I am about to board a flight to Guangzhou. I will get to see the latest in “Physical AI” from XPENG, including their ARIDGE flying car, IRON humanoid robot, VLA 2.0 intelligent driving system, and new EV models, like the GX. After a couple of days, I continue on to … [continued]
The answer is: No. Next question. Okay, fine. Let’s do this properly. Somewhere in a government conference room — air conditioning on full blast, bottled water for every seat, a PowerPoint deck that took three consultants and two months to produce — somebody connected these two dots and felt brilliant … [continued]
Speed is a distraction. The real battle in electric racing happens where no camera can follow — inside the algorithms, the thermal curves, and the split-second decisions that determine whether a championship is won or lost before the car even crosses the finish line. The ABB FIA Formula E World … [continued]
Pure, clean water — it’s one of the absolute true essentials in the world. Unfortunately, it’s also not easy for many people to get. Furthermore, we’e got new problems even in the richest nations and communities in the world. We’ve got microplastics leaching into everything, including people’s water. How many … [continued]
For a few months now I have quoting a claim that 70% of ferries on order had batteries, based on reading the stat in what I considered a reliable site. After digging deeper into the orderbook and the denominator, I do not think that figure stands up, but the actual … [continued]
Amber Kinetics crossing my screen today was a reminder that electricity markets are littered with technologies that never quite die. Flywheels are one of those ideas. They are mechanically elegant, grounded in physics everyone understands, and they solve a real problem in principle. Store energy in a spinning mass, pull … [continued]
Quilt claims that its heat pump system is the “most intuitive, advanced, and efficient ductless heat pump on the market.” One wonderful aspect of the system is it allows room-by-room control. “Quilt’s indoor unit, outdoor unit, Dial and app work together to deliver the world’s smartest home climate solution,” the … [continued]
Rinnai America Corporation (aka Rinnai) is one of the USA’s top energy‑efficient tankless water heaters. The company recently got more recognition of that when its REHP Series Electric Heat Pump Water Heater won a 2026 Green GOOD DESIGN™ Award. Rinnai will be at our upcoming Electric Home Show in Honolulu, … [continued]
Vattenfall, Energy Bank, and Volkswagen are collaborating on a new bidirectional EV charger project in Sweden. Vattenfall is Sweden’s state-owned power company. Two hundred bidirectional EV chargers will be installed in the country — these chargers can transmit electricity to electric vehicles and from electric vehicles back to the grid. … [continued]
MG Philippines used the 2026 Manila International Auto Show to move beyond the image of a value-oriented brand, pivoting instead toward a tech-heavy future. While the floor was filled with high-gloss displays, the real story for those looking at the long game was how the vehicles on stage—specifically the new … [continued]
