but, in a
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have launched their first podcast – which they both produce and present – for Spotify. The half-hour “Holiday Special” featured celebrities, including Elton John and James Corden, reflecting on the past year and “sharing lessons, reflections and hopes for 2021”. It also includes “personal anecdotes and inspirational stories”, with
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s son Archie has spoken publicly for the first time – with a slight American accent – in the royal couple’s new podcast for Spotify. The half-hour “Holiday Special” features celebrities, including singer Sir Elton John and TV host James Corden, and other guests reflecting on the past year and
Fashion designer Pierre Cardin has died at the age of 98, according to France’s Fine Arts Academy. The French star, who was born in Italy, was known for his avant-garde style and futuristic designs in the 1960s and 70s. He first worked at couture houses before launching his own brand and pioneering the use of
A new teardown of the battery cells in 7 electric cars resulted in showing that Tesla still dominates electric car batteries, but it’s getting closer. The electric vehicle market is maturing and many automakers are starting to settle with similar battery chemistries. Several battery cell manufacturers are emerging as leaders, like Panasonic, LG Chem, Samsung
During our monthly search for the best EV discounts, we found four models – two BEVs and two PHEVs – that can cost less than $20,000 before tax and license. Considering the average used vehicle price as reported by USA Today was trending upward at $21,558 in July, and that the average new vehicle transaction
Tesla (TSLA) has recently introduced plans to produce its own battery cells called ‘4680’, but now we learn that Panasonic will also be producing the new cell for them, according to a new report. While Tesla has been working on its own battery cell chemstry for years, it has always worked with experienced battery cell
Wonder Woman 1984 raked in around $36.1m at cinemas worldwide over the Christmas holiday weekend, Warner Bros has said. It is believed that $16.7m of that came from US and Canadian venues. That makes it the highest domestic box office opening since the coronavirus pandemic shuttered cinemas in March, though the numbers were a fraction
Elon Musk told Tesla employees in a new email obtained by Electrek that the automaker can still achieve its milestone of 500,000 electric cars delivered in 2020, but it will need to ‘go all out’ in order to achieve it. Tesla is nearing the end of its end-of-year delivery push as it aims to deliver
Wrestler Brodie Lee – who previously appeared in the WWE under the name Luke Harper – has died aged 41. The father-of-two, whose real name was Jonathan Huber, died on Boxing Day “after a hard fought battle with a non-COVID related lung issue”, according to his wife. Amanda Huber, herself an ex-wrestler who performed under
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
Tesla is launching 3 new in-car video games on its arcade platform as part of its bigger holiday software update. As we reported earlier today, Tesla is about to release a big software update during the holidays and surprisingly, no information has leaked about it. That’s changing now. A picture of the release notes has
This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including a few news items about Tesla and other automakers, but as a holiday special, we are going to have a broader discussion about the year 2020 in the electric vehicle world. Sponsored by Electrify America: Discover
We got the chance to test out the Ford Mustang Mach-E, and we’re bringing you our first-drive impressions of the electric vehicle. In short, we think it delivers a complete electric CUV experience. Last weekend, Ford loaned Electrek a pre-production Mustang Mach-E so we could get our first few driving hours inside the highly anticipated