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Lucid Motors to Detail Its Electric Gravity SUV on November 15th
This week Lucid Motors announced a global launch event on November 15th, where the company will showcase its entire range of Lucid Air electric vehicle sedans. However, we’ll finally get an update on the highly anticipated Lucid SUV, also known as the Project Gravity SUV.
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Urgent warning for drivers as thousands risk £1,000 fine if they forget crucial detail
AN URGENT warning has been issued for drivers as thousands face a £1,000 fine if they forget one crucial detail.
More than 900,000 drivers are risking the penalty fee after failing to renew photocard licences which expired in the past year.
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Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) figures show 926,000 people entitled to drive in Britain held cards on September 3 which became out of date in the 12 months to the end of August.
A small proportion of the 926,000 are likely to have stopped driving without notifying the DVLA.
Some 2.5 million drivers renewed their photocard after it had expired or within 56 days of the expiry date in the past year, data supplied to PA Media show.
Driving entitlement normally remains until someone reaches 70, after which they must renew their licence every three years to stay on the road.
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But photocards must be renewed every 10 years to ensure the image is a true likeness of the driver.
Expiry dates are displayed in section 4b on the front of cards.
Failing to return an expired licence to the DVLA is an offence under the Road Traffic Act 1988 and can be punished with a fine of up to £1,000.
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The DVLA says it writes to people 56 days before their licence ends to remind them to renew, but many drivers miss the letters as they do not update the agency when their address changes.
Renewing late does not lead to a fine being issued.
If a licence expires while the DVLA is processing a renewal application, the person can continue to drive as long as they meet criteria such as following the rules of their previous licence.
After a photocard is surrendered, someone who drives without renewing their licence could be prosecuted for driving otherwise in accordance with a licence.
Philip Gomm of the RAC Foundation said: “There are good reasons to keep licences up to date, beyond the basic legal requirement.
“They are also a widely accepted form of ID and will certainly be required if you are ever stopped by police.
“Renewal also provides an opportunity for people to assess whether they are still fit to drive, and we think there is an argument for linking a compulsory eye test to the process to make sure we all remain safe on the road, though Government should help keep costs as low as possible for motorists.
“When you do renew, beware of private web sites which offer to help with the application but charge an extra fee for doing so.”
The DVLA advises people to renew on its official website as it is the quickest and cheapest method.
Applications cost £14 and are usually processed within five days.
Third party websites charge additional fees.
Postal renewals cost £17, while doing it at a Post Office has a £21.50 fee.
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A DVLA spokeswoman said: “We encourage customers to use GOV.UK as applying online is the quickest and cheapest way to renew their photocard driving licence.
“If you stop driving altogether, you should inform DVLA and return your licence rather keeping it as a form of out of date photo ID.”
Strictly Come Dancing 2022 RECAP: Fans notice strange detail as Tyler West makes It Takes Two appearance
STRICTLY Fans noticed something rather strange about tonight’s episode of It Takes Two.
Rylan Clark hosted Tuesday’s episode on BBC2 – as he was joined by Tyler West and his glamorous dance partner Dianne Buswell.
But fans noticed they were wearing outfits that they were seen in on Monday, with one Strictly fan saying: “They are on Diane’s insta story from yest wearing these outfits, so are these all prerecorded?”
Turns out, It Takes Two’s Tuesday episode is recorded on Mondays every week. Who knew?!
This filming schedule was especially important this week, as Tyler had to jet off to his brother’s wedding in Mauritius.
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Elon Musk’s texts with Jack Dorsey and Parag Agrawal detail tumultuous Twitter negotiations
A tranche of Elon Musk’s private messages have been made public as part of his ongoing lawsuit with Twitter. The messages, revealed in a court filing Thursday, shed new light on Musk’s behind-the-scenes negotiations with Twitter’s leadership, as well discussions with former CEO Jack Dorsey, and how Musk’s talks with CEO Parag Agrawal quickly soured.
The messages include the moment Musk tells Agrawal he wants to acquire Twitter and take it private, rather than join the board. Agrawal confronts Musk about an April 9th tweet questioning if “Twitter is dying.”
Agrawal writes to Musk:
You are free to tweet “is Twitter dying?” or anything else about Twitter – but it’s my responsibility to tell you that it’s not helping me make Twitter better in the current context. Next time we speak, I’d like to you provide you [sic] perspective on the level of the internal distraction right now and how it [sic] hurting our ability to do work. I hope the AMA will help people get to know you, to understand why you believe in Twitter, and to trust you – and I’d like the company to get to a place where we are more resilient and don’t get distracted but we aren’t there right now.
Musk responded less than a minute later. “What did you get done this week? I’m not joining the board. This is a waste of time. Will make an offer to take Twitter private.”
Twitter board chair Bret Taylor followed up with Musk a few minutes later asking to talk. “Fixing Twitter by chatting with Parag won’t work,” Musk tells Taylor. “Drastic action is needed. This is hard to do as a public company, as purging fake users will make the numbers look terrible, so restructuring should be done as a private company. This is Jack’s opinion too.”
The messages also provide a glimpse into the relationship between Dorsey and Musk. Dorsey has publicly said that “Elon is the singular solution I trust,” but hasn’t publicly commented since Musk sued in an attempt to renege on the acquisition.
But in the newly released messages, it’s clear Dorsey has wanted Musk to take on an active role at Twitter for some time. Dorsey tells Musk that he wanted him to join Twitter’s board of directors long before Musk acquired a large stake in the company.
“Back when we had the activist come in, I tried my hardest to get you on our board and our board said no. That’s about the time I decided I needed to work to leave, as hard as it was for me,” Dorsey says. “I think the main reason is the board is just super risk averse and saw adding you as more risk, which I though was completely stupid and backwards, but I only had one vote, and 3% of company, and no dual class shares. Hard set up. We can discuss more.”
Dorsey seemed to be referring to Elliott Management, the activist investor that attempted to oust Dorsey in early 2020.
Notably, this conversation occurred in late March, after Musk had acquired a multibillion-dollar stake in Twitter, but before his stake had been made public. He and Dorsey also discussed the Twitter cofounder’s belief that Twitter “can’t be a company.”
Dorsey writes to Musk:
I believe it must be an open source protocol, funded by a foundation of sorts that doesn’t own the protocol, only advances it. A bit like what Signal has done. It can’t have an advertising model. Otherwise you have surface area that governments and advertisers will try to influence and control. If it has a centralized entity behind it, it will be attacked. This isn’t complicated work, it just has to be done right so it’s resilient to what has happened to twitter.
Musk responds that the idea is “super interesting” and that “it’s worth both trying to move Twitter in a better direction and doing something new that’s decentralized.”
The following month, Dorsey also attempted to play mediator between Musk and Agrawal, at one point arranging a call between the three of them. “You and I are in complete agreement,” Musk tells Dorsey. “Parag is just moving far too slowly and trying to please people who will not be happy no matter what he does.”
“At least it became clear that you can’t work together,” Dorsey later responds. “That was clarifying.”
Blizzard detail Overwatch 2’s season one, and its controversial battle passes
Free to play hero shooter sequel Overwatch 2 finally arrives on PC on October 4th, and today Blizzard have officially unveiled new hero Kiriko along with details of season one. They’ve also detailed how the game’s free and premium battle passes will work, and what you can expect in each. Watch the trailer below for some new Overwatch and pretend like it’s 2016 again. Just more grindy.
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The Last of Us Part 1 considered every detail — it’s not just ‘beauty for the sake of it,’ say co-directors
Ahead of The Last of Us Part 1’s PS5 release, co-directors speak on what they added — and what they didn’t