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Australia is shifting toward solar and storage hybrids, with battery-centric DC-coupled systems helping manage curtailment, simplify grid connections and deliver energy when it’s most valuable. The post Why developers are choosing battery-centric DC coupling for big solar and storage in Australia appeared first on Renew Economy.

Samsung SDI said Monday it will display a sample of its all-solid-state battery pouch under development for physical artificial intelligence (AI) applications during the three-day InterBattery 2026 trade show starting Wednesday in Seoul. This will be the first public unveiling of the battery maker’s all-solid-state battery for humanoids and other types of robots. “Our goal is to show how Samsung SDI’s battery technology can turn the full potential of the AI era into reality,” a Samsung SDI official said. “Building on decades of expertise, we will present premium battery solutions tailored to the evolving needs of AI-driven industries.” The official added that Samsung SDI will host the largest booth among exhibitors, featuring a comprehensive portfolio of new technologies and products under the slogan “AI thinks, Battery enables.” Aiming to begin mass production in the second half of next year, Samsung SDI has developed prismatic all-solid-state batteries for electric vehicles (EVs). To

Switching from gas to electric in corporate fleets could cut costs by up to 50%.

The week in autos saw Xiaomi deploy humanoid robots in EV manufacturing, BYD move toward entering the Canadian market, Geely outsell BYD for a second straight month, Tesla post higher European registrations despite weaker sales, while rising oil prices amid the U.S.–Iran conflict pressured shares of Ford Motor Company, General Motors and Stellantis. Importance Rank:  1 read more

The BYD Seal 07 sedan costs far less than the Tesla Model 3 in China, but leads in charging performance and overall tech.

Five-minute charging and 1,000 km of range in a single announcement. BYD just changed what the EV industry considers possible — and the rest have some catching up to do. The post How BYD’s new EV charging tech and range stacks up against Tesla and the rest appeared first on Digital Trends.

When a 2015 Tesla got an impossibly good score, Consumer Reports realized there was something missing from its ratings. After all, nothing's perfect.

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SK On Co., a major South Korean battery manufacturer, has laid off nearly 1,000 workers at its U.S. battery plant in Georgia amid slowing electric vehicle (EV) demand, a company filing showed Saturday. SK Battery America Inc., SK On's U.S. unit, dismissed 968 employees at its battery manufacturing facility in Commerce, Georgia, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) notice posted on a Georgia state website. The layoffs reportedly account for about 37 percent of the plant's total workforce of around 2,500 employees. The company said the workforce reduction was part of restructuring efforts prompted by slowing EV sales and changing market conditions. The decision was also made to adjust operations while maintaining its commitment to the state of Georgia and efforts to build a strong U.S. supply chain for advanced battery manufacturing. The Georgia plant has been supplying EV batteries to automakers including Germany's Volkswagen and South Korea's Hyundai

SK lays off nearly 1,000 workers at Georgia plant amid cooling automaker EV plans  AP NewsSK Battery lays off nearly 1,000 employees at North Georgia plant  AJC.comSK Battery America lays off nearly 1,000 workers at Commerce plant  FOX 5 AtlantaSouth Korean EV Battery Maker SK Lays Off 958 Workers in Georgia  Bloomberg.comSK lays off nearly 1,000 workers at Georgia plant  WSB-TV

The Chevy Equinox EV is already one of the most affordable electric vehicles, but with a 20% discount, it’s even more tempting. more…

Another major Japanese automaker is jumping into the race for the “holy grail” of EV batteries after buying out an all-solid-state battery business. more…

Only the Tesla Model Y hit 20,000 units quicker than Rivian is planning for the R2, TechCrunch found.

The VW ID.3's Catalan cousin gets a new face, ditches haptic controls for real buttons, and has more range.

On this week's show: Mack drove the electric Subaru Outback, we evaluate Donut Lab's battery claims, and Eclipse's Jiten Behl joins.

The BYD Great Tang gets a 1,000-volt architecture, 1,500-kilowatt charging, and nearly 600 miles of range.

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The second-gen AMG GT 4-Door is going electric, and it'll have a more spacious interior with a driver-focused layout and some very cool details.

A new vehicle is the first mass-produced passenger EV with a viable sodium-based alternative to conventional lithium-ion batteries.

The Ford Puma Gen-E gets a bigger battery and BlueCruise just one year after its debut.

Honda’s legendary Insight nameplate is back. This time, it’s an electric crossover with over 300 miles of range.

ONTRAS Gastransport GmbH, the Leipzig-based energy operator, just inked supply deals with Mannesmann Grossrohr GmbH (MGR) and Mannesmann Line Pipe…

What if the next generation of hydrogen fuel cells ran on precious metals and ionomers pulled straight from recycled waste?…

The latest from Chalmers University of Technology is a reality check for Europe’s big bet on hydrogen production. Policymakers and…

Mercedes-Benz has confirmed that it will unveil the all-new VLE at a world premiere in Stuttgart on 10 March 2026. The upcoming model is described by the brand as an all-electric “grand limousine”..

