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NLR Battery Innovation Awarded NASA’s Invention of the Year
To Shoot for the Moon, Lab Researchers Must First Learn How To Fail on Earth NLR Senior Energy Storage Engineer Matthew Keyser holds a sheet of copper discs, one of the metals that comprise the internal short-circuit device recently recognized by NASA’s 2025 Invention of the Year Award. Photo by … [continued]
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China’s Electric Truck Moment Has Arrived — And It’s About To Hit Global Diesel Demand
By Ray Wills and Peter Newman If the electric car was the opening chapter of China’s transport transition, battery-electric heavy trucks are the next — and it is now moving from promise to industrial reality. And this is happening inside the fastest energy transition in human history. For global oil, … [continued]
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Data, Data Everywhere And Not A Byte To Think
It is slowly dawning on people that all this hysteria about artificial intelligence and the data centers needed to support it may not be a good thing. In particular, its effect on impressionable young people is setting off alarm bells. The UK this week announced a number of new protections … [continued]
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The All-New VW ID. Polo Now Available with 37-kWh Battery — Affordable Entry into Electric Mobility
The 37-kWh battery (net) provides a range suitable for everyday use of up to 334 km (WLTP); the attractive entry-level model is designed for urban traffic and typical commuting routes Output stages with 85 kW (116 PS) and 99 kW (135 PS) are now available to order, with DC charging from 10 to … [continued]
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50% Rise in Volkswagen Electric Vehicle Orders in Europe in 2026
There’s been so much focus on Volkswagen’s drastic plans to close factories and lay off employees, and rightfully so, but that overshadowed some actually pretty cool, uplifting news from the company. In a company report on its first-half-of-year sales, the group’s 4.1 million sales were not a bright spot overall … [continued]
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