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Chinese gel electrolyte retains 84% over 350 cycles
Researchers at China's Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics developed a PVDF-based gel composite electrolyte that retained 84.15% of capacity after 350 charge cycles, advancing solid-state battery dur
10 Australians Sue Australia at UN Over Fossil Fuel
Ten Australians have filed a complaint with the UN human rights committee alleging the Australian government is violating their rights by continuing to back coal and gas exports that fuel climate-rela
Lucid lays off 18% of staff, its second deep cut in four months
Lucid Motors is laying off roughly 1,500 employees — 18% of its workforce — and eliminating a second production shift in Casa Grande, marking its second deep cut in four months under new CEO Silvio Na
Kia Rations PV5 Supply as Global Demand Outpaces
Kia is rationing supply of its PV5 electric van to overseas markets after demand surged well past expectations, forcing the automaker to "haggle" for allocation as the vehicle expands into Japan, Aust
Lightship's PowerSled Lets EVs Tow 8,700 lbs, Power Job Sites
Lightship, the company behind the Lightship electric RV, has unveiled the PowerSled concept—a solar- and battery-powered work trailer that lets electric trucks haul heavy loads and deliver jobsite pow
Octopus, CATL Launch Swaptopus EV Truck Battery-Swap JV
UK energy retailer Octopus Energy and Chinese battery giant CATL have formed a joint venture called "Swaptopus" to build a Europe-wide network of battery-swapping hubs for electric trucks, with the fi
Chinese sodium-ion battery matches Tesla on build quality, teardown finds
A teardown by German researchers found that Hina's commercial sodium-ion battery matches Tesla's lithium-ion cells in manufacturing quality and uses the same tabless 4680 architecture, though it still
Starmer's Green Wins Undermined By Adviser Retreat
Keir Starmer has a strong record on climate action that lowered wholesale electricity prices by a third, but rightwing attacks from the Conservatives and Reform combined with internal Labour doubts ha
Western Europe Heatwave Breaks Records at 44C
A record-breaking heatwave is gripping Western Europe, with France placing 49 departments on red alert, Spain forecasting 44C, and the UK issuing an extreme heat warning as schools close, trains are c
Most EV Load Goes Unmanaged — and Utilities Can't See
Even paying $40 a month, fewer than 5% of Bay Area EV owners enrolled in a 2026 NBER managed-charging experiment — and NewGen's GridLens tool reads EV charging signatures directly from utilities' own
Tangier Island Losing 32 Feet of Land Per Year to Rising Seas
Chesapeake Bay's Tangier Island is losing land to climate-driven sea level rise at 32 feet per year in some areas, as the Army Corps, nonprofits, and locals spend tens of millions on seawalls, jetties
Nearly 1.5M people in Louisiana depend on this strip of marsh. But it needs saving.
A $101 million project to restore 1,320 acres of the New Orleans Land Bridge — a 20-mile marsh strip shielding 1.5 million people from storm surge — is set to begin next summer, funded by BP Deepwater
Ore Energy to Deploy 1 GWh Iron-Air Battery for Budget
Dutch long-duration storage startup Ore Energy has signed what it calls continental Europe's largest iron-air battery deal — 1 GWh with Dutch energy supplier Budget Thuis, starting with 400 MWh in 202
Country diary: Somewhere in the vast forest is a miniature one | Amanda Thomson
Nature writer Amanda Thomson hunts for twinflowers in a Scottish pinewood, highlighting a honeysuckle-family species whose UK populations have dropped 44% in 50 years and now face a new genetic-divers
Dutch Cities Battle Heatwave With Curtains, Fake Trees
The Netherlands is deploying a toolkit ranging from outside-hung curtains to fake trees and mobile 'jungle blocks' as a heatwave exposes how poorly Dutch architecture — built for cold, damp weather —
India Heatwaves Shut Schools, Women Bear Career Cost
India's intensifying heatwaves are forcing prolonged school closures that disproportionately push working mothers out of jobs and into economic precarity, with no gender-responsive policy response cur
Albania protests erupt against Kushner-backed resort
Massive protests have erupted across Albania against a €1.4 billion luxury resort development backed by Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner on protected coastal land, with demonstrators channeling anger ov
Electric cars win again at Pike’s Peak as Super Mustang Mach-E gets its revenge
Romain Dumas drove Ford's 1,400-hp electric Super Mustang Mach-E to overall victory at the 2026 Pike's Peak International Hill Climb, beating every gas-powered car by more than 11 seconds — a year aft
Zijin deploys 290 custom 140-ton electric haul trucks
Chinese miner Zijin couldn't buy an electric haul truck that fit its Xinjiang zinc mine, so it co-designed the 140-ton LK220E with Longking and now runs 290 of them — over 80% of the mine's fleet.
Met Office: UK Heatwave to Hit Record 38C This Week
The Met Office has expanded its extreme heat warning across the UK, forecasting record-breaking temperatures up to 38C from Monday through Thursday — with a 25% chance of exceeding 40C — alongside UKH
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