Apple currently offers an iPhone as a loaner device to customers when they take their phone in for a repair at an Apple Store or Apple Authorized Service Providers. While the current loaner model is an iPhone 8, the company is about to upgrade its loaner program with the iPhone XR.
As stated in an internal memo sent to Apple Store employees and certified technicians (via MacRumors), Apple will…
Apple has been largely affected by global chip shortages just like several other companies, and this has resulted in products like the iPhone 13 and Apple Watch Series 7 having really low supplies around the world. Now Apple is reportedly cutting iPad production to…
Calling on Assistant Smart Displays, speakers will soon be limited to your Google Contacts
November 2, 2021
Google Home devices have long let users place phone calls with just their voice. An upcoming Assistant change will restrict that calling capability to numbers saved in your Google Contacts.
Over the past day, the feed tab of the Google Home app has started displaying an…
COP26 Daily Briefing: 5 things that happened on November 1
November 2, 2021
The COP26, aka the United Nations Climate Change Conference UK 2021, has kicked off in Glasgow. Here’s Electrek‘s daily roundup of the key happenings at the world’s most important summit ever to keep you in the loop.
Read more: 5 key things to know about the do-or-die COP26 climate summit
November 1
Opening speeches
COP26 opened in Glasgow with hard-hitting speeches from UK prime minister…
Quick Charge Podcast: November 1, 2021
November 2, 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.
Check out the , an all EV event taking place at Sonoma Raceway this November…
Gogoro’s international expansion has been going quickly, with the Taiwan-based swappable battery and electric scooter company now announcing a partnership with Gojek to enter the Indonesian market.
Indonesia is the third largest market in the world for two-wheeled…
Gridtractor launches infrastructure tool for zero-emission farming, electric tractors
November 2, 2021
A new zero-emission agricultural subsidiary Gridtractor officially launched today as a tool to develop, implement, and maintain fleet electrification services for farms utilizing electric tractors and heavy farming equipment. Gridtractor looks to help farmers integrate electric charging and vehicle to grid (V2G) technology into their agricultural operations, to help strengthen their local power…
Tesla increases Model 3 and Model Y ranges with 2022 model year
November 2, 2021
Tesla has updated Model 3 and Model Y ranges with the 2022 model year and most of them got higher ranges – though it depends on the wheels.
In an overnight update to its online configurator, Tesla changes the ranges of several of its most popular Model 3 and Model Y…
First Tesla Superchargers for other automakers begin service, higher fees and membership offered
November 2, 2021
Tesla is launching a pilot program for non-Tesla electric vehicles to use its Supercharger network for the first time.
The pilot program is based at 10 Supercharger locations in the Netherlands.
Over the last few months, Tesla has indicated that it plans to open the…
US President Joe Biden has spent weeks battling opposition to his sweeping Build Back Better spending bill from Just Say No Republicans, and even some self-promoting sellouts in his own party. Now he’s also getting blowback to proposed rebates on US- and union-built EVs from foreign ambassadors and several domestic automakers.
Representatives from the EU and its member states Poland, Sweden…
