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Kia has achieved solid earnings growth in the third quarter, supported by rising sales of hybrids, electric vehicles (EVs) and popular SUV models across major markets, the carmaker said Friday in a regulatory filing. The carmaker said its operating profit between July and September jumped 24.3 percent to 1.82 trillion won ($1.36 billion). Sales also increased 10.2 percent to 31.6 percent during the same period. The automaker's earnings growth was driven by its diversified electrification strategy, as it helped sustain growth despite weakening global auto demand, Kia said. Global vehicle sales rose 7.9 percent to 847,355 vehicles in the third quarter on balanced sales growth of its hybrids, EVs and SUV models. Kia's SUV lineup, including the Sportage, Carnival and newly introduced Telluride Hybrid, helped drive sales in the United States, where retail sales rose 7.8 percent to approximately 234,000 units. The automaker's U.S. market share reached a quarterly record of 5.8 percent.

You'd think selling more EVs would help, but low profit margins mean that it actually can hurt.

The Ford Fathom starts at under $29,000. Here's how much a nicely equipped one will cost you.

CEO Jim Farley says that its new motors, inverters, and EV gearboxes will maximize efficiency and keep costs down.

Rivian's Tesla Model Y rival is a hit among buyers, with Rivian increasing its annual delivery guidance again.

Get ready for your taste of la dolce vita, because the Fiat Topolino is street legal now.

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At All Energy Australia, the ARKVOLT F8S and HeroEE 16 show why expansion, usable capacity and long-term value matter as much as battery size. Australia’s home battery boom raises a question: how much storage should households buy now, and how much might they need later? The Clean Energy Council recorded 276,011 installations in the first […] The post As Battery Rebates Change, HiTHIUM Makes the Case for Flexible Home Storage appeared first on Renew Economy.

The Russian President praised Musk and said they are in "close" contact.

Toyota’s EV sales have jumped 127% through September, but that isn’t telling the whole story. Slumping demand for gas and hybrid cars in China has pushed global sales lower for three months in a row. more…

Rivian has started delivering the first major hardware upgrade to its electric van since production began in 2021: a bigger LFP battery pack good for 30% more range, and a new dual-motor AWD version. The company confirmed in its Q3 2026 shareholder presentation that deliveries of the new variants began in early October. That’s the first real spec bump for a van that has been stuck at about 160 miles of rated range for years. more…

The Department of Energy (DOE) has closed a $5.1 billion federally guaranteed loan package for Alliant Energy’s two regulated utilities, providing access to lower-cost financing for new natural gas-fired generation, battery energy storage, liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage, and upgrades to existing power plants in Iowa and Wisconsin. The financing arrives as Alliant prepares for […] The post DOE Closes $5.1B Loan Package for Alliant’s Iowa, Wisconsin Gas Power and Battery Storage Buildout appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The base price goes up by $90, with the biggest changes coming on the mid-spec Land trim.

Steep hills and tight gaps showed what FSD can do. Missed signs and driver takeovers showed how much supervision it still needs.

The most affordable Lucid doesn’t feel cheap, and it delivers all of the basics that the more expensive trims are known for.

Mantle8 and Hydrogen Europe are advocating for natural hydrogen exploration, aiming for a proposed €1 billion program across Europe—tapping into geological processes to harness clean energy. This collaboration will boost local economies and job creation while addressing the climate crisis.

EBARA has launched the Futtsu District 2nd facility in Japan, the world's first test center for liquid hydrogen pumps, aimed at advancing hydrogen infrastructure.

Ballard Power Systems Inc. has secured a commercial agreement with New Flyer for 500 hydrogen fuel-cell engines, marking an important step in the deployment of hydrogen fuel-cell technology in North American transit.

Russia is trying to develop is own version of the satellite constellation Starlink: Rassvet.

An all-new engine was developed specifically for electrified powertrains, promising higher efficiency than its predecessors.

Apple’s fully loaded M5 Ultra Mac Studio with 512GB of RAM is finally up for pre-order, and at $29,799, it costs more than a brand-new Chevy Bolt EV.

Only U.S.-built Teslas get FSD, so Korean owners of Chinese-built Teslas are illegally unlocking it.

EV sales are up in nearly every EU country. They could surpass hybrids very soon.

The former Top Gear host said the affordable electric truck was “good natured” and “vaguely practical” in his latest review.

The tech still needs more testing, but it could revolutionize how lithium is sourced for batteries.

