Drive Electric Week kicks off this Saturday with over 200 online and in-person events celebrating electric vehicles. Events will be held for the next two weekends, from September 25th through October 3rd.
Drive Electric Week is an annual event organized by Plug In America, Electric Auto Association, EVHybridNoire, and Sierra Club. This is the event’s 11th year. It started in the US as…
Google TV app expanding to 14 countries, officially launches in-app Android TV remote
September 23, 2021
After leaving its original Android TV remote app to waste for years, Google is finally remedying the situation. Following a false start yesterday, the Google TV app remote is now available, and the app is coming to more countries too.
Launching today, the Google TV app for…
Apple tells Epic that Fortnite isn’t welcome back on iOS yet
September 23, 2021
A new GamesBeat event is around the corner! Learn more about what comes next.
Fortnite is probably not going to return to iPhone or other iOS devices any time soon. Apple made it clear in a statement it sent to Epic that it does not want to work with Tim Sweeney’s…
Buying an iPhone 13 in some countries requires more than 3 months of work, research shows
September 23, 2021
The iPhone 13 lineup is finally here, and it comes at the same prices as last generation depending on where you are. As reported last week, iPhone 13 prices can go up to almost $3000 in some countries. Now a new Money SuperMarket research shows how many hours (or months) people need to work to buy the brand new iPhone 13 in different regions around the world.
Instead of just considering the full…
Galaxy Watch 4 gets a limited edition Thom Browne release w/ rhodium plating, $799 price
September 23, 2021
Tonight Samsung is announcing the launch of a new Galaxy Watch 4 variant, a special Thom Browne edition that will sell in limited quantities for nearly twice the price.
Available starting on September 29 , the Galaxy Watch 4 Classic Thom Browne Edition will be a special…
Guardians of the Galaxy is good, cheap fun so far
September 23, 2021
A new GamesBeat event is around the corner! Learn more about what comes next.
Square Enix’s Marvel games exist in a strange place between the movies and the comics. That was true of Marvel’s Avengers, and it’s even more obvious in its Guardians of the Galaxy game…
A UK collective says it can now accurately predict an EV battery’s life span – here’s how
September 23, 2021
In the UK, two electric vehicle manufacturers, academics, and a battery analytics specialist company are collaborating on an electric vehicle battery research program designed to predict battery life span – and they say they’ve succeeded.
Battery life span
Swindon-based battery analytics specialist Silver Power Systems (SPS), Imperial College London, the London Electric Vehicle Company…
Watch XPeng’s NGP system autonomously navigate a busy city
September 23, 2021
Chinese automaker XPeng Motors has shared beta testing footage of its City Navigation Guided Pilot (NGP), one of the upcoming features of its advanced driver assistance system. The footage shows XPeng’s upcoming P5 EV weaving its way through congested traffic in Guangzhou…
Quick Charge Podcast: September 22, 2021
September 23, 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…
Tesla announced that it has broken ground on a new facility called ‘Megafactory’ in Lathrop, California.
It will be used to produce Megapacks, Tesla’s biggest batteries for stationary energy storage.
As of now, Tesla exclusively produces its battery packs for its energy division, Powerwall, Powerpacks, and Megapacks, at Gigafactory Nevada.
But now it looks like the company is going to…
