R&D World magazine presented the U.S. Department of Energy's National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR) with four R&D 100 Awards for innovations including ALTRIOS, ENDURING, Pele, and pBPM. NLR has now …
Aternium, a startup, announced on August 4 that its first deuterium/green hydrogen facility will be built at Garrison Oak Technical Park in Dover, Delaware, pending property sale closure later this ye…
Waymo co-CEO Dmitri Dolgov warned physical AI companies against adopting Silicon Valley's 'move fast and break things' mantra, urging them instead to 'move fast and ship safely' in a Y Combinator inte…
SAIC Volkswagen, a joint venture between SAIC and Volkswagen in China, has filed with China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology for its first fully electric ID. ERA vehicle, the ID. ERA …
US President Donald Trump's 'American Energy Dominance' plan excludes solar power from its reliability standard, yet the solar industry continues to dominate new US grid capacity additions, and Trump …
A New Mexico court ordered Meta to pay an additional $567 million, bringing the total penalties to $942 million, after a jury found the company violated state consumer protection laws by harming child…
Senator Mike Lee (R-AZ) introduced a bill that would roll back existing energy efficiency standards and prevent the Department of Energy from updating or implementing new strong efficiency standards, …
BYD's Denza brand launched the Z9S EV in China, setting records with up to 1100 km (684 mi) of CLTC range and a 0-100 km/h time of 2.68 seconds for the top spec, all at a price around the average US n…
A study by the Collective Intelligence Project, surveying over 6,000 people across 70 countries, found that 58% trust AI chatbots more than their elected representatives, and 37% believe AI could make…
President Donald Trump's 'American Energy Dominance' plan, which supports biomass alongside fossil fuels, is benefiting sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) projects, including the Montana Renewables facil…
The US-led Pax Silica initiative, aimed at strengthening trusted supply chains for semiconductors and AI infrastructure among allied nations, could complicate the Philippines' clean energy transition …
Waymo launched its fully autonomous robotaxi service in Dallas, opening rides to all users via the Waymo app after welcoming nearly 150,000 riders since February 2026. The company also announced plans…
BYD achieved record exports in July 2026 with 180,538 vehicle sales abroad, a 123.6% increase from 80,737 deliveries in July 2025 and a 3% rise from June 2026's 175,349, according to CleanTechnica. Th…
US startup Aptera is developing a three-wheeled solar-powered electric vehicle, code-named Atlas, that can use California's HOV lanes without multiple passengers because it qualifies as an autocycle u…
BYD, the world's largest electric vehicle maker, reported a 31% year-over-year increase in battery-electric passenger vehicle sales in July 2026, reaching 233,105 units, up from 177,887 in July 2025. …
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Laboratory of the Rockies are using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to uncover flaws in semiconductors and other materials, potentially boostin…
South African energy technology company Plentify has been appointed as the exclusive Virtual Power Plant (VPP) partner for Deye, a major residential solar inverter and battery manufacturer, to create …
PJM Interconnection accepted 715 of 811 proposed power projects into the first cycle of its reformed interconnection process, with energy storage leading at 314 projects and 60.0 GW, followed by natur…
XPENG's sales rose 4% year over year in July 2026 to 38,027 vehicles, up from 36,717 in July 2025, according to the company's monthly investor update. Cumulative sales reached 1,211,071 vehicles, and …
NIO Inc. reported 35,934 vehicle deliveries in July 2026, a 71% increase from 21,017 in July 2025, though down from 40,597 in June 2026. The company's cumulative deliveries reached 1,224,649 by end of…