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Tesla Gigafactory Berlin has finally reached its goal to produce 5,000 electric cars in a single week, which is considered achieving “volume production”. When ramping up a new vehicle to volume production at a new factory, Tesla generally considers 5,000 units per week to be the goal. After starting production late in 2021, Tesla originally

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Police investigating claims of blackmail targeting TV presenter Alison Hammond have arrested a 36-year-old-man. West Midlands Police said a man from Warwickshire was arrested on suspicion of blackmail on Saturday evening, and has been in custody for questioning. Hammond had reportedly been blackmailed for large sums of money and a BMW car worth £5,000. The blackmailer threatened

Swedish heat pump maker Qvantum has debuted an award-winning apartment heat pump that’s so compact, it can fit under a kitchen sink. Limhamn, Sweden-based Qvantum’s new QG apartment heat pump, which offers integrated heating, cooling, and hot water in one system, was awarded the German ISH Design Plus 2023 award this month. The Design Plus

Daniel Radcliffe is expecting his first child with long-term partner Erin Darke, a representative has confirmed. The 33-year-old Harry Potter star and US actress Darke, 38, met on the set of the 2013 film Kill Your Darlings, in which he portrayed poet Allen Ginsberg and she played a woman who shares a romantic encounter with

After officially unveiling its first electric truck earlier this year, the Ram 1500 REV, Ram Trucks is working on its second mid-size EV pickup. The automaker showed the concept off to dealers this week, and reports suggest it resembles the Ram Revolution concept. We got our first glimpse of Ram’s EV pickup truck in concept

Oscar-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow is being sued by a retired optometrist who says she crashed into him on a ski slope, leaving him with a number of injuries. Paltrow denies this – claiming that Terry Sanderson crashed into her – and on Friday she had her chance to share her side of the story with

Aptera Motors is back with its second exciting news update this week, announcing it has selected an open-source driver assistance system called “openpilot” as its official system that will be integrated into its production model solar EVs. Aptera Motors continues to take large strides in 2023 on its journey to reaching the holy grail of

Gwyneth Paltrow has insisted that she was the “victim” of a skiing collision with a retired optometrist during an accident at a resort in Utah. Paltrow was speaking while giving evidence in a civil case brought by Terry Sanderson, who is suing the actress for $300,000 (£245,000) over the incident at Deer Valley in 2016.

On Monday, Prince Harry will go to court, accusing the publisher of The Daily Mail newspaper of phone-tapping and other breaches of privacy. The 38-year-old royal is bringing the action along with others including actresses Elizabeth Hurley and Sadie Frost, Elton John’s husband and filmmaker David Furnish, and Baroness Doreen Lawrence of Clarendon OBE. It’s

Ford revealed plans Friday for a second electric truck, codenamed Project T3, during a press conference at Ford’s $5.6 billion BlueOval City EV mega-campus. The automaker says construction is on track to begin production in 2025. After capping the year off with 61,575 electric vehicle sales (up 126% YOY) in 2022, Ford became the second-largest

As BLUETTI wraps up its massive spring sale event, it is immediately following up with more savings on its top-tier energy solutions. From now through the end of March, BLUETTI is offering tremendous deals on its AC300 Combos, complete with modular B300 batteries that offer all-in-one home backup power systems designed to fit your energy

The BBC will not continue filming its latest Top Gear series after an investigation into an accident that injured presenter Andrew Flintoff. In a statement, BBC Studios apologised to the former cricketer following its investigation into the incident in Surrey in December. It said it would “continue to support” Flintoff with his recovery. “Under the

Theatre-goers can expect “the biggest cast of celebrities ever assembled”, according to comedian Al Murray – one of the writers and voices for the stage version of Spitting Image that’s opening in the West End. “There’s 105 people in this show… It’s the biggest cast of celebrities ever assembled on any stage,” Murray told Sky

Tesla told employees that it expects to lose the full $7,500 federal tax credit on its cheapest electric car because the batteries come from China. Since January, some electric automakers have been enjoying a surge in demand thanks to the new federal tax credit program for electric vehicles coming into place. Tesla has been the

Actress Lindsay Lohan, rapper Akon and singer Ne-Yo have been forced to pay tens of thousands of dollars to settle claims they promoted crypto investments to their social media followers without disclosing they were being paid to do so. The group of celebrities, which also included rapper Lil Yachty, boxer and internet personality Jake Paul