One of the more annoying bugs in Android 12 Beta 5 is the lack of weather in At a Glance on the Pixel Launcher. Google now looks to be rolling out a fix for this problem.
Update 10/11: More Android 12 users are waking up to weather in At a Glance. There are at least six new reports today. It’s rolling out via a server side and cannot be manually triggered, but hopefully wider availability is…
Quick Charge Podcast: October 11, 2021
October 12, 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…
California will ban “small off-road engines” (SORE) primarily used in gas-powered lawn equipment like leaf blowers and lawnmowers, in a law signed by Governor Gavin Newsom this weekend.
The bill, AB 1346, directs California’s Air Resources Board to draw up…
Tesla Gigafest Berlin on the ground [Gallery]
October 12, 2021
Ich bin ein Berliner. These are the famous words with which John F. Kennedy won the hearts of the Berlin population in 1963. Tesla has the same goal. Hearts need to be won in Germany. The stakes are high. Like a gigantesque alien spaceship, the new Gigafactory emerged from the ground in an incredibly short amount of time, for German standards. The skepticism within the German population is very…
EGEB: Ireland launches its first offshore wind auction
October 12, 2021
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
Ireland opens a consultation of its first offshore wind auction.
North Carolina’s governor is about to sign a major clean energy bill. Here are 3 standouts.
UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated…
Swiss electric bike brand FLYER coming to US, joining more European e-bike companies
October 12, 2021
The Swiss electric bicycle company FLYER has announced that it is entering the North American market with several of its popular e-bike models.
While not as well known yet in the US, the company has been active in Europe for over 25 years.
With over two and a half decades…
Reading, Pennsylvania-based truck-rental giant Penske Leasing is taking delivery of five of Navistar’s International eMV Series medium-duty full battery-electric trucks. This is Navistar’s first US delivery of the series’ trucks.
This truly is a drop in the bucket, seeing how Penske’s fleet consists of more than 50,000 vehicles. But if the company proceeds with electrification, it…
Foxconn, best known as Apple’s iPhone manufacturer, has been working on electric cars and now its first vehicle has been spotted ahead of the unveiling.
It’s being marketed under the Foxtron brand.
The company has been making a lot of moves in the EV space lately.
Last…
Mustang Mach-E GT Performance first drive
October 12, 2021
I recently got the opportunity to experience the upcoming GT versions of Ford’s Mustang Mach-E electric crossover. This included extensive rides with the Mach-E GT and GT Performance, as well as a couple of laps around an autocross track – plenty of time to test out the…
Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next.
As it builds to a November 5 global launch, Sledgehammer Games is revealing more about the single-player campaign for Call of Duty: Vanguard and the backstories of the playable characters.
Call of Duty: Vanguard’s campaign is about how the international special forces came…
