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Former Neighbours actor Craig McLachlan has been cleared of allegations that he assaulted four women during a stage show. The 55-year-old star was found not guilty of all 13 charges during a hearing at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday. The seven indecent assault charges and six common assault charges dated back to 2014 when McLachlan

The Lion Electric Company, a Quebec-based manufacturer of electric school buses, has successfully completed a vehicle-to-grid (V2G) pilot deployment of five school buses in White Plains, New York. New York’s V2G school buses The project began in 2018 among partners Lion, V2G technology company Nuvve, White Plains School District, and British multinational public transport company

Jesy Nelson is leaving Little Mix after nine years in the band. Nelson, 29, announced she was leaving the band after nine years on Instagram on Monday. “The truth is being in the band has really taken a toll on my mental health. I find the constant pressure of being in a girl group and

TV personality Simon Cowell is apparently considering taking legal action against an electric motorbike manufacturer after suffering serious injuries in a crash. The electric motorbike Cowell was riding is known as a Swind EB-01. Much of the media has misreported the story by describing the Swind EB-01 as an electric bicycle. In fact, bike’s performance

The NHS choir are rivals-turned-Beliebers after teaming up with Justin Bieber five years after beating him to the Christmas number one spot. The Lewisham and Greenwich choir shot to fame in 2015 after nabbing the top spot from the Canadian superstar after he urged his fans to support them. The choir has now added their

Over the last few years I’ve had the pleasure of throwing my leg over hundreds of electric bicycles. And with the skyrocketing popularity of e-bikes this year, 2020 saw me doing more electric bicycle reviews than ever before. With so many unique advantages among the many different bikes, I’ve chosen my favorite models from several

Electrek has learned that Tesla is now offering one year of free Supercharging to incentivize deliveries by the end of the year as it attempts another record quarter. Yesterday, we reported on Elon Musk writing in an email to employees that Tesla is seeing strong demand but the automaker needs to increase production fast in

One of Europe’s largest vertical farms is up and running in a warehouse near Copenhagen, and it’s powered by wind. That’s not surprising, since Denmark has the highest proportion of wind power in the world. Sustainable vertical farm in Denmark Vertical farms, which can be found all over the world, use LED lights and carefully

Singer FKA Twigs has filed a lawsuit against her former partner Shia LaBeouf, claiming the actor was physically and emotionally abusive during their relationship. The opening lines of the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles says: “Shia LaBeouf hurts women. “He uses them, he abuses them, both physically and mentally. He is dangerous.” it may be

Tesla CEO Elon Musk wrote to employees in an email obtained by Electrek tonight that they are seeing strong demand, but the automaker needs to increase production fast in order to capitalize on it. As we previously reported, Tesla is currently in the middle of its end-of-year delivery push as it aims to deliver a

This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including a discussion about Tesla (TSLA) going back to the well with a new capital raise, Toyota making some EV moves, and details on the QuantumScape solid-state battery, and more. Sponsored by Electrify America: Discover all the

Rapper Lil Wayne has admitted possessing a weapon despite being a felon after a gold-plated handgun was found in his luggage at an airport. The rapper, whose real name is Dwayne Michael Carter, admitted possessing the .45 calibre gun and six rounds of ammunition after his private plane was searched on arriving in Miami from

Mariah Carey has finally hit the number one slot in the UK’s official charts with All I Want For Christmas – 26 years after it was first released. To reach the top slot, it only had to go up one notch from number two last week, and fend off competition from Wham’s Last Christmas. When

Michael Phillips, the CEO of Sense, a technology company that makes a home energy monitor (pictured above) to track efficiency, cost, and reliability, told us about his predictions for six 2021 home energy trends. Michael Phillips, CEO, Sense Michael Phillips, CEO of Sense, explained his choices to Electrek: In 2021, home energy will be transformed

Dame Barbara Windsor – best known for her roles as Peggy Mitchell in EastEnders and in the Carry On films – has died aged 83. She passed away at 8.35pm on Thursday at a London care home, her husband Scott Mitchell said. He added her final weeks were “typical of how she lived her life”,