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Bavi Slams East Asia; Western Europe Logs Hottest June
Bavi — a France-sized storm with 200 km/h winds and a 380-km radius of damaging gusts — hammered East Asia this week as the largest typhoon to hit Taiwan since 1987. Taiwan evacuated 14,000 residents,
The 13 biggest myths about heatwaves – and how to bust them
Climate scientist Prof Ed Hawkins dismantles 13 heatwave myths for The Guardian, arguing that human-driven warming is already amplifying extremes — and that natural factors like El Niño haven't even p
Days of salted codfish and cabbage leaves are over: how climate crisis is shaping Tour de France’s future
The 2026 Tour de France is racing through 40°C heat that would have been unimaginable in the 1976 race, forcing teams to burn through up to 100kg of ice daily and prompting organisers to consider whet
‘Children were calling for their mummies’: UK pupils struggle in 40C-plus classrooms
UK teachers describe children calling for their parents in sweltering classrooms above 40C as a third heatwave of the year compounds a school infrastructure crisis that already forced over 1,000 schoo
UK heatwave extends to second week as hosepipe bans hit 5 million
The UK's heatwave will stretch into a second week even as temperatures dip along North Sea coasts this weekend, with five water companies imposing hosepipe bans now affecting more than 5 million peopl
Typhoon Bavi lashes Japan's southern islands, Taiwan evacuates thousands
Typhoon Bavi pummeled Japan's southern Sakishima Islands on Saturday and forced Taiwan to evacuate more than 14,000 people, with the weakening storm now tracking toward a Sunday landfall in Wenzhou, C
Death trap: what to do about the everyday items catching and killing Australian wildlife
Thousands of Australian native animals die annually after getting entangled in everyday items like fruit tree netting, barbed wire and fishing gear — deaths experts describe as easily preventable with
UNIGRID launches sodium-ion home battery in Europe
UNIGRID has launched its sodium-ion Na+Casa home battery in Europe, marking the first commercial deployment of the technology for residential use, with U.S. installations expected by late 2026.
BYD’s $10,000 Seagull EV revealed with a longer body and more upgrades
BYD is preparing a significantly larger and more powerful refresh of its $10,000 Seagull EV, revealed in a Chinese regulatory filing with a 4,205 mm body and a 95 kW motor — up from the current model'
Podcast: Rivian goes to market, Xiaomi goes big, and a $14,000 tiny EV in the US
In the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy
These are the top 10 best-selling EVs in the US so far in 2026
Tesla retained a dominant 50.5% share of the US EV market in the first half of 2026, led by the Model Y at 163,454 units, even as total EV sales stayed about 10% below last year and Toyota and Subaru
Xiaomi reveals SkyNomad N90: a living room on wheels
Xiaomi has revealed the SkyNomad N90, its first extended-range electric SUV with a claimed 1,500+ km combined range, targeting Li Auto and Aito in China's EREV market at a starting price around 200,00
Lectric XP4 750, Xpress 2, Xpeak2 e-bikes get up to $464 savings, EcoFlow 716Wh RIVER 2 Pro 700 bundle new $369 low, EGO, more
Closing out this week’s Green Deals is the newly launched Lectric 250th Anniversary Sale with up to $464 increased savin...
Volkswagen’s EV van makes a surprise comeback in the US as the ID.4 goes on hiatus
Volkswagen's electric minibus ID. Buzz posted a 121% Q2 sales jump even as the automaker's broader US EV business collapsed, with group-wide EV sales plunging 49% and the ID.4 SUV entering a refresh h
Toyota is promising big things for the Lexus LFA EV sports car, but will we ever get to see it?
Lexus unveiled an all-electric successor to its LFA supercar at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, with the brand's lead designer saying the production model is "almost finished" and due in 2027, though
Global warming already causing crop losses of over $20 billion a year
A new study from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis estimates that heat and drought fueled by global warming are already causing more than $20 billion a year in losses for maize,
‘I had an incredible escape’: British woman tells of close encounter with Spanish wildfire
A fast-moving wildfire in Almería, Spain has killed at least 12 people, most of them foreigners, including hikers caught off-guard in the woods. British resident Jeanne Henny, 74, described a split-se
Typhoon Bavi Kills 15 in Philippines, Targets Taiwan
Typhoon Bavi, one of the strongest storms in decades, killed at least 15 people in Philippine landslides and now sweeps across the Pacific toward Taiwan, Japan, and southeastern China, where authoriti
BYD wins 11.3 GWh for world's biggest solar+storage plant
BYD Energy Storage has secured an 11.275 GWh battery contract for Masdar's Round the Clock project in Abu Dhabi — one of the largest single energy storage procurements ever signed — and combined with
Typhoon Bavi Kills 15 in Philippines, Eyes Taiwan and China
Typhoon Bavi triggered landslides that killed 15 people in the Philippines' Mindanao region while intensifying seasonal monsoon rains as it tracks toward Taiwan, Japan, and China.
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