Samsung SDI staged a turnaround, posting its highest operating profit in 12 quarters on the back of the explosive growth of the artificial intelligence (AI) data center market. A surge in sales of high-value-added products, including energy storage systems (ESS) and battery backup units (BBUs), drov

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Samsung SDI returned to operating profitability in the third quarter of 2026, driven by strong demand for energy storage system (ESS) batteries and growing sales of small batteries for artificial intelligence data centers. The battery maker reported Thursday an operating profit of 407.8 billion won ($285 million) for the July-September period, compared with an operating loss of 591.3 billion won a year earlier. The figure nearly doubled from 203.8 billion won in the previous quarter, marking its highest quarterly operating profit since the third quarter of 2023, when it recorded 496 billion won. Revenue rose 52.6 percent year-on-year to 4.69 trillion won, up from 3.07 trillion won a year earlier and 20.9 percent from the previous quarter. The battery business generated 4.41 trillion won in revenue, up 55.3 percent from a year earlier, while operating profit reached 361.9 billion won. Strong ESS and battery backup unit (BBU) sales amid the expansion of the global AI data center market,

A GMC Hummer EV owner towed a 30-foot Jayco camper 525 miles through the Rockies. Super Cruise made it easy, but at 55 cents per kWh, fast charging cost about 61 cents a mile, slightly more than a diesel truck.

Their home already ran on electricity. Moving it with a Rivian R1T brought new demands: charging stops, slower days, and fewer places to stay. Across two summers, they found a routine they were happy to keep.

An R1T helped pull a disabled 6,300-pound Lexus back to the trailhead. The harder lesson arrived the next morning, when getting off the rocks still left a repair shop 237 miles away.

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Haloblk wheel covers are supposed to boost range while giving disc wheel vibes, but they only do one of those.

The lovable electric van was the fourth-best-selling EV in America in the third quarter, beating all of its competitors hands down.

Slate, Telo, and Ford’s electric pickups are still months away from hitting the market. This YouTuber beat them to the punch.

Allye’s new DC fast charger can use a simple 16A grid connection, energizing depots and temporary sites in hours instead of months.

Tesla has started hiring in Vietnam, and one of its recruiters says the company is now “officially coming” to the country. The five open roles include a sales manager, a service manager, and a charging project developer. It’s a tough market to walk into. VinFast, the local all-electric automaker, has sold roughly 36% of every new car in Vietnam this year, more than its next five competitors combined. more…

Nicole hit 34,000 miles on her leased Camry Hybrid in just 19 months and had to move fast. She traded it in and paid $6,000 less than the asking price for a 2026 Camry XSE. Here’s how she did it, and what it means for you.

Most electric motorcycles have something in common: a single-speed transmission. But a British company is preparing to shake things up at this year’s EICMA motorcycle show in Milan, where it will unveil a new electric motorcycle demonstrator featuring an unusual two-speed transmission designed to shift gears without interrupting power delivery. more…

Scientists have developed a new technology that could make electric vehicle batteries smaller, lighter, and longer-lasting, potentially allowing cars to travel farther on a single charge. By borrowing precision manufacturing techniques from computer chip production, they found a way to prevent damaging lithium buildup that has held back next-generation batteries.

A Tesla Semi caught fire on Interstate 880 in Hayward, California, on Tuesday evening, and there was no crash. The electric truck’s lithium-ion battery burned long enough to keep the southbound freeway closed for about 10 hours. The driver got out unhurt. But a Class 8 electric truck catching fire on its own, in traffic, is something Tesla and its growing list of Semi customers need to explain. more…

A Rivian R1S owner just finished a 1,200-mile round trip with no charging trouble. But he says two problems still keep some people away from EVs, and one of them is about personal safety. Here’s how to solve both on your next trip.

A chip factory being built by Elon Musk's Tesla and SpaceX is in Texas's 10th District, where his PAC's former lawyer Chris Gober is the GOP U.S. House nominee.

We verified 100 hydrogen-infrastructure projects announced in 2023–24 against live sources: half built, a third still just plans, almost none officially cancelled.

Tesla built the Cybercab's battery pack with spare room for a future switch to LFP. The post Tesla’s Cybercab battery design could make robotaxis even cheaper appeared first on TESLARATI.

He paid $44,000 for a nearly new BMW X3, paid it off and now has 43,000 miles and a $25,000 trade-in offer. He wants a 2026 RAV4 hybrid to save on gas, but the math says his real reason to switch is something else.

One Chinese online car marketplace found a loophole to bring cheap, used Chinese EVs to Europeans.

Tesla gave the Model Y's structural battery pack a "D" grade. It says the Cybercab's pack is easier to make and more repairable.

Tesla is famous for its camera-only approach to autonomous driving. GM's chief product officer thinks deleting radar "ignores physics."

Thanks to an onboard DC-to-AC inverter, you won't need expensive hardware to backup your home with Ford's $30,000 EV truck.

