Elon Musk highlighted the need for high-quality standards and “single-digit micron” tolerance with the Cybertruck due to its straight edges in a leaked email to Tesla employees. Today, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that he test drove a production candidate Cybertruck at Gigafactory Texas. Presumably, he also surveyed the Cybertruck production at the plant and
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On Wednesday, Kia unveiled “The New Kia Ray,” an entry-level EV designed to meet the growing demand for affordable all-electric options. Pre-orders for Kia’s new EV will open on Thursday, August 24, starting at 27.35 million won (about $20,500). Kia reboots the Ray EV as a new image emerges South Korea’s first production EV is
No one should be sentimental about Yevgeny Prigozhin. He was a criminal and a ruthless killer – his favourite means of execution was crushing victims’ skulls with a sledgehammer. If he has now been killed by the man who made him, in the gangster politics of Putin’s Russia, it is a suitably violent ending. Please
A new report claims that Tesla Gigafactory Berlin production has been dipping under the 5,000 units per week that the automaker reported earlier this year. When Tesla launched Model Y production at Giga Berlin, the goal was to ramp things up to 5,000 units per week. The goal was achieved in March 2023, based on
The low-cost Rio compact car will not be making a return in the US for a 2024 model year. Instead, Kia is expected to transition its production facility in Mexico, where the Rio is built, to produce two new EVs in Mexico. Kia retires the Rio in favor of new EVs According to a new
Elon Musk has released a picture of a Tesla Cybertruck “production candidate,” which he says he tested today. The CEO called it Tesla’s “best product ever.” Last month, Tesla announced that it had “built the first Cybertruck at Gigafactory Texas.” We were surprised by the announcement because, as Electrek previously reported, Tesla told suppliers to be ready for
In this article BTC.CM= Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A collection of bitcoin, litecoin and ethereum tokens. Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images Cryptocurrencies rose Wednesday as investors continued to grapple with the market’s summer doldrums and looked ahead to the Federal Reserve’s annual meeting in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on Friday. Bitcoin rose
A private jet with 10 people on board has crashed in Russia – with the man who led a short-lived mutiny against the country’s top brass on the passenger list. Yevgeny Prigozhin’s fate is currently unknown, with reports suggesting that eight bodies have been found at the crash site. Footage from the scene – about
The Hywind Tampen project is located in waters off the Norwegian coast. Ole Berg-rusten | AFP | Getty Images A facility described as “the world’s largest floating offshore wind farm” was officially opened by Crown Prince Haakon of Norway on Wednesday, marking the culmination of a major renewable energy project years in the making. Located
Jeep and Ram owner Stellantis is considering partnering with a Chinese EV maker, following in Volkswagen’s footsteps. Stellantis EVs may ride on an EV platform from China to strengthen its brand in the region. Stellantis follows VW with Chinese EV partnership talks People familiar with the matter told Bloomberg that Stellantis is exploring alliances in
The former boss of the hospital where Lucy Letby killed seven babies says she fears it is “more likely than not” that failures of management to deal with complaints about the nurse led to lives being lost needlessly. Dr Susan Gilby joined the Countess of Chester Hospital as medical director and deputy chief executive in
Energy bills are to rise higher than last year for millions this winter, despite the energy price cap falling, a think tank has said. Withdrawn energy supports and a rise in the daily standing charge will mean winter bill costs going up for one in three English households, the Resolution Foundation said. That’s despite the
If you were looking for a point at which to sit up, tune in and get your head around the utterly mad state of American politics, well then the next couple of days is perfect. You’ll see a former president (and quite possibly the next one) surrender himself to one of the country’s grimmest jails
Students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will receive their GCSE grades later today as they work towards sixth form, college or training. The number of pupils in England achieving at least a grade 4 in maths and English GCSE is expected to fall this year, amid efforts to restore grading to similar levels to
Facebook groups are being “overwhelmed” by hoax posts about serial killers, missing children, and animals, a charity has warned. Full Fact said it had identified at least 1,200 examples of such misinformation across more than 100 areas in the UK, suggesting the content is being replicated. One hoax about a nine-year-old boy named Justin Smith
Greece is investigating whether organised arson groups are to blame for wildfires which now left at least 20 people dead. Greece‘s largest current fire has now been burning for five days just outside the city of Alexandroupolis, near the border with Turkey. Firefighters searching burnt out areas of the region discovered 18 bodies, believed to
A police force that lost nearly three years worth of body-worn camera footage from its computer systems says it does not believe it has been hacked. South Yorkshire Police believes the footage, filmed between July 2020 and May 2023, has instead been deleted and an estimated 69 cases have potentially been affected. The force said
NatWest has said former boss Dame Alison Rose, who quit last month over her handling of Nigel Farage’s bank account closure, could receive a pay package worth more than £2.4m. Dame Alison resigned last month, abruptly ending her four-year tenure, amid government pressure on her position. It followed her admission that she had discussed the
A senior police officer who gave evidence in an employment tribunal that ruled a female member of force staff was victimised has been charged with perjury. Inspector Keith Warhurst, 48, spoke during the case brought by Rhona Malone, which found evidence of a “boys’ club” culture within Police Scotland’s firearms unit. The tribunal came about
The remains of a man who is believed to have died in an accident on a glacier 22 years ago have been found high in the Austrian Alps. Police said the discovery was made by a mountain guide on the Schlatenkees glacier in the Hohe Tauern National Park in eastern Tyrol province, close to the