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Umar Shakir is a news reporter for The Verge, covering electric cars and more. He's spent over 15 years in IT support beforehand, including managing Macs for a University and also fixing them at the Genius Bar. Umar likes collecting video game cartridges, watching football, and hanging in shopping center parking lots waiting for his EV to charge.

Porsche to recall over 27,000 EVs in US over battery short circuit risk

Oct 10|

Lexus’ new LX has a waterproofed hybrid engine

Oct 10|

GM’s PowerBank home battery is now available

Oct 10|

What to expect at Tesla’s ‘We, Robot’ event

Tesla is holding a prime-time event in Hollywood to reveal its long-promised robotaxi.

Oct 10|

Instagram and Threads moderation is out of control

Oct 9|

Brazil’s FCC gives the order to unblock X

Oct 9|

The White House started posting on Reddit to talk about Hurricane Milton

Oct 8|

GM’s Ultium battery gets the ultimatum

Oct 8|

Chevy’s cheapest Silverado EV now starts at $57,095

Oct 7|

Geico insists it ‘has coverage’ for the Cybertruck after owners complain of dropped policies

Oct 7|