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South Korea's battery industry is facing a double challenge from slowing electric vehicle demand and intensifying competition from Chinese products, but the U.S. energy storage system (ESS) market is emerging as a new growth driver. As the expansion of renewable energy and AI data centers increases

The new Bolt won't be made for long, but it's a big improvement over the old car.

Voltpost's new chargers cut install costs by sticking to ceilings and walls—meaning apartment dwellers could be the real winners.

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In a blog post, one of Waymo's top engineers wrote that cameras are "not enough" for autonomous driving.

It's not just deer, either. The Volvo can even detect people and other hazards before you do.

Tesla Cybertruck’s three configurations are all the same on the outside from an appearance perspective, but they differ slightly in price, range, performance, and other features. After yesterday’s price adjustment, Tesla’s Base All-Wheel-Drive Cybertruck is now priced at $74,990, a far cry from the $59,990 it started at several months ago. At $60,000, the Cybertruck […] The post Tesla Cybertruck AWD is a steal at $60k, is it still at $75k? Full Review appeared first on TESLARATI.

The extended-range electric vehicle will be made in the U.S. at Hyundai’s Alabama plant.

I thought the iX would be a short-term commitment. But I wasn't ready to give it up.

arXiv:2608.23992v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Large language model (LLM) agents invoke external tools to retrieve and reason over information beyond pretrained knowledge. The Model Context Protocol (MCP) standardizes how such tools are surfaced, and a proxy MCP server aggregates many backend servers behind a single endpoint providing a secure, governable chokepoint for authentication, policy enforcement, and observability. This architecture creates two compounding challenges: a context-engineering bottleneck where full tool schemas saturate the model context window before any user query, and a tool discoverability barrier where users and agents cannot identify the best tool among 2,000+ indexed tools across 200+ MCP servers. Prompt caching reduces reprocessing cost but neither frees context capacity nor improves accuracy. We present SCOUT (Selective Context Optimization for Universal Tooling), which reframes tool exposure as a context-selection problem, injecting only tools relevant

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NEDO and Kyoto University are building BL34XU, the world’s first hydrogen-focused beamline at SPring-8-II, to slash R&D cycles and accelerate hydrogen fuel cell and electrolysis research.

UKRI’s new £28 million Ultra-LDES Challenge backs 100-hour discharge systems—advanced batteries and underground hydrogen storage—to bridge multi-day renewable gaps.

Béziers Méditerranée has rolled out 13 Solaris hydrogen buses and a 600 kg/day Qair station, forming a Corridor H2 node and showcasing integrated green hydrogen infrastructure.

HYPERION’s fifth meeting in Valladolid brought eight European regions together to accelerate green hydrogen infrastructure, featuring CyLH2Valley pilots and policy workshops.

Dongfeng Liuzhou Motor and CATL deepen their partnership with a five-year pact to standardize commercial vehicle batteries, pioneer a battery bank model and integrate hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.

Metafuels and PSI have launched an end-to-end Power-to-Liquid demo plant in Villigen, Switzerland, producing 50 L/day of synthetic aviation fuel from green hydrogen and CO₂ under one roof—marking a key step toward scalable e-SAF.

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It turns out that FSD is surprisingly capable even when the pavement disappears.

Just because you work at a car company doesn’t mean you’re a car nerd. For some employees, almost everything was new information.

A tiny new sensor from Texas Instruments (TI) could help future EVs squeeze more range from their batteries while delivering smoother acceleration and less motor noise.

The cheapest Cybertruck is now nearly double the projected starting price Tesla pitched in 2019.

Waymo will begin mapping the streets of Munich in the next few weeks. Service should start next year.

The U.S. will get a version co-developed with Jeep's parent company, Stellantis.

Sometimes the luxury option isn't the car wearing the luxury badge.

Two different users on X posted videos of their cars failing to see downed trees in the middle of the road.

