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The human fridge: is this really the best way to cool down in a ‘cruelly hot’ climate?
Japan has launched the Do Hiemon "personal cooling booth" — a 2.1-metre stainless-steel fridge humans climb into for a 10-minute full-body chill — just as the country logged its first above-40C "cruel
This country went 100% electric vehicles overnight with a drastic approach
Laos banned imports of new gasoline and diesel passenger cars effective June 1, 2026, making it the first country to require nearly all new car imports to be electric, driven by its costly fuel-import
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Range Rover’s next EV is unlike anything the luxury brand has built before [Images]
Range Rover revealed the all-electric GT, a low-slung coupe-like grand tourer on JLR's new EMA platform, featuring a minimalist button-free interior and targeting close to 500 miles of range.
Tonly to Deploy 800 Autonomous Electric Mining Trucks
Tonly signed a deal to deliver 800 autonomous electric mining trucks to Xinjiang Hanxiang, dwarfing Tesla's 17-unit Robotaxi fleet in scale. The 90-tonne haul trucks feature CATL swappable batteries e
Trump Blames Canada for US Wildfire Smoke, Floats Tariffs
Trump is blaming Canadian wildfires for toxic air across more than 20 US states and demanding Canada pay damages or face tariffs — an approach that ignores the climate crisis and ignores that US fires
JBS faces Dutch court over $6bn expansion plans
Greenpeace has petitioned Dutch courts to force JBS, the world's largest meat company, to disclose how its $6bn global expansion plan aligns with climate, nature, and human rights obligations. Lawyers
UK's largest wind farm to be rebuilt with fewer, larger turbines
Scottish Power Renewables will rebuild Whitelee Windfarm near Glasgow over 10 years, replacing 215 turbines with 124 larger ones in a £1.5 billion project that doubles output to 1 gigawatt — enough to
Nesco Faces Heatwave Cover-Up Allegations
Whistleblowers from Great Britain's National Energy System Operator (Neso) told parliament that senior managers ordered staff to forgo normal note-keeping during June's heatwave to avoid an audit trai
Electrek Formula Sun Grand Prix 2026: Day 1 results and gallery
The Formula Sun Grand Prix 2026 kicked off its largest-ever edition at Brainerd International Raceway, with Quebec's ÉTS leading the Single-Occupant class and Georgia Tech topping Multi-Occupant after
ChargePoint joins GM Energy Pass, unlocking 80,000 ports
GM folded ChargePoint's roughly 80,000 US charging ports into its new Energy Pass app, giving Chevy, GMC, and Cadillac EV drivers in-app access to about 70% of the country's DC fast chargers without a
Kia PV5 Cargo High Roof spotted ahead of fall launch
Kia's PV5 Cargo High Roof electric van was spotted driving publicly in South Korea for the first time, revealing a model 295mm taller than the standard version ahead of its expected fall launch.
NHTSA Targets Tesla's 'Radar Saves Us' Document in FSD Probe
NHTSA has demanded Tesla turn over an internal document titled "Radar Saves Us" as part of an Engineering Analysis into Full Self-Driving crashes in sun glare, fog, and dust, covering 3.2 million vehi
Idaho just switched on a big solar farm – and a much larger one is next
rPlus Energies commissioned Idaho's 125 MW Pleasant Valley Solar 2 and broke ground on the 400 MW Blacks Creek Energy Center, pushing the developer's in-state portfolio past 1 GW and reinforcing solar
Tesla (TSLA) Q2 2026 earnings preview: strong deliveries, murky profits
Tesla heads into its Q2 2026 earnings report with record deliveries of 480,126 vehicles—a 25% YoY jump—but the real question is whether margins held as regulatory credits shrink and analysts disagree
GM Drops New EV Plans, Pivots Chevy and Cadillac to Gas
General Motors is shelving nearly all new electric vehicle plans for Chevrolet and Cadillac, pivoting instead to gas-powered models as the company absorbed $10.9 billion in EV-related charges since th
The reality TV guy at the DOT has a new plan to kill cyclists and worsen traffic
The Department of Transportation, led by Sean Duffy, removed five cyclist-focused safety strategies from the FHWA's Proven Safety Countermeasures list, a move road safety advocates say will make it ha
Millions face long-term coastal flooding risk in UK without climate action, scientists warn
Scientists warn that up to 13 million UK residents could face long-term coastal flooding as climate-driven sea level rise locks in metres of inundation over coming centuries, with a worst-case scenari
ERI, Cyclic Materials Ink Deal to Recycle US Rare Earths
Electronics recycler ERI and rare-earth recycler Cyclic Materials have signed a global partnership to recover rare earths and critical minerals from US e-waste, aiming to reduce dependence on foreign
SRP to propose mixed-resource project to its board in September
SRP plans to seek board approval in September for the Marigold Energy Center, a 1,675-MW mixed-resource project combining solar, battery storage, and gas generation to serve growing demand in Maricopa
Engineers Race to Make Geothermal Work Anywhere
Engineers are racing to make geothermal energy viable far beyond the handful of countries with natural hot-rock reservoirs, using three competing approaches — enhanced, closed-loop, and supercritical
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