After 135,000 miles, Edmunds’ cheap used Model S still has useful range and enough performance to make it look tempting.

The Express Solo promises cheaper installation and can shift power between plugged-in cars to make better use of what’s available.

General Motors plans to introduce hybrid versions of the Chevrolet Traverse, ​Buick Enclave, and GMC Acadia, Reuters reports.

The same goes for GM’s other mid-size family SUVs, the Buick Enclave and GMC Acadia.

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The mini electric dirt bike market has exploded over the last few years, with seemingly countless new brands offering everything from pint-sized electric pit bikes to surprisingly powerful off-road machines. The Sykeruns X7 falls somewhere in the middle, offering enough power to get into some serious trouble while keeping the price relatively approachable. more…

Tesla designed the Cybercab’s battery pack with spare space so it can later use cheaper lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cells, battery engineer Robert Sumpf told Munro Live. The robotaxi now uses Tesla’s 4680 cells. Tesla also said the Cybercab line can build cars faster than it deploys them. Tesla designed the battery pack in its […] This story continues at The Next Web

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State says it plans to be the first to legalise plug-in solar and battery installations, a potential game-changer for renters and apartment dwellers. The post “We will be the first:” State to roll out plug-in solar and batteries to help renters and apartment dwellers appeared first on Renew Economy.

Hyundai Motor Company has surpassed a cumulative total of 50,262 hydrogen fuel-cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) sold in South Korea, marking significant progress in the hydrogen mobility sector.

Nikkiso has launched its innovative P2KHF pump to dramatically reduce hydrogen losses at fueling stations, reportedly achieving under 1% transfer losses during tests.

SpaceX, Tesla and Anthropic could become major S&P 500 holdings. Here's what that could mean for index fund investors.

Recent innovations in hydrogen storage focus on anchoring ruthenium nanoparticles in nanostructured supports, aiming to enhance the efficiency and stability of hydrogen production for sustainable energy solutions.

The company will show the hybrid system for the Australian and New Zealand market, plus two software tools for homeowners and installers, at Booth HH135 on 28 and 29 October. The post FranklinWH to debut multi-phase hybrid battery system and new software technology at All Energy Australia 2026 appeared first on Renew Economy.

arXiv:2610.35658v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Aviation authorities hold decades of accident reports whose narratives record how investigators reconstructed each accident. Computational work on these archives has mostly sorted reports into fixed taxonomies. In this work, we propose a hybrid framework in which a text-based corpus identifies the leading factors of a failure mode. Physics-based models then quantify how likely that failure is at a stated operating point. Ordered causal chains extracted from 56,202 American accident reports with a local large language model aggregate into a causation knowledge graph. On an evaluation sample of 2,000 reports, the chains recover 90.8% of investigator-flagged causes. Each physical factor whose drivers the record carries receives an occurrence model calibrated to the accident population. A leaky noisy-OR fitted to the corpus combines the factors into a failure mode probability that supports intervention. For engine power loss, the carburetor

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The BMW went roughly 60% farther at 70 mph, thanks mostly to its huge battery.

The automaker says its new battery can charge from 10% to 97% in under seven minutes.

It's the same thing that just happened to the Volkswagen ID.4.

Turo hosts will soon be able to link their Tesla account to confirm to renters which cars have FSD enabled.

Democrats want to bring the EV tax credit back. But is it too late?

It may be dead for the U.S. market, but there are plenty of used ones for sale. Does it make sense to buy a canceled car, though?

Tesla purposely built the Cybercab's battery pack with future LFP chemistry in mind.

Generating hydrogen without releasing carbon dioxide sounds simple: pass electricity through water, split water molecules and generate green hydrogen. The hard part is the electrocatalyst. The best ones rely on platinum, ruthenium and iridium, which are scarce and expensive. We wanted to know whether a small amount of iron and nickel oxides, anchored on carbon nanofibers grown by chemical vapor deposition the right way on the right scaffold, could do the job instead. Our results are published in ACS Applied Nano Materials.

BYD’s upcoming flagship EV will be its largest and most luxurious electric sedan yet, potentially debuting two firsts for the company: Rolls-Royce-style coach doors and solid-state batteries. more…

Tesla Canada has updated the Model 3 Premium Rear-Wheel Drive on its website with 584 km of range and a 0-100 km/h time of 5.2 seconds. Those are the exact specs of the Fremont-built Long Range RWD that Tesla sold in Canada two years ago. The Shanghai-built version, the $39,490 CAD car Canadians haven’t been able to order since early October, is rated at 463 km and 6.2 seconds. The new numbers point to a different car from a different factory. more…

After 50,000 miles, the reality of $1,600 tire swaps, certified repair loops, and software glitches pushed this Rivian R1T owner to a $50k Ford F-150 Lightning. Here is the real cost of owning an electric super truck.

