After bringing in €3.2 million in funding and raking in a list of pre-orders, Podbike says it will deliver its first electric bike-car known as the Frikar later this year.
The Norwegian mobility company Podbike has attracted attention for years as its innovative and curious-looking four-wheeled electric vehicle has taken shape.
The enclosed bike-car offers better all-weather protection and…
Taiwan soon to have more Gogoro electric scooter battery swap stations than gas stations
January 12, 2022
Electric scooter manufacturer Gogoro is famous for its battery-swapping network of GoStations that extensively covers its native Taiwan. The system has become so popular that it will soon eclipse the number of gas stations on the island nation.
Gogoro’s battery swap…
Over the past few days, the online game Wordle has taken social media by storm, but the game is designed to be a web app. There is no official Wordle app for Android, so don’t fall for the clones invading the Play Store.
Wordle, a word-guessing game that’s exploded in…
Twitter testing new search bar on the Home tab of its iOS app
January 12, 2022
2022 has just begun and Twitter has already announced some new features for its iOS app. After an experimental new option to retweet a post with a video reaction, the social network is now testing a search bar in the Home tab of its iPhone app.
Currently, Twitter search has its own dedicated tab, but it seems that the social network wants to change that. As announced by the company via the…
Somewhere in a Venn diagram that includes Turkish bath houses, refugee camps, and outdoor music festivals exists the American truck stop. In concept and execution, it’s a business model that has endured for decades – but the coming wave of electric semi trucks will…
Coal will make up 85% of electric generating capacity retirements in 2022 – Here’s why
January 12, 2022
US electricity generator operators have scheduled 14.9 gigawatts (GW) of electric generating capacity to retire during 2022, and the vast majority of those scheduled retirements – 85% – are coal-fired power plants, reports the US Energy Information Administration (EIA)…
Quick Charge Podcast: January 11, 2022
January 12, 2022
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 new episodes are delivered as…
Instagram is reportedly working on a feature that would allow users to customize the order in which photos appear on their profile pages. The grid customization feature was recently discovered through an analysis of the app’s code.
The feature was discovered by…
Humorous Photos of Dogs Catching Flying Treats
January 12, 2022
Christian Vieler is a German photographer who has built his career on shooting humorous photos of dogs catching treats.
In each of the photos, the dogs are frozen in time with various expressions on their faces while they lunge with jaws open at tasty snacks flying…
NASA’s InSight Enters Safe Mode During Regional Mars Dust Storm
January 12, 2022
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NASA’s InSight Enters Safe Mode During Regional Mars Dust Storm
The lander has taken measures to conserve energy; engineers aim to return to normal operations next week.
NASA’s InSight lander is stable and sending health data from Mars to Earth after going into safe mode Friday, Jan. 7, following a large, regional dust storm that reduced the…
