Monthly Archive: July 2025

From technologies for extracting rare earth elements from plants to advanced membranes for water filtration, and from vertical-axis wind turbines to next-generation, long-lived flywheel energy storage, innovators bring exciting ideas to the fourth cohort of West Gate—NREL’s Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Program. “We are supporting the vast landscape of energy technologies that ... [continued]

Li Auto is known for its gigantic extended-range electric vehicles, sort of designed in Cadillac Escalade size and style. However, the company launched its first fully electric vehicle today, the Li i8 (I guess there’s no trademark issue with BMW there). This is a 6-seat “family SUV.” It’s funny timing, ... [continued]

An African investment firm invests in SUN Mobility, a company focused on battery-swapping three-wheelers.

In this particular case, the support is for electric tractors.

The free community event will showcase the latest EVs, from luxury cars to electric kick-scooters.

Zeekr has made the all-electric Zeekr 001 even more desirable with the introduction of the exclusive Sport Edition, limited to 250 units Based on the Zeekr 001 Privilege AWD model, the Sport Edition is enhanced by 22- inch gloss black wheels, orange brake calipers, carbon fibre rear spoiler and door ... [continued]

Plug-in solar is just beginning in the US in Utah and California. It could lead to a rethinking of the whole utility model.

The big Cybertruck isn’t doing so great. So Tesla is considering making a smaller one, engineering boss Lars Moravy said recently.

At one point, Tesla reportedly pulled in more than one million “reservations” for the Tesla Cybertruck. Many Tesla fans/shareholders were expecting it to reach hundreds of thousands (or more) sales a year. In theory, it might even dethrone the king of trucks, the Ford F-150! Naturally, if anyone dared say ... [continued]