During the 37th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Teledyne Brown Engineering, along with partners Sierra Space and Nissan North America, announced it is designing a crewed Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) to support future NASA missions on the Moon. All three companies have varying levels of experience in space technology and hope to transport astronauts on
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The nominees for this year’s Ivor Novello Awards for songwriting have been announced, with Adele, Dave, Ed Sheeran, Raye and Coldplay among the stars who have been recognised. Other artists up for awards include Laura Mvula, Little Simz, Sam Fender, Holly Humberstone, FKA Twigs, James Blake and Rag’n’Bone Man. Producer and writer Inflo, real name
ONYX Motorbikes, a California-based electric moped manufacturer, has just unveiled a new step-through bike known as the ONYX CTY2. It follows the original ONYX CTY, which was unveiled as part of the Indiegogo campaign that originally launched the electric moped manufacturer nearly four years ago. Company insiders explained to Electrek that the 30 mph (51
From British TV’s first female same-sex kiss before the watershed to the naughtiness injected into morning viewing with The Big Breakfast, not to mention Big Brother starting an era of reality TV, Channel 4 has always done things differently. Launching 40 years ago with Richard Whiteley introducing the now long-running afternoon favourite Countdown, this was
Ed Sheeran has won his High Court copyright trial against two songwriters who claimed he ripped off part of one of their songs for his huge 2017 hit Shape Of You. Sheeran and two of his co-writers – Snow Patrol’s Johnny McDaid and producer Steve McCutcheon, known as Steve Mac – had been accused of
Hurtigruten Group, an Oslo-headquartered adventure travel company, has announced that it intends to launch zero-emission ships that will sail the Norwegian coast by 2030. Hurtigruten is working with Trondheim, Norway-based research and technology organization SINTEF to build on Hurtigruten’s existing battery-hybrid expedition ships, which the company claims are the first in the world. The project includes
Sir Paul McCartney and his brother Mike are opening the doors of their childhood home to undiscovered musicians to write, perform and gain inspiration. 20 Forthlin Road in Liverpool is where Sir Paul and John Lennon wrote hits such as I Saw Her Standing There and When I’m 64. The house which is now owned
A new SEC filing revealed that Elon Musk, better known as CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, invested almost $3 billion in Twitter and now owns almost 10% of the social media platform. Musk, the richest man in the world, famously doesn’t have many investments. While most billionaires have most of their assets linked to a
June Brown, the actress who played Dot Cotton in EastEnders, has died at the age of 95, the BBC has announced. She died at her home in Surrey on Sunday with her family by her side. An EastEnders spokeswoman said: “We are deeply saddened to announce that our beloved June Brown, OBE, MBE, sadly passed
The Ukrainian president has urged musicians to “tell our story”, addressing the Grammy Awards in a video speech on a night that also saw Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins commemorated, and Silk Sonic, Jon Batiste and Olivia Rodrigo take home major awards. Introducing a special musical tribute to his people, Volodymyr Zelenskyy referenced the sounds
It’s no secret that I love me a fun little electric pickup truck from China. Yes, I’m that guy that floated one over from half way around the world to use as a farm truck in the US. But just like my four year old nephew after a run through a candy store, time does
KYMCO Chairman Allan Ko recently shared new plans from the company’s electric vehicle developments, including the debut of the KYMCO Ionex Smart Streetlights system. Once employed, the system would see connected streetlights and traffic lights in smart cities tied into the brand’s swappable EV battery stations. The Ionex brand is the Taiwan-based motorcycle maker KYMCO’s
More than £15,000 has been donated to a fundraiser set up by Kelsey Parker, widow of The Wanted star Tom Parker. Mrs Parker started the GoFundMe page on Saturday to “keep Tom’s memory alive forever”, saying that proceeds would go to “amazing causes in Tom’s name, to help others in need”. Parker was diagnosed with
Tesla released its Q1 2022 delivery and production results today and confirmed just over 310,000 deliveries, which is a new all-time delivery record despite a difficult quarter for several reasons. Due to supply chain issues and 2 separate shutdowns at Gigafactory Shanghai, many believed that Tesla would finally break its impressive streak of quarterly delivery
The Wanted star Max George has hailed his late bandmate Tom Parker as a “lion” and praised his “courage and dignity” in the wake of his cancer diagnosis. The 33-year-old singer died on Wednesday surrounded by his family and bandmates, 17 months after being diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour. George has paid tribute for
This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including Tesla announcing another TSLA stock split, Tesla’s head of AI going on sabbatical, Porsche 911 going electric, and more. The show is live every Friday at 4 p.m. ET on Electrek’s YouTube channel. As a reminder, we’ll
Pop star Emeli Sande has said it feels like a “huge weight has been lifted” after revealing she is in love with a woman. Sande has shared a selfie of herself with her new partner on Twitter a day after telling the Metro she was in a same-sex relationship with a classical pianist called Yoana.
Idris Elba has revealed that the Duchess of Sussex asked him to play a song by the rapper Dr Dre when he was the DJ at her wedding to Prince Harry. The Luther star said Meghan made a special request for Still DRE, a hit which was released in 1999 and features Snoop Dogg. Asked
The governor of Nevada, Steve Sisolak (D-NV), signed a multi-state agreement yesterday that pledges at least 30% of all new trucks and buses sold will be zero emission by 2030, and 100% will be zero emission by 2050. Nevada trucks and buses have an electric future Sisolak made the announcement Thursday morning via pre-recorded video at an
Liam Gallagher’s son and Ringo Starr’s grandson have been branded as “entitled” after appearing in court over a late-night brawl at a supermarket. Gene Appleton Gallagher, 20, and Sonny Starkey, 21, were “young men thinking they can get what they want by misbehaving” when they fought shop staff at a London Tesco Express, Judge Joanna