A new study found that a surprising number of riders are interested in switching from gas-powered motorcycles to electric motorcycles.
The study surveyed 632 riders across the UK. While that number isn’t as high as we would have liked, it still represents a fairly large sample of riders across various age groups.
The study, performed by BikeSure, found that of the 632 riders, 46.7% were…
Quick Charge Podcast: March 10, 2021
March 11, 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…
Google offers a dedicated Finance portal that shows you news in addition to charts and other trend data. That said, most users make do with entering ticker symbols in Search to find the price of stocks, with Google recently revamping the desktop experience.
Just like with…
Canoo unveils fully-electric pickup truck set for 2023
March 11, 2021
Details of a fully-electric pickup truck from EV startup, Canoo ($GOEV) leaked today. The images and features were scheduled to be unveiled during the Motor Press Guild’s Virtual Media Day (VMD). This new truck is the third vehicle to sit upon the company’s proprietary multi-purpose platform. The new pickup truck is loaded with unique features and components that utilize every inch of that…
Northrop unveils new ‘Sky Viper’ chain gun as US Army considers weapons for future helos
March 11, 2021
WASHINGTON — Northrop Grumman is initiating the build of a first production representative prototype of its 20mm chain gun dubbed “Sky Viper” for the U.S. Army to evaluate for Future Vertical Lift aircraft, the company said March 10 during a media briefing.
The…
Tesla has increased prices on its cheapest and most expensive electric vehicles in a quiet overnight update to its online configurator.
Unlike most automakers who distribute their vehicles through dealerships who ultimately decide the price of the cars, Tesla owns its…
The last major update to mobile Chrome introduced a grid layout for tabs and the ability to group them. A more minor Chrome addition on Android today lets you preview a page before fully opening it.
The context menu that appears when long pressing links now has a “Preview page” option. Appearing between “Open in incognito tab” and “Copy link address,” tapping slides up a sheet for…
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Roblox, the platform for Lego-like user-generated games, went public today in a direct listing, where employees and investors finally get a chance to sell shares on the market. The…
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Real-time transit can be a dilemma for municipalities that lack scalable infrastructure. Tasks like routing, timing, and asset management are tough to optimize without a system for…
Twitter announced today that it’s testing an improved design for sharing images on its social network. After several controversies about what the algorithm chose to display, the company is testing new ways to share images to show larger and higher quality images inline with the Timeline.
When a user sends a single picture to Twitter, it will appear bigger than before, so you won’t have any…
