Taking your electric car on a holiday road trip? Reduce your costs and carbon footprint, and make your trip safer with these 10 quick tips.
Think you know most of these pointers already? You might – or maybe not. Either way, a pre-road trip refresher doesn’t hurt, right? (Sometimes I forget to check my tire pressure. Who doesn’t?) Reviewing this short and sweet refresher tip list before…
Quick Charge Podcast: December 22, 2021
December 23, 2021
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…
Electric motorcycle prices may be dropping slightly, but they still cost a premium over gas-powered motorcycles. That could be changing, though, at least at BMW. The German manufacturer has just announced that its partnership with Indian motorcycle maker TVS will expand to…
Tesla and others have now submitted all documents needed for the environmental approval that would allow Gigafactory Berlin to start production.
Over the last year, Tesla has run into a lot of red tape while trying to get approval to start production at Gigafactory Berlin, a giant new factory located near Berlin in Brandenburg. Most recently, environmental groups had managed to obtain an…
NHTSA launches official probe into Tesla drivers playing video games on onboard computer
December 23, 2021
The NHTSA confirmed that it has now launched an official probe into Tesla drivers playing video games on its vehicles’ onboard computers.
Other than common sense and/or fear of getting caught, there’s nothing stopping anyone from using their phones, including playing…
EV fleet startup Gravity begins passenger pick-ups in NYC with custom Mach-E yellow taxis
December 23, 2021
This holiday season, New Yorkers will be able to visit friends and loved ones around the city in a new fleet of bright yellow Mach-E taxis, provided by EV fleet startup Gravity, Inc. The Mustang Mach-E’s were customized with monitors and panoramic roofs for NYC passengers…
A completely normal episode | Last of the Nintendogs 025
December 23, 2021
Join gaming leaders, alongside GamesBeat and Facebook Gaming, for their 2nd Annual GamesBeat & Facebook Gaming Summit | GamesBeat: Into the Metaverse 2 this upcoming January 25-27, 2022. Learn more about the event.
The Last of the Nintendogs want to create a safe environment for listeners to discuss their waifus and husbandos, and that goes wrong quickly on this episode of the podcast.
PSA: Flighty Pro is free for all users of the iOS app tomorrow, the busiest travel day of the year
December 23, 2021
Our favorite flight tracking app, Flighty, is a must-have app for this time of the year and tomorrow the pro tier will be unlocked free-of-charge for all users. December 23rd is the busiest travel day of the year and all pro features will be available throughout the day for…
It’s almost the end of the year, but there are still features that WhatsApp is readying for launch as soon as possible. One of them is a new interface for voice calls.
As discovered by WABetaInfo, this new interface for voice calls is under development, which means that…
Nikon Z 24-120mm F4 S sample gallery
December 23, 2021
Nikon’s new Z 24-120mm F4 S is a standard zoom lens for the full-frame mirrorless Z mount, intended to offer a more versatile and cheaper alternative to the high-end Z 24-70mm F2.8 S. Providing decent medium telephoto reach, good close focusing capabilities and a lighter, more portable form factor, the Z 24-120mm F4 S should make an ideal carry-everywhere zoom for Z6 and Z7-series…