One of the most common questions I get from readers isn’t just about speed or range anymore. Increasingly, I’m hearing more questions about battery safety. People see the occasional viral video of an e-bike battery fire and wonder if they should be worried about charging their battery in the garage, apartment, or workshop. The reality is that quality lithium-ion batteries from reputable manufacturers are remarkably safe, but when failures do occur, they can be dramatic enough that many riders want an extra layer of protection. That’s where products like Yolin’s lithium-ion battery charging cabinet come in. I recently spent some time testing the cabinet, and while I admittedly wasn’t sure what to expect going in, I came away more impressed than I anticipated.  

With the sedan version now on sale, the new BMW i3 Touring was captured for the first time with its wagon tail on display.

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arXiv:2608.23061v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Background: Automating clinical guideline-based decision-making with large language models (LLMs) remains challenging because of reliability, hallucination, and limited interpretability. We compared the performance of LLMs and reasoning strategies for automated Ovarian-Adnexal Reporting and Data System (O-RADS) classification from free-text pelvic ultrasound reports. Methods: In this retrospective study, consecutive patients with ovarian masses who underwent pelvic ultrasound were included. Eight LLMs were tested with three reasoning strategies: implicit-knowledge end-to-end, rule-informed end-to-end, and a feature-based hybrid architecture that decoupled feature extraction from rule-based classification. The reference standard was O-RADS categorization established by expert consensus. Results: A total of 310 women with 390 ovarian masses were evaluated. The feature-based hybrid architecture using Gemini 3.6 Flash demonstrated the best

Electric cars took a 25% share of European registrations in July, with sales up 51% year on year against 4.1% growth for the market as a whole. Chinese brands took 34% of plug-in hybrid sales, a segment EU countervailing duties do not currently cover. Electric cars have stopped being a minority interest in Europe. Registrations […] This story continues at The Next Web

Genesis' EV efforts got off to a slow start. But the GV90 is here to fix that.

Xiaomi revealed new powerful in-house chips this week that will power everything from cell phones to electric cars.

The new Mercedes EV went close to 400 miles in a recent 70 mph range test.

The automaker was stripped off its authorization to sell cars in the U.S. model year 2027 onward.

Tesla’s “Robotaxi” service is racking up a wave of terrible rider experiences in Texas — and the complaints are increasingly coming from Tesla’s own fans and ambassadors. A self-described “Tesla Ambassador” says the service quoted him 66 minutes for a 2.3-mile trip and left him to call an Uber, while a four-time Tesla owner has logged a string of missed pickups and drop-offs left blocks — sometimes miles — from the destination.

This is what happens when a charging giant and a gas/sandwich giant team up.

The new Chevy Bolt EV and Kia EV9 are among a bunch of new EVs capable of vehicle-to-grid power sharing.

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BYD opened orders for the Great Han, its new flagship electric sedan that can drive over 1,000 km (621 mi) on a single charge, starting at under $40,000.

Rising fuel prices are convincing more and more Europeans that electric cars are worth it in the long run.

The retail giant is ramping up installations, with the latest station opened at the Walmart Supercenter in Monument, Colorado.

It’s part of a big upgrade that’s coming to all Rivian passenger EVs, even the first-gen R1. Just don’t expect CarPlay.

EcoPro BM has begun converting its Hungary plant to produce high-nickel cathode materials for European premium electric vehicles (EVs), as the battery materials maker moves to deepen its foothold with global automakers. The company said Monday that it is modifying an existing nickel-cobalt-aluminum (NCA) production line at the plant to also manufacture nickel-cobalt-manganese (NCM) materials, with shipments to European customers expected to begin in the fourth quarter of 2027. The conversion is expected to require about 40 billion won ($29 million), according to the company. EcoPro BM outlined its European business plans at an investor briefing at NH Investment & Securities’ headquarters in Seoul on Friday, saying it had begun investing in the plant’s conversion to supply high-nickel cathode materials to a German premium automaker. The Debrecen plant, which began commercial operations in the first half of this year, has an annual production capacity of 54,000 tons and currently

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Hamburger Energienetze has started constructing the H2-Connector at Moorburg, linking a 100 MW green hydrogen electrolyser with Hamburg’s HH-WIN network and the national hydrogen grid.

A German delegation led by energiewaechter GmbH and AHK Algérie visits Algiers to advance green hydrogen production and infrastructure—electrolysis, desalination, storage and pipeline conversion—under the SoutH2 Corridor plan.

