The agency’s power plant rollback—right after the hottest summer on record—will raise your power bills and worsen the climate crisis. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its repeal of the 2024 carbon pollution standards for power plants, on the heels of the hottest summer that Americans have ever endured. … [continued]
The US solar industry is getting a shot of adrenaline from South Carolina, which is adding another new solar factory to its roster along with 500 new jobs.
NRDC FOIA’ed the DOE to learn why it canceled billions in clean manufacturing awards. Here’s what we found. By Ian Wells, Federal Industrial Lead, Climate & Energy, NRDC Last year, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) went on a funding cancellation spree. In May 2025, Energy Secretary Chris Wright announced … [continued]
The proliferation of large, premium SUVs was a major theme of Auto China 2026, also known as the Beijing Auto Show. However, there were also a number of impressive sports cars at the show. While this might not be what many people have traditionally associated with the Chinese market, sports … [continued]
BYD’s passenger vehicle sales have been on the rise, as I showed a few days ago when initially reporting on BYD’s September sales. That’s been fun to track, but our new bonus feature is tracking how many sales BYD has outside of China. Let’s see how September looked. BYD had … [continued]
I recently covered BYD’s passenger vehicle sales, with its BEV sales up 33% year over year in September. That was nice, solid growth. However, looking at the company’s commercial vehicle sales now, things look even much better. As usual, BYD breaks these out by bus sales and non-bus commercial vehicle … [continued]
Kraaken combines ocean thermal generation, AI computing, freshwater production and storm mobility in one offshore platform. The engineering question is whether all of those physical flows and interfaces can reconcile in the same 100 MW system.
A floating data centre that generates its own electricity from the ocean, cools itself with seawater, produces drinking water for a coastal community and can sail away when a hurricane approaches is almost tailor-made for the current AI data center hype bubble. Optimal Transit’s Kraaken concept is ambitious even by … [continued]
Electric car choice is expanding rapidly thanks to EU clean car targets, but weakening the 2030-35 targets would put affordable models and Europe’s position in the global EV race at risk. European drivers are gaining access to a rapidly expanding range of more affordable electric cars, protecting drivers from Europe’s … [continued]
As negotiations on the Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA) progress, a joint letter by T&E, European Metals and RECHARGE calls on the integration of primary and recycled battery grade materials, as well as critical midstream components like pCAM and AAMs. The IAA is a first strong first step towards Europe’s industrial … [continued]
Chery Group and Jaguar Land Rover aim to sell their new Freelander EVs strategically in the oil-rich Middle East, then fanning out to other markets globally (cropped, courtesy of Chery Group).
Chery Group and Jaguar Land Rover aim to sell their new Freelander EVs strategically in the oil-rich Middle East.
On a recent trip to Sardinia with my wife, I rented a Peugeot E-208. I always try to sample new EVs while traveling, and islands like Sardinia seem like a perfect place for EVs. While there, I saw far more EVs than I did on a trip earlier this year … [continued]
