Four months after announcing plans to bring its rental EV delivery service over from Europe to the US, Vay has hired its first teledriver – the first of many who will soon be remotely operating EVs throughout the country without a human physically present.
Vay is a German teledriving rideshare company originally based in Berlin that has taken a remote-first approach to driverless vehicles in…
Quick Charge Podcast: September 25, 2023
September 26, 2023
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…
Ford is pausing construction on its $3.5 billion EV battery plant in Marshall, Michigan, with plans to limit spending for the time being.
Ford pauses construction at planned EV battery plant
Ford spokesperson T.R Reid told The Detroit News Monday, “We’re pausing work…
Samsung Galaxy A05s lands in the Google Play Console ahead of release
September 26, 2023
The Galaxy A05 and A05s are both upcoming smartphones at the lower-end of the Korean company’s roster, and both of these have been leaking a lot lately. Most recently, we’ve seen them in leaked schematics portraying the differences in design (and some features).
Today, the Galaxy A05s has landed in the Google Play Console, a sign of an imminent launch. The listing, as always, provides…
OnePlus Buds Pro 2 Lite arrive in Europe as OnePlus Buds Pro 2R
September 26, 2023
Back in March, OnePlus launched a Lite version of its Buds Pro in China. These have today landed in Europe too, although under a different name: OnePlus Buds Pro 2R. They are the same exact thing, though, aside from the name – oh, and only the white version seems to be…
Realme GT2 Pro gets Android 14-based Realme UI 5.0 early access
September 26, 2023
Realme has announced the Android 14-based Realme UI 5.0 early access program for the Realme GT2 Pro in India and Russia.
The company has started accepting applications for the same, and those interested can enroll in the program by enabling the Developer Mode on their GT2…
Lava Blaze Pro 5G's launch date and design revealed
September 26, 2023
Indian handset maker Lava launched Lava Blaze Pro last September, followed by the Blaze 5G a month later. Now, Lava has announced it will launch the Blaze Pro 5G on September 26 in India at noon local time.
The Lava Blaze Pro 5G is touted as the “King of 5G,” and a video teaser posted by Lava on YouTube revealed the Blaze Pro 5G’s design.
3 Days to go!Blaze Pro 5G is launching…
Realme teases smartphone with a periscope camera
September 26, 2023
Realme launched the Realme X3 SuperZoom in May 2020 with a periscope telephoto camera, but after that, the company didn’t launch any smartphone with a regular telephoto or a periscope telephoto unit. However, Realme posted an image on X suggesting the return of the…
Samsung accidentally leaks the Galaxy S23 FE, Tab S9 FE and Buds FE
September 26, 2023
Given the intensity of leaks regarding the trio of Samsung Galaxy Fan Edition devices in the last couple of weeks, the announcement date can’t be too far. And the company’s seemingly innocent misstep confirms our suspicion. The Argentinian branch posted an image…
Weekly poll results: the iPhone 15 Pro Max is the clear fan favorite, the 15 Plus gets no love
September 26, 2023
Last week’s poll leaves no secrets as to which of the new iPhone 15 models is the most popular – sure, it’s expensive, the periscope camera is an unknown and the older models are still competitive, but the iPhone 15 Pro Max is the one to have from this generation.
Regardless of why it happened, the switch to USB-C is a big deal (especially with USB 3.1 speeds). The lighter build due to the…
