Monthly Archive: August 2025

Zayed Sustainability Prize Sees Surge in Global Participation with 7,761 Entries

With 128 winners transforming 400 million lives around the world, the Prize continues to attract the world’s most pioneering sustainability solutions. 30% surge in global entries highlights the Prize’s growing impact in advancing transformative solutions across health, food, water, energy, and climate action. AI-powered solutions, disruptive innovations, and technologies that ... [continued]

Is XPENG Separating Itself From NIO, Or Just A Step Ahead?

XPENG and NIO are a similar age, young EV startups from China that highlight their smart tech and have been advancing the EV revolution. More or less, they have grown at a similar rate, and in waves have reached greater and greater heights. Of course, they are different countries with ... [continued]

Asahi Kasei to Supply Hipore™ Lithium-Ion Battery Separator to Toyota Tsusho

Establishment of automotive battery supply chain partnership in North America TOKYO & NOVI, Michigan & DÜSSELDORF, Germany — Diversified global manufacturer Asahi Kasei and Toyota Tsusho have established a strategic partnership for the supply of automotive lithium-ion battery (LIB) separator in North America. Their respective subsidiaries in the U.S., Asahi ... [continued]

Avangrid, Tyba Complete Pilot to Advance Battery Energy Storage Systems

Avangrid works with Tyba to enhance energy storage development strategy and identify potential locations for siting storage assets ORANGE, Connecticut — Avangrid, Inc., a leading energy company and member of the Iberdrola Group, this week announced it has successfully completed a strategic pilot project with Tyba, an energy analytics and ... [continued]

ONVO’s Flagship SUV L90 Officially Launched, Starting at RMB 265,800

Hangzhou, Zhejiang — ONVO, NIO’s second brand, officially kickstarted the sale of its Smart Large-Space Flagship SUV, the L90, in Hangzhou. The L90 offers two seat layouts: six-seater and seven-seater, with price starting at RMB 265,800, or RMB 179,800 with the battery subscription (BaaS) option. Deliveries of the six-seater version ... [continued]