Tesla recorded an uptick in registrations in Europe, with a 10% surge in February amid rising competition from rival BYD. Importance Rank:  1 read more

Maye Musk shared a story about a photographer who said a parked Tesla, Inc. saved his family's lives when a truck crashed onto their car, highlighting ongoing discussions around Tesla's safety and self-driving technology. Importance Rank:  1 read more

LG Energy Solution (LGES) said Friday that NextStar Energy, the Korean battery maker’s Canadian subsidiary, has completed Canada’s first and only commercial-scale battery manufacturing facility, built to produce batteries for electric vehicles and energy storage systems on a 390,000-square-meter site. During the grand opening ceremony on Thursday (local time), Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan called the new factory “an important symbol and milestone” of industrial cooperation between Korea and Canada, and asked his Canadian counterpart to continue bilateral collaboration in the submarine sector as well, extending government support for Hanwha Ocean’s bid to win the Royal Canadian Navy’s order for 12 new patrol submarines worth 60 billion Canadian dollars ($43 billion). At the event, Kim said it was particularly meaningful that the plant was built in Ontario, a province that sent troops to help defend Korea during the 1950-53 Korean War. “Just as LGES has fulfilled its commitment to

The Australian trucking industry is about to experience an electric revolution, with plunging battery prices turning economics on its head. New Energy Transport's Daniel Bleakley explains. Plus: News of the week. The post Energy Insiders Podcast: The revolution in electric trucking appeared first on Renew Economy.

During its Disruptive Technology event on Thursday, BYD revealed its new flagship electric SUV, the Great Tang. more…

BYD also unveiled world’s most powerful fast charger for cars, arranged like your neighborhood gas station.

BMW will finally reveal the new i3, the second Neue Klasse EV following the iX3 SUV, on March 18. With its debut less than two weeks away, BMW revealed a few more details about what to expect. more…

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The new EV sedan tries to channel the 3-series ideal.

See the exterior of the 2027 BMW i3 prototype from every angle.

The battery can add a staggering amount of range in under 10 minutes. Here's just how quick it is.

BYD’s new Blade Battery 2.0 and flash-charging network promise ultra-fast EV charging, potentially cutting charging times to minutes. The post Tesla’s top rival launches EV battery tech promising full charge in about 10 minutes appeared first on Digital Trends.

BYD’s Denza Z9GT brings a 644-mile range, a five-minute 10–70% charge, and a big price cut. If the numbers hold up, Tesla’s Model Y may finally have a serious challenger. The post BYD reveals Tesla Model Y killer with 644-mile range and 10–70% charge in just 5 minutes appeared first on Digital Trends.

BYD introduced its new Blade Battery 2.0 during its Disruptive Technolology event on Thursday. The new EV battery boasts a pure electric range of over 1,000 km (621 miles) under CLTC conditions and ultra-fast charging in just 10 minutes. more…

Nissan has launched the sixth-generation Serena e‑Power in Malaysia, introducing the brand’s latest series-hybrid technology to the popular mid-size MPV segment. The new Serena e-Power is offered in..

It’s no secret that ion-exchange membranes are the real workhorses in gadgets like fuel cell technology, batteries, and electrolysers. For…

Sweden’s climate investment scheme Klimatklivet has just signed off on the final SEK 10 million for Botnia Hydrogen AB, the…

Just now, Vanguard Sustainable Transport Solutions and the volunteer-run Severn Valley Railway celebrated a real milestone at Kidderminster Town station…

The fully electric Lexus ES350e undercuts the cheapest hybrid by $2,200.

To make matters even more interesting, the record run was done at a constant speed of 74.5 mph.

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The experimental manufacturing process could one day deliver a vehicle with a 1,000-plus mile range, researchers say.

Ford's February sales in US decline by 5.5% amid scaling back on EV offerings and an anti-EV market environment. Importance Rank:  1 read more

One of the best performance EVs on the market is on hiatus stateside until further notice.

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Hyundai Motor on Thursday launched an updated version of its flagship Ioniq 9 electric sport utility vehicle (SUV) in Korea with enhanced convenience features across all trims, the company said. In the entry-level Exclusive trim, Hyundai Motor added second-row ventilated and swiveling seats as standard features. The Prestige trim now includes water-repellent front windows, while the top-tier Calligraphy trim comes with heated third-row seats as standard. Hyundai Motor also expanded premium design elements previously available only in the top trim to the Prestige trim to enhance the vehicle's appeal. First launched in February last year, the Ioniq 9 is equipped with a 110.3 kilowatt-hour (kWh) battery, enabling a driving range of more than 500 kilometers on a single charge across all variants. "The updated Ioniq 9 further enhances product competitiveness by expanding preferred features while offering the distinct value of a large electric SUV backed by proven safety performance," a

Mr. Musk said he did not expect his posts in the lead-up to his 2022 acquisition of the social media site, now X, to affect the company’s share price.

The standard Ioniq 6 is gone. The high-performance Ioniq 6 N will be sold in limited numbers this year.

The billionaire is accused of misleading investors in the run-up to his 2022 Twitter purchase.

