Tag: Tesla Model Y
DriveElectric adds salary sacrifice to EV leasing offer
Leasing company DriveElectric has added salary sacrifice to its range of services aimed at electric vehicle drivers. Salary sacrifice means that employees can save up to 40% on an electric vehicle by exchanging part of their salary; the gross amount sacrificed reduces the employee’s income tax and national insurance (NIC) liability, as well as the…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Twitter threatens legal action over Meta’s Threads
Twitter is threatening legal action against Meta over its new text-based “Twitter killer” platform, accusing the social media giant of poaching former employees to create a “copycat” application. On Wednesday, Instagram parent company Meta introduced Threads, a text-based companion to Instagram that resembles Twitter and other text-based social platforms. Just hours later, a lawyer for…
Tech Digest daily roundup: WhatsApp to allow users to edit messages
WhatsApp will allow users to edit their messages - but only for 15 minutes after they have been sent. The Meta-owned messaging service has started rolling out the new function and it will be available to all users in the coming weeks. Messages will carry a label showing they have been edited - but they…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Andrew Tate content pushed to 13yo on YouTube Shorts
Andrew Tate content was pushed to the account of a 13-year-old boy after just over an hour of watching videos on YouTube Shorts — without his profile seeking out any clips of the controversial influencer. Sky News set up a fake account of a young teenage boy to see whether YouTube Shorts, Instagram and TikTok…
Top 10 most searched for EVs – Tesla Model Y tops list
The Tesla Model Y is the most searched-for EV. Image: Tesla Today (March 1st) is the official release date of the latest official number plate. As well as the shiny ’23’ plates highlighting the newest vehicles on the block, it also puts us another year closer to the UK ban on…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Apple Books launches AI-narrated audiobooks
Apple has launched a raft of audiobooks narrated by artificial intelligence to its Apple Books platform, but maintains it “remains committed to celebrating and showcasing the magic of human narration”. According to The Guardian, which said the tech giant had “quietly” uploaded the text-to-speech content in “an attempt to upend the lucrative and fast-growing audiobook…
UK motorists to buy 330,000 new electric vehicles in 2022
• DriveElectric forecasts show that at least 330,000 new battery electric vehicles (BEVs) will be registered in the UK in 2022 • Significant rise in EV sales despite production only fully ramping up in the second half of 2022 At least 330,000 new battery electric vehicles (BEVs) will be registered in the UK in 2022,…