Turo will soon let US renters search specifically for Teslas with “Full Self-Driving” (Supervised) turned on, using a direct integration with Tesla to verify each car’s FSD status. The feature goes live on October 28. For Tesla, it’s a new way to put FSD in front of people who don’t own a Tesla, and a new source of the FSD subscriptions that now count toward Elon Musk’s pay package. more…

A New Mexico driver’s first camper trip exposed frequent fuel stops, a fast-moving oil-life monitor, and an uncomfortable seat. The harder decision came afterward: how much truck was worth owning for the rest of the year?

BYD opened pre-orders for the new Denza N8, a luxury five-seat electric SUV with a CLTC range of over 1,000 km (621 miles). more…

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Range Energy, a company working to electrify trucking through the use of a trailer with its own battery and motors, has published an analysis showing how much fleets can save through electrification – and just at the right time, with diesel at record highs. more…

arXiv:2610.32911v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Machine learning for partial differential equations raises a practical question: when are classical, learned, or hybrid solvers justified? This survey compares the three families in a decision framework organized by data availability, query volume, and certification needs. An amortization law, tested on parametric Darcy flow, shows that surrogates trained on solver-generated data break even only after many queries, beyond thirty thousand for errors below one percent. An evidence ladder, a benchmark reanalysis, and three case studies show that claims of speedup and generalization carry the weakest evidence. Solver choice should follow regime, query volume, and evidence quality, not method novelty.

arXiv:2610.32278v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Advanced attackers in post-exploitation scenarios increasingly craft attack chains that combine benign operations, configuration errors, and vulnerability exploitation to achieve objectives like privilege escalation. While such chains pose significant threats, manually discovering them in complex modern host environments is prohibitively labor-intensive. Automating this discovery is therefore essential for proactive defense, yet existing methods still suffer from inefficiency and lack diversity when exploring these attack chains. To address these limitations, we present APEX, an Automated Post-EXploitation attack chain exploration system. This system transforms attack chain discovery into a planning problem and solves it with a novel phase-guided hybrid Planning-Monte Carlo Tree Search (MCTS) algorithm. By organizing attack actions into semantic phases and integrating symbolic planning with MCTS, APEX enables efficient exploration of the

Investors are already questioning the debt-fueled expansion of neoclouds and whether the large AI infrastructure build-out will generate long-term returns.

Amflow, the electric bicycle brand that burst onto the scene with some of the most powerful and lightweight electric mountain bikes on the market, is expanding its lineup with two major releases. The company has announced global availability of its new Amflow TL Carbon, while also bringing its removable-battery Amflow PR Carbon series to the US for the first time. more…

Chinese-made vehicles now account for more than 44% of South Korea’s electric vehicle market, underscoring their rapid growth. Although the government has tightened subsidy eligibility requirements, Tesla vehicles produced at its Shanghai factory and BYD’s aggressive marketing have continued to driv

Samsung SDI said Monday that its U.S. subsidiary, Samsung SDI America, has signed a 1-gigawatt-hour agreement to supply energy storage systems (ESS) to Alpha Omega Power, a U.S. utility-scale battery storage developer and independent power producer. The latest deal brings the total volume of agreements between the two companies to 1.5 gigawatt-hours, including an initial contract signed late last year. Alpha Omega Power plans to deploy the systems in large-scale power projects aimed at strengthening grid reliability and meeting rising electricity demand. Construction is scheduled to begin next year in the Western Electricity Coordinating Council and Electric Reliability Council of Texas markets. Under the latest agreement, Samsung SDI will supply its Samsung Battery Box 1.7, an integrated ESS equipped with nickel-cobalt-aluminum batteries. All cells and modules will be manufactured at the StarPlus Energy plant in Kokomo, Indiana, with deliveries scheduled to be completed by the end of

Samsung SDI America, Inc. (SDIA) said on Oct. 26 that it had signed a contract with U.S. energy company Alpha Omega Power (AOP) to supply ESS solutions with a capacity of 1 GWh. Including the initial volume agreed at the end of last year, the total supply scale reaches 1.5 GWh. AOP plans to deploy t

An early drive reveals surprising comfort and punch, though this unfinished prototype still has some rough edges.

The $400,000 mobile home brings electrification to the RV space in a whole new way.

Despite a ban on cars made with Chinese hardware and software, Chery thinks a U.S. entry could be possible.

Elon Musk said in an X post that SpaceX has closed $40 billion in debt financing to purchase GPUs.

On the trail, James Talarico, the Democratic Senate nominee, has increasingly gone after Mr. Musk, a critic of his who has given big to a group aligned with the Republican candidate, Ken Paxton.