On today’s episode of Quick Charge, the Cybertruck gets homolgated in Canada, Elon delays the Optimus robot for up to a full year, Hyundai’s feeling skittish about a possible victory for Donald Trump this November, and a Club Car shows off a real MAN’s truck – finally! Now that the Tesla Cybertruck has become the
Porsche is backing off its goal of 80% EV sales in 2030. Although it could still happen, Porsche said the target was too ambitious and the transition “will take longer than we assumed.” Despite several highly-anticipated electric vehicles launching over the next few years, Porsche is no longer committing to its 80% EV sales goal
Cadillac has unveiled today a new all-electric 2+2 convertible concept called the Sollei. It’s a rare electric convertible, but it doesn’t mean it will ever see the light of day anyway. There are currently very few convertible electric vehicles. We are finally seeing some coming to market, like Maserati GranCabrio Folgore convertible, but they are
Trade fair visitors walk past a Google logo at the Google stand at Hannover Messe 2024. Julian Stratenschulte | Picture Alliance | Getty Images After years of delay, Google says it will no longer cancel and replace third-party cookies — a practice long used by advertisers — for its internet browser Chrome. Cookies are small
Violence against women and girls (VAWG) related crime rose by almost 40% between 2018 and 2023, to “staggering” levels amounting to a “national emergency”, according to a leading female police chief. More than a million crimes against women or girls were recorded by police between 2022 and 2023, but a report commissioned by the National
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Hyundai’s first EV is set to roll off the production line at its new $7.6 billion Metaplant in Georgia later this year. With Trump vowing to end “EV mandates” on day one if elected, Hyundai is preparing for a sudden shift in leadership. Hyundai’s EV plant was built to comply with the Biden administration’s move
Tesla ramps up its self-driving transfer incentive by now giving $1,000 off a new car for people upgrading from Enhanced Autopilot. For years, Tesla owners who bought the up-to-$15,000 Full Self-Driving Capability package were asking for the capacity to transfer it when trading-in their vehicles for a new one. The logic was sound: Tesla never
In this article TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Elon Musk speaking during the Tesla Annual Shareholder’s meeting in Austin, Texas on June 13th, 2024. Source: Tesla Inc. Tesla will report second-quarter earnings after the bell on Tuesday. The company’s vehicle deliveries report on July 2 was better than analysts feared, but still represented
A transplant surgeon accused of sexually harassing and inappropriately touching four female colleagues has said he tickled a trainee “in the waist area”. James Gilbert, 47, said the tickling happened when the woman, known as Ms E, was alone and without her consent, but he did so in what he thought was “a fun, friendly
Tesla has obtained an exemption for Cybertruck’s drive-by-wire from Transport Canada ahead of the vehicle’s launch in the market. So far, other than the US, Canada is the only other planned market for Cybertruck. Tesla is still evaluating potential launches in other markets, but the demand for pickup trucks is lower in markets outside of
Elon Musk has delayed the rollout of the Tesla Optimus humanoid robot compared to a timeline shared just a few months ago. Despite Musk’s threat not to build AI products at Tesla if he doesn’t get 25% control of the company, the CEO has already restructured the company around its AI products, including its humanoid
Joe Biden has vowed “I’m not going anywhere” and he is “going to be working like hell” in his final months as US president and as he campaigns for Kamala Harris to be his successor. He was speaking in a phone call to workers at the campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, in his first public
The director of the Secret Service says the assassination attempt on Donald Trump was the “most significant operational failure” in decades. Ms Cheatle told the House of Representatives Oversight and Accountability Committee she took “full responsibility for any security lapse”. The shooting at an outdoor campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, wounded Trump’s right ear, killed
The police search for the remains of murdered Muriel McKay has been called off. In a letter to her family, Katherine Godwin, Detective Superintendent in the Met Police, said: “We have now completed the search of the area set out in the agreed parameters, along with an additional strip which we identified was not covered
People visiting their GP and local pharmacy could still run into problems this week due to a backlog caused by the global IT outage. An NHS England spokesperson said systems were back online but doctors might need to rebook appointments. Patients are being advised to turn up unless they are told otherwise. The British Medical
Israel’s military has confirmed the deaths of two men who were taken as hostages by Hamas on 7 October. “Today, the IDF informed the families of the two hostages Alex Dancyg and Yagev Buchshtab that they are no longer alive,” the Israeli Defence Forces said in a statement on X. “Alex and Yagev were brutally
Sir Keir Starmer has avoided committing to considering scrapping the two-child benefit cap as he said there is “no silver bullet” to solving child poverty. A growing number of Labour MPs have been putting pressure on the prime minister to remove the cap introduced by the Conservative government which means families can only claim child
Western leaders have showered Joe Biden with praise for his efforts to bolster democracies against the rise of authoritarian powers after he bowed out of the US presidential race. But there will doubtless be anxiety behind closed doors at how his flip-flopping over whether or not to run again for the White House may have
President Joe Biden led the charge, endorsing Kamala Harris within minutes. Bill and Hillary Clinton were quick to follow, pledging their support for the vice president. Other names once touted as potential substitutes for Mr Biden rallied behind – Governors Gavin Newsom and Josh Shapiro. But there was one name conspicuous by its absence on