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Hyundai IONIQ 3 Debuts Under $30K With Record Demand
Hyundai unveiled the IONIQ 3 electric hatchback at the UK's Goodwood Festival of Speed, reporting the highest customer interest ever for a new Hyundai model, with prices starting at £22,245 ($29,800).
Hello from the outside: heat domes impeding radio and other signals in US midwest
Tropospheric ducting during this month's heat dome bent radio signals 300 miles — accidentally triggering an Indiana emergency siren and sending distant stations to Ohio drivers' car radios.
Germany to hold e-scooter firms liable for damages
Germany is drafting legislation that would make shared e-scooter rental operators like Lime and Bolt strictly liable for damages, shifting the legal burden from injured parties who often can't trace o
Vantrack LightCamp Kia PV5 Camper Goes to Production
Netherlands-based Vantrack is moving its LightCamp electric camper van — based on the Kia PV5 Passenger and inspired by Kia's WKNDR concept — from April prototype to production, with first deliveries
Typhoon Survivors Sue Shell in Landmark UK Climate Case
Sixty-seven survivors of Super Typhoon Rai filed a landmark lawsuit against Shell at UK courts in December 2025, the first civil case directly linking a major fossil fuel giant to deaths and injuries
Firefighting planes scrambled from south of France to tackle huge wildfire near Paris
A potentially arson-started wildfire of 'exceptional scale' swept through the Fontainebleau forest southeast of Paris, forcing 900 home evacuations and marking the first time firefighting planes were
NYC Workers Build Heat Safety Net Without Federal Rule
With no federal heat standard in place, New York City workers, unions, and city agencies are building their own heat safety infrastructure — from a UPS worker's Bronx information booth to Mayor Mamdan
Australia Leads on Home Batteries — U.S. Lagging
Australia now has nearly 5% of homes equipped with batteries — and over 400,000 installed in just the past year — driven by a federal subsidy program that the U.S. could replicate to meet soaring data
Power sector strained by quality erosion in grid equipment
The global electricity sector faces a systemic crisis as supply chain strain, rising costs, and eroding quality threaten grid stability—exposing a growing gap between equipment compliance and real-wor
Enrollment Is the Grid’s Biggest Bottleneck
Utilities can only dispatch grid-balancing power from EVs and home energy systems they successfully enroll in flexibility programs, making customer reach a critical bottleneck despite technological re
The Pentagon is blocking more than 150 wind projects over drone fears
The Pentagon has frozen permitting for 155+ new wind projects across 24 states for nearly a year, arguing turbines' radar 'blade flash' can't be distinguished from small drones — a pause developers sa
Indigenous leaders link climate, conflict at UN Geneva
Hundreds of Indigenous delegates gathered in Geneva this week for the UN's 19th Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples session, where leaders from the Pacific to Canada to Botswana confr
Rare floodplain meadow given to wildlife trust
The Thompson family has donated White Mills Meadow, a rare six-hectare floodplain meadow on the River Nene near Northampton, to a regional wildlife trust, which will restore it into a wildflower-rich
Cumbria dune project to aid rare beetles and toads
A three-year project will begin later this year to boost northern dune tiger beetle and natterjack toad populations across Cumbria's degraded sand dunes, with Arc, Nuclear Waste Services, and Cumbria
June Heatwave Killed 440 People Daily in UK
A June heatwave in England and Wales likely caused around 440 deaths per day at its peak, with climate change significantly increasing the death toll, scientists estimate.
Planes Deployed to Fight Paris Wildfire
Firefighting planes have been deployed to the Paris region to combat a fast-spreading wildfire in the Fontainebleau forest, marking the first time such aerial resources have been sent from southern Fr
Mercedes AMG CLA 45 arrives in Goodwood with 680 hp and three axial-flux motors
Mercedes-AMG unveiled the 2027 CLA 45 4MATIC+ at Goodwood Festival of Speed, featuring 680 hp from three axial-flux motors, 0-100 km/h in 2.7 seconds, and 670 km of range from a 94 kWh battery.
Volvo Electric Semis Land in American Truck Simulator
Volvo's VNL and VNR Electric semi trucks are now drivable in American Truck Simulator, making them the first battery-electric trucks ever featured in the over-the-road driving game that counts over 7
Britain’s cars and SUVs are growing bigger – but there is a way to stop this deadly ‘carspreading’ | Christian Wolmar
Transport commentator Christian Wolmar demands an 'Ozempic for cars' as SUVs now make up 30% of England's city vehicles, with Clean Cities research showing a 10cm bonnet-height increase raises pedestr
Readers debate: car parks vs green space for solar
Guardian readers debated why the UK builds solar farms on green space rather than covering car parks, with respondents citing France's existing mandate and England's incoming 2028 rooftop requirement
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