In the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we discuss Tesla coming with minivan but cooler?, used EV sales rising, sodium batteries are coming, and more.
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UK households are racing to ditch fossil fuels amid energy price spikes driven by the US and Israel’s war with Iran, with new data showing a sharp surge in demand for solar, heat pumps, and EV chargers.
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Automatic braking is designed to stop the vehicle when a threat is detected that you may not be able to see. While it’s a helpful feature, auto braking “damn near gave me whiplash,” a Chevy Equinox EV driver said after trying to back into the garage as…
Apple has officially discontinued the Mac Pro, and by extension, the $700 Mac Pro Wheels Kit is also dead. Yes, that sentence is still funny in 2026. It marks the end of one of the company’s most infamous desktop add-ons. For anyone who somehow missed …
Massive new data centers are the physical foundation for tech companies’ hopes and dreams for AI. But the rush to expand warehouses full of energy-hungry servers has also kicked up fights across the world over their impact on power grids, utility bills, nearby communities, and the environment. From audacious plans to launch data centers into […]
It’s day 3 of Amazon’s Big Spring Sale, and we’re continuing our coverage of all the best ongoing deals there and elsewhere through the rest of March. Among today’s headliners, we have Anker’s massive lineup of eufy smart security devices seeing up to …
The new LEAF EV is a cornerstone of Nissan’s comeback plan, but it’s already facing a recall in Japan due to a battery defect.
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xTool, a company best known amongst makers for its laser-based cutting and engraving tools, has announced a new multi-function crafting machine called the WonderPress. It’s not an all-in-one device that can help you get an Etsy store off the ground, but the WonderPress can help turn designs from other machines, like Cricuts or sublimation printers, […]
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Parking in a busy city is never fun. Kia’s new entry-level electric SUV makes life easy with Remote Smart Parking Assist, enabling the EV2 to park itself.
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Young American EV startup, Slate Auto, has shared its latest video update, and it’s a chilly one. The company’s development prototypes were recently put through extreme winter testing in Northern Michigan, where, in true Slate fashion, the team had som…