US President Joe Biden is teaming up with former Disney Channel star Olivia Rodrigo to encourage young people to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Singer and songwriter Rodrigo, 18, will meet Mr Biden and his chief medical adviser Dr Anthony Fauci later today to film videos promoting the cause. The videos will feature on the White
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A few days after delighting fans with behind-the-scenes pictures of his costume for Loki, Richard E Grant is sitting in front of me on a video call to tell me all about his cameo role – although this time there are sadly no green tights or “baggy, yellow Y-fronts”, as he puts it, in sight.
In this EV game, there are heroes, both sung and unsung. More often than not, it’s the Teslas and Polestars of this world that steal all the headlines with their space-age technology and spaceship designs. But actually, some of the most significant EVs of the past decade have rather flown under the radar, adored by
TeslaCam, Tesla’s integrated dashcam feature using an Autopilot camera, has helped in the arrest of a maniac who shot a moving Model Y. The incident was caught perfectly in a very impressive video embedded below. Tesla has two features that utilize the eight cameras around its vehicles, which are primarily used for its Autopilot and
It’s that time again, so we’re bringing you the latest batch of New Green Deals to browse. Today, we’re going to take a look at a deal on Macwheel’s MX Pro Electric Scooter at a new low. Plus, you’ll find a discounts on heat pump mini-splits and much more below, as well. We also have
I’ve heard of electric trucks. I’ve heard of electric RVs. But I’ve never seen anything quite as cool or as silly as this electric house on wheels. And you know what that means! This electric mobile home is a perfect entry for my Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week! First of all, let’s
Tesla has signed what could be described as a breakthrough deal to deploy solar roofs and Powerwalls on a “large scale” in a new community being built by Brookfield Asset Management and Dacra in Austin. With the launch of the Tesla Solar Roof Tiles, the company has not only been trying to address the market
So here’s the thing: I’m an electric motorcycle guy. And I’ve also kind of got a thing for electric excavators. Those two interests have exactly nothing to do with each other — until now, that is. Honda’s new electric micro-digger powered by electric motorcycle batteries is the cutest little hodgepodge of construction equipment that I
This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including Tesla Model Y launching in Europe, FSD Beta v9 finally coming, another Chevy Bolt EV fire, and more. The show is back live every Friday at 4 p.m. ET on Electrek’s YouTube channel. As a reminder, we’ll
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Tesla has finally released its highly-anticipated Full Self-Driving Beta v9 software update. Here’s what it looks like. It was a long time coming, but when CEO Elon Musk put an actual date on the release, we knew it was around the corner and Tesla stuck to it. Last night, the automaker started pushing Tesla FSD
Radio and television presenter Jonathan Coleman has died after suffering from prostate cancer, his family have said. The UK-born 65-year-old Australian, nicknamed “Jono”, died on Friday with his wife and two children by his side. He first appeared on TV in 1979 in Australia and later teamed up with Ian “Dano” Rogerson to become a
UEFA has rejected a request for Frank Skinner and David Baddiel to perform Three Lions (Football’s Coming Home) on the pitch before the Euro 2020 final. Skinner claimed the tournament’s organisers said performing the song at Wembley before England play Italy on Sunday would be “too partisan and not fair to the Italians”. The comedian
When England beat Ukraine 4-0 in their Euro 2020 quarter-final, it wasn’t just the goals, the images of manager Gareth Southgate and the praise for the players that were sweeping the internet. Footage of Atomic Kitten’s Natasha Hamilton and Liz McClarnon performing the fan-made reworking of their 2001 hit Whole Again – now a declaration
Katie Price has defended her trip to a red-listed country after she went to Turkey for a cosmetic procedure. The former glamour model said the COVID-19 situation was “serious” and that she took steps to make sure her visit to Turkey was safe. Price said: “I went to a red country, but at the same
It has been 20 years since The Office first graced our television screens – and continues to be watched, referenced and talked about after all that time. But creator and the man behind the (let’s face it, awful) boss, David Brent, has suggested that the show would not be made now, as a result of
Chadwick Boseman has appeared as the voice of his superhero alter-ego in the trailer for a new Marvel project, ahead of his final outing as the character. Boseman passed away last year after a bout of colon cancer – a diagnosis he kept hidden for four years. In a trailer released on Thursday for new
When Rory Graham, the artist better known as Rag’n’Bone Man, performed on stage at the Brit Awards earlier this year, he was wearing the same sunglasses as he is for our interview. He needed them, he tells Sky News. Singing Anywhere Away From Here, his duet with Pink, in front of an audience filled with
Everyone seems to know the score, they’ve seen it all before… Except this time, maybe, they haven’t. England. Are. In. The. Final. Of. Euro 2020. Could football (whisper it) actually be coming home? We have David Baddiel, Frank Skinner and The Lightning Seeds’ Ian Broudie to thank for that central refrain now synonymous with England
Celebrity columnist Perez Hilton was visibly incensed as he spoke to Sky News today on the “exploitation” of Britney Spears. He also apologised for the abuse he had given her over the years on his blog, saying he felt “deep shame and regret” for his part in fuelling the media circus that brought Britney to