Here are the 24 most exciting electric cars coming in 2021

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In today's WIRED DAILY, we check out the most exciting electric cars coming this year, highlight what you should do to stop yourself getting hacked, and predict that this will be the year advertising loses its grip on the internet Here are the 24 most exciting electric cars coming in 2021 With the UK ban on new petrol cars less than a decade away, the next 12 months are set to be the busiest ever for an industry accelerating towards an electric future. Here's our pick of 2021 EVs from A to V This is the year that advertising will lose its grip on the internet Companies will finally realise that people are willing to pay for an internet that is utterly ad-free 5 things you need to do to stop yourself getting hacked in 2021 You are your own biggest weakness. Changing just a few of your behaviours can reduce the chances of your online accounts being hacked Today's headlines UK music streaming reaches all time high Music streaming shot up by more than 20 per cent during lockdown, with Gen Z crooner Lewis Capaldi leading the pack. Perhaps unsurprisingly, streaming accounted for more than 80 per cent of music consumption in 2020. SolarWinds attack may be even worse than feared The Russian attack, which took place at the end of December, targeted the software company SolarWinds. It's now believed more than 250 federal agencies and businesses have been affected. Tesla falls just short of Elon Musk's vehicle target The company shipped 499,550 vehicles, just under Musk's target of half a million in 2020. "At the start of Tesla, I thought we had (optimistically) a ten per cent chance of surviving at all," Musk tweeted in response to the feat. Bitcoin hits record high The 12-year-old cryptocurrency has quadrupled in value during 2020, passing $30,000 (£22,000) on Sunday. Supporters claim it is well on its way to becoming a mainstream payment method. What we're reading Nahman publishes "Maybe Baby" on Substack, a service that enables writers to draft, edit, and send e-mail newsletters to subscribers. Writers can choose whether subscriptions are free or paid; the minimum charge for paid subscriptions is five dollars a month or thirty dollars a year, and Substack takes ten per cent of all revenue. Nahman's Sunday newsletter is free, but a paid subscription to "Maybe Baby," which costs the minimum fee, includes access to a weekly podcast and a monthly advice column.   Anna Wiener investigates newsletter phenomenon Substack. WIRED Hired: Today's job picks Non-executive board member, HM Land Registry Apply Now Product support engineer, Graphcore AI Apply Now Get WIRED Buy now Prefer a weekly digest? Subscribe to the WIRED Weekly Unsubscribe  |  View this email in your browser  Queries about this email? Contact datacontroller@condenast.co.uk Condé Nast Publications 1 Hanover Square, London W1S 1JU © The Condé Nast Publications Ltd Our Privacy Policy