EVs, batteries, clean energy, and the tech of decarbonization.
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Tesla unveiled its next-generation Roadster at SpaceX's Texas site on October 15, 2026, showing a four-thruster car it says can fly and plans to build in 2028.
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The all-electric Citroën 2CV Concept at the 2026 Paris Motor Show previews a sub-€15,000 city car the French brand targets for 2028 production in Italy.
Google and Constellation signed a 20-year deal on October 6, 2026 to add 890 MW of new nuclear capacity to PJM through uprates at 11 existing reactors.
Tesla opened a Semi plant in Sparks, Nevada built for 50,000 trucks a year, as a shipper alliance placed the largest electric Class 8 order in history.
LG Energy Solution said its LFP-based JF2 AC Link qualified as an NVIDIA DSX Ready BESS, the only Korean battery maker picked for the AI data-centre program.
Posco Future M will supply about 1.07 trillion won of LFP cathode material to SK On from 2027, feeding SK On's Georgia energy-storage battery plant.
RWE took a final investment decision on 21 September 2026 to build a 400MW/1,100MWh battery at its Moerdijk power station in the Netherlands, with commissioning set for 2028.
Porsche and cylib say pilot cells now use a cathode made entirely from recycled end-of-life packs, a first that still faces a pilot-to-series and feedstock gap.
CATL unveiled a modular battery platform for commercial vehicles at IAA Transportation, claiming up to 1,000 km of range and a 1.5-million-kilometer truck pack.
A BloombergNEF outlook projects US data-center natural gas use will grow by 15 billion cubic feet a day by 2035, more than double its forecast nine months ago.
Mazama Energy raised $135 million, led by Centaurus and Doerr Capital, to scale superhot rock geothermal after a 331°C record and an 80% drilling gain.
Emerald AI, Google and Nvidia launched the AI Energy Management Alliance on September 16 to trade flexible power use for faster grid connections.
Holcim will deploy two Joule Hive thermal batteries from Electrified Thermal to supply heat up to 1,800°C, a first for a cement plant.
Lava Blue has commissioned Australia's first grid-connected sodium-sulfur battery in Brisbane: 250 kW, 1.45 MWh and about six hours, built by NGK as NGK exits.
Tesla Energy will supply Megapack batteries for about 3 GWh of Italian grid storage under a framework deal with Zhero and H1 Holdings, starting with 200 MW.
Nearly three years after launch, Tesla enabled Cybertruck Powershare alongside a Powerwall 3, extending home backup past three days; Powerwall 2 support is still to come.
Panasonic Energy raised its solid-state cell's operating ceiling to 150°C and added a prismatic format, targeting factory machines, sensors and robots before electric cars.
The US Energy Department closed a $1.9 billion loan to restart Iowa’s shuttered Duane Arnold nuclear plant, with Google buying the power for its data centers.
Yara inaugurated Europe's largest industrial carbon capture plant at Sluiskil on Sept. 7, shipping up to 800,000 tonnes of CO2 a year to Norway for burial.
LG Energy Solution began production at its new 226-acre Lansing, Michigan plant, targeting more than 35 GWh of LFP battery cells a year for storage and EVs.
How utilities store power at scale, lithium-ion, flow batteries, pumped hydro and thermal, plus the MW–MWh distinction and the economics that decide projects.
