E-quipment highlight: SANY SY375E packs a SWAPPABLE 550 kWh battery
E-quipment highlight: SANY SY375E packs a SWAPPABLE 550 kWh battery

Chinese multinational equipment brand SANY says its new, SY375E electric excavator will redefine heavy-duty performance and job site sustainability with its impressive range of capabilities – but one item leaps off the spec sheet: the massive, swappabl…

Valorant’s anti-cheat just made some expensive cheat hardware useless

Riot has clarified how Vanguard’s latest update targets DMA-based cheat hardware by tightening hardware-level memory protections. The crackdown may stop advanced cheaters, but it is also raising questions about anti-cheat overreach.

The 2027 Chevy Equinox and Blazer EVs fix one big complaint drivers had
The 2027 Chevy Equinox and Blazer EVs fix one big complaint drivers had

The 2027 Chevy Equinox EV and Blazer EV are almost here, bringing a few updates that fix some of the biggest complaints with the current models.

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This Boston apartment complex comes with 64 EV chargers
This Boston apartment complex comes with 64 EV chargers

Boston’s largest apartment EV charging project to date just went live in Hyde Park.

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Podcast: Tesla Solar, Volvo EX60 unveiled, Xiaomi YU7 GT, and AMG GT
Podcast: Tesla Solar, Volvo EX60 unveiled, Xiaomi YU7 GT, and AMG GT

In the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we discuss Tesla going back to solar, Volvo EX60 unveiling, Xiaomi YU7 GT, AMG GT, and more.

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Ride1Up’s three VORSA modular multi-use e-bikes from $1,395, Navee Memorial Day Sale restocks UT5 Ultra X electric superscooter, more
Ride1Up’s three VORSA modular multi-use e-bikes from $1,395, Navee Memorial Day Sale restocks UT5 Ultra X electric superscooter, more

We’re closing out this week’s Green Deals led by two EV sales. Ride1Up has added all three versions of its VORSA Modular Multi-Use e-bikes to its Memorial Day Sale lineup at their lowest prices starting from $1,395, while Navee’s Memorial Day Sale has …

Kia is killing off its cheapest gas car, but a new EV will replace it
Kia is killing off its cheapest gas car, but a new EV will replace it

Starting at about $20,000, the Picanto is Kia’s most affordable new car in Europe, the UK, and several other global markets. The entry-level gas car is likely on its way out as part of the shift to electrification, but Kia has a new EV that will replac…

Meta’s Forum is part Reddit, part Facebook, and part Google AI Overview
Meta’s Forum is part Reddit, part Facebook, and part Google AI Overview

Meta’s new Forum app for iPhones takes Facebook Groups and moves them to a dedicated app with a dedicated AI chatbot to go with it, like an AI revamp of the ill-fated Groups app Facebook shut down in 2017. Rather than going to ChatGPT or tacking “Reddit” onto the end of a Google search, Forum […]

Waymo suspends freeway driving amid safety concerns
Waymo suspends freeway driving amid safety concerns

On Thursday, Waymo customers opened up the app and noticed something unusual: no more freeway service. Trips that would normally take a few minutes on the freeway were suddenly projected to last much longer via local roads. The company later confirmed that it had suspended freeway driving across all of its US markets over concerns […]

Google’s AI search is so broken it can ‘disregard’ what you’re looking for
Google’s AI search is so broken it can ‘disregard’ what you’re looking for

Google’s AI Overviews are running into an interesting problem right now. Earlier on Friday, if you searched for the term “disregard,” the AI Overview section would include a response like what you’d see from a more traditional AI chatbot instead of the typical AI summary, as spotted on X. As you can see in the […]