IG Metall’s vote share at Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin decreased from 39.4% to just 31.1% in the works council election that concluded today, a devastating 8-percentage-point drop that came after weeks of threats, police involvement, and a direct warning from Elon Musk that expansion would stop if the union gained influence. The management-aligned “Giga United” list won 40.4% of the vote, securing a commanding lead over the union and ensuring that Germany’s only non-union auto plant stays that way. more…

The Ioniq 6 N sports sedan is still coming to the U.S., but the less powerful versions of the Ioniq 6 have eliminated from Hyundai's EV lineup.

With its official debut just days away, BYD revealed the first images of its new flagship electric SUV, the Great Tang. more…

The front-wheel-drive ES350e is the only model that starts under $50,000, while the ES350h hybrid is newly available with all-wheel drive.

A new study ranks automakers based on how clean and responsible their supply chains are. These are the winners and losers.

I drove the latest Cadillac Vistiq electric SUV for a week. I added almost a thousand miles on it and put it through Electrek’s new EV review battery of tests. Here are all the results and my thoughts about what turned out to be an enjoyable electric vehicle packed with luxury – but not without limitations. more…

VW dealers sued Scout and Volkswagen on Tuesday in an attempt to block the brand's direct-to-consumer sales strategy.

The average negative equity on a trade-in hit an all-time high last quarter. Again. How are we going to get out of this?

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The designs of the "Lac Hong" models are fantastic. We'll see how they feel and drive in the real world, though.

"I mean, look, we didn't know what we didn't know," he says. The F-150 Lightning was a lesson the company had to learn the hard way.

BYD’s ultra-luxe electric sedan, the Yangwang U7, will be the first to feature the new Blade Battery 2.0. The new EV battery boasts a pure electric range of 1,006 km (625 miles) under CLTC conditions. more…

Tesla has reportedly requested an additional 24,000 wafers per month, which would bring total production capacity to around 40,000 wafers if finalized. The post Tesla to discuss expansion of Samsung AI6 production plans: report appeared first on TESLARATI.

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Stellantis lost billions on its EV plan. Now, it’s leaning on its Chinese joint venture to try and turn things around.

Volvo’s new EV is proving so popular that the Swedish car maker might do something it has never done before.

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arXiv:2603.02800v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The multiscale picture of hydrogen embrittlement (HE) mechanisms has been under controversy for a long time. Here I report a thermomechanically-consistent HERB framework driven by the Rice-Beltz concept meanwhile incorporating the hydrogen transport near the crack-tip and void growth within the plastic zone. Triggered solely by dislocation emission from the crack tip, the HERB theory unifies multiple HE mechanisms, such as HEDE, HELP, NVC and HESIV within a single framework. Specifically, a generalized model for predicting the hydrogen-informed dislocation emission is established by incorporating the Rice-Beltz model with the transition state theory. Accounting for the dynamic variation of the trapping energy of spherical inclusions, hydrogen transport is modeled in the dislocation free zone in front of the crack tip. Semi-analytical expressions of the density of geometrically necessary dislocations are obtained by incorporating the

arXiv:2603.02800v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The multiscale picture of hydrogen embrittlement (HE) mechanisms has been under controversy for a long time. Here I report a thermomechanically-consistent HERB framework driven by the Rice-Beltz concept meanwhile incorporating the hydrogen transport near the crack-tip and void growth within the plastic zone. Triggered solely by dislocation emission from the crack tip, the HERB theory unifies multiple HE mechanisms, such as HEDE, HELP, NVC and HESIV within a single framework. Specifically, a generalized model for predicting the hydrogen-informed dislocation emission is established by incorporating the Rice-Beltz model with the transition state theory. Accounting for the dynamic variation of the trapping energy of spherical inclusions, hydrogen transport is modeled in the dislocation free zone in front of the crack tip. Semi-analytical expressions of the density of geometrically necessary dislocations are obtained by incorporating the

arXiv:2603.02683v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Motion planning is a critical component of intelligent unmanned systems, enabling their complex autonomous operations. However, current planning algorithms still face limitations in planning efficiency due to inflexible strategies and weak adaptability. To address this, this paper proposes a multi-mode hybrid trajectory planning method for UAVs based on real-time environmental awareness, which dynamically selects the optimal planning model for high-quality trajectory generation in response to environmental changes. First, we introduce a goal-oriented spatial awareness method that rapidly assesses flight safety in the upcoming environments. Second, a multi-mode hybrid trajectory planning mechanism is proposed, which can enhance the planning efficiency by selecting the optimal planning model for trajectory generation based on prior spatial awareness. Finally, we design a lazy replanning strategy that triggers replanning only when necessary

arXiv:2603.02534v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: In this paper, we consider the problem of estimating parameters of a linear regression model. Using a hybrid systems framework, a hybrid algorithm is proposed allowing the estimate to converge to the exact value of the unknown parameters in predetermined finite time. Interestingly, we show that for the case of constant parameters, the convergence property of the hybrid algorithm holds while only requiring the regressor to be exciting on a given interval. For the case of piecewise constant parameters, the classical persistency of excitation condition is required to guarantee the convergence. Robustness of the proposed algorithm with respect to measurements noise is analysed. Finally, illustrative examples are provided showing the merits of the proposed approach in terms of scalability and the applicability for the general class of time-varying unknown parameters