For the second time in two months, the roof of a Tesla vehicle was caught on video flying off while driving.
But this time, it’s a Model S and Tesla puts the blame with a third-party repair shop.
Last month, we reported on an instance where the roof of a brand-new Tesla Model Y flew off as the owner was driving it home.
We saw a video of the Model Y driving without a roof after the fact, but we…
Quick Charge Podcast: November 23, 2020
November 24, 2020
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…
John Kerry is appointed ‘climate czar’ by President-elect Joe Biden
November 24, 2020
John Kerry has been named special presidential envoy for climate change on the National Security Council — aka “climate czar” — by US president-elect Joe Biden. It’s a brand-new position.
First-of-its-kind role
As secretary of state in Barack Obama’s…
Porsche drifts Taycan electric car to new world record of 42 km straight — not a typo
November 24, 2020
Porsche added its name to the Guinness World Records book by drifting a Taycan electric car for 42 km straight (26 miles).
No. That’s not a typo.
They used a Porsche Taycan RWD, which is a lot easier to drift than the all-wheel-drive version, but the version of the performance electric vehicle is only available in China.
The world record took 55 minutes to complete by driving in a watered drift…
Google Doodle video pays tribute to mariachi
November 24, 2020
Google has replaced their homepage logo with a Doodle video paying tribute to mariachi, a traditional style of music from Mexico.
Interestingly, history is not 100% sure of the true roots of the word “mariachi” or even of the precise origin of the music we know today as…
Canon RF 85mm F2 Macro IS sample gallery
November 24, 2020
Canon’s RF 85mm F2 Macro IS offers EOS R-series shooters an affordable, stabilized and fast-ish portrait prime. Its ‘Macro’ designation also reflects its close-focusing capabilities and while it falls short of true 1:1 reproduction, its 0.5X magnification…
How to print from your iPhone and iPad with or without AirPrint
November 24, 2020
Whether you’ve just gotten your first iPhone or iPad or have had iOS devices for a long time and need a quick refresher, it’s useful to know how to print directly from your device. Read on for several options for how to print from iPhone and iPad.
The easiest way to print from iPhone and iPad is with AirPrint, an Apple protocol that is built-in to iOS and also many printers on the market.
If…
HEY iOS email app gets multi-window support on iPad
November 24, 2020
The HEY email client had its iOS app updated today with a long-awaited feature for iPad users. Version 1.1.3 of the HEY app for iOS now has multi-window support on iPadOS, allowing users to view two different screens of the app at the same time.
Back in October, the HEY app…
EGEB: How the Trump administration failed in its push for coal
November 24, 2020
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
Donald Trump promised to boost coal and put coal miners back to work. It didn’t happen.
The United Nations approves an Arctic heavy ship fuel ban — but it’s got no teeth.
This 13 year-old won the 2020 Clean Air Category…
Tesla Model X gets hacked through new relay attack, Tesla says it is pushing a patch
November 24, 2020
A hacker managed to develop a new key cloning relay attack for Tesla vehicles and demonstrated it on a Tesla Model X.
Tesla was informed of the new attack and it is reportedly pushing a new patch for it.
Thefts of Tesla vehicles are quite rare in North America, but in Europe, they have some more sophisticated thieves that managed a string of Tesla vehicle thefts through relay attacks, and most…
