Waymo fully launched its robotaxi service in Houston, Texas, opening rides to all users via its app after a phased rollout that began in February 2026. The company reported welcoming more than 100,000…
Waymo LLC, the autonomous driving unit of Alphabet Inc., revealed its custom 5nm application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) and detailed its compute architecture, which has scaled 20x in eight yea…
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) approved its 2026 Integrated Resource Plan, which prioritizes building gas-powered plants to serve AI data centers while reducing renewable energy targets, accordi…
California has advanced four solar power bills through key legislative committees, including Senate Bill 868 by Senator Scott Wiener to permit plug-in balcony solar systems up to 1,200 W, Assembly Bil…
Mahle, a tier-one automotive supplier, introduced a range extender system for heavy electric trucks at the IAA Transportation trade show in Hannover, Germany, in September. The system, featuring a hig…
Lynk & Co 08, the premium hybrid SUV from Lynk & Co, completed a 3,200+ km desert expedition as the official vehicle of QUEST DAKAR 2026, which ran from July 15 to August 2, 2026, connecting Casablanc…
Forge Nano, a US chip maker specializing in advanced materials, broke ground on an expansion of its lithium-ion battery factory in Morrisville, North Carolina, from 100,000 to nearly 315,000 square fe…
California voters will decide in November on a one-off 5% wealth tax on billionaires, a measure that could raise US$100 billion for healthcare, food assistance, and public education. Google co-founder…
Chinese automakers are bypassing US tariffs by targeting Southeast Asia and Latin America, with record EV imports and local factory construction, threatening legacy automakers' survival. Google's anal…
Toyota's plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHEV) sales rose nearly 190 percent in July after the automaker expanded availability from 12 states to nationwide, according to new sales data. Sierra Club Clean Tran…
The Orange County Transportation Authority is spending another $27.6 million on hydrogen infrastructure for its fuel-cell bus fleet, bringing total refueling expenditures to over $100 million, after i…
Pony AI plans to deploy 500 to 1,000 fourth-generation autonomous heavy-duty electric trucks for long-haul freight, bulk commodity transportation, and port logistics within the next two to three years…
Duke Energy released its latest long-range energy plan proposing two additional gas plants and extending coal plant operations based on speculative data center demand, prompting the Sierra Club to urg…
The U.S. Department of Energy's National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR) hosted nearly 250 undergraduate interns this summer, including Anisha Jarang from the University of Virginia, who is working on…
Porsche AG is introducing the Advanced Package for the Macan EV in Europe to counter a 43% drop in first-quarter sales compared to Q4 2026, after the model outsold its gas-powered twin in 2025 with 45…
Grounded EVs, a Detroit-based startup founded by SpaceX alum Sam Shapiro, announced on August 18 that it secured $5 million in seed funding to expand beyond its electric RVs into electric box trucks, …
Australian electronics engineer Anthony has fully disconnected from the grid, using a 14 kW solar array, a GoodWe 29.9 kW three-phase inverter, and two Tesla Model 3 LFP 60 kWh batteries to power his …
Sunrun Inc. (Nasdaq: RUN) announced an agreement with Voltus to supply energy capacity from residential storage-plus-solar systems in the PJM and MISO grid regions to support Voltus's Bring Your Own C…
Neil Warner traded his Tesla Model Y Performance for a Polestar 4 Long Range Dual Motor in February 2025, citing the Polestar's quieter ride, refined interior, and one-pedal driving as key reasons. Wa…
Earthjustice and Sierra Club filed comments urging the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to keep its ban on commercial supersonic flight over land, arguing that lifting the ban would harm public h…