Prof. Li’s team at PolyU has developed nanostructured cobalt catalysts to crack ammonia into hydrogen more efficiently, powering a fuel cell golf cart and pointing to a scalable hydrogen storage and infrastructure solution.

Bavaria is forging a hydrogen import corridor with Morocco, leveraging PAREMA, a 100 MW MASEN electrolyser and an OCP-backed ammonia unit to secure competitive green hydrogen for its industry.

Towngas is deploying compact hydrogen power units for Hong Kong construction sites and data centres, leveraging local partnerships to supply green hydrogen and reduce on-site emissions while aligning with government hydrogen policies.

Battery-based electricity storage projects are a key pillar of grid stability, flexibility and reliable power supply as Egypt advances its energy transition and expands its reliance on renewable energy, Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mahmoud Esmat said on Sunday. Esmat made the remarks during a meeting with Huawei Egypt CEO Benjamin Hou and his […] The post Egypt advances 4,000 MWh battery storage projects to support energy transition appeared first on Egyptian Gazette.

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LG Energy Solution says the unsolved problem in solid-state batteries is making large cells at scale, and expects the technology to reach smartphones roughly a decade before electric vehicles. Europe’s first solid-state gigafactory broke ground in France in February. The company that has just opened America’s newest battery plant does not think solid-state cells are […] This story continues at The Next Web

Korean battery giant LG Energy Solution said key challenges in solid-state battery development remain.

Mahle says its new range extender can fit in the same space as a battery module, increasing driving range to roughly 500 miles.

The Chevy Bolt took a brief hiatus, but now it's back as a practical EV hatchback. But what if you want to save some cash and go with an older used model?

Tesla will voluntarily recall about 3 million of its vehicles in China to address doorhandle safety concerns and deficient driver monitoring systems.

BYD's flagship Da Han sedan starts under $37,000 in China with over 1,000 km of claimed range, LiDAR assistance, and air suspension.

I toured a battery gigafactory where executives discussed solid-state batteries, sodium-ion technology, and more.

It's not enough to have a mechanical backup for your electronic handles. It also has to be easy to spot in an emergency.

Volkswagen’s new ID. Era 5S starts at around $13,400 in China and combines plug-in hybrid power with up to 160km of electric-only range.

Tesla, Waymo, and Uber got the green light to start charging for robotaxi rides in the county that’s home to Las Vegas.

Thanks to two stackable discounts, owners can enjoy some of the cheapest EV fast chargers in the country.

arXiv:2608.20299v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We report experimental evidence for the lower-hybrid drift instability in the current sheet normal direction of electron-only magnetic reconnection. In our laser-driven capacitor-coil experiment, the system size ($\sim$3 ion skin depths) places it in the electron-only regime. Yet, Thomson scattering reveals out-of-plane electron drift oscillations at the local lower-hybrid frequency, with kinetic energy density reaching $\sim$18% of the local magnetic energy density. Linear theory with the measured parameters predicts more than ten e-folding times of growth, indicating that the instability reaches the nonlinear regime within the measurement window. Supported by particle-in-cell simulations, these results demonstrate the importance of ions in the dissipation and energy transfer in electron-only reconnection where their significance has not been previously recognized.

Samsung SDI, the battery-making arm of Samsung Group, said Friday it will sell part of its stake in Samsung Display to raise funds for future growth investments. Samsung SDI said in a regulatory filing that it will transfer 13.088 million shares in Samsung Display to the display maker, representing about 33 percent of its holdings. The shares are valued at about 4.45 trillion won ($3.2 billion). Once the transaction is completed, Samsung SDI's stake in Samsung Display will fall to 10.2 percent from 15.2 percent. Samsung SDI did not disclose specific plans for using the proceeds, but the funds are expected to be used for facility investments, including its battery plant under construction in New Carlisle, Indiana. The stake sale is seen as reaffirming Samsung SDI's commitment to expanding investments to build a foundation for medium- to long-term growth as the company works to improve its earnings. Demand for energy storage systems and uninterruptible power supply systems has been

The California startup has partnered with a design-for-manufacturing company to supercharge its solar EV production plans.