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GM Really Isn't Going To Build That Many Chevy Bolts: Report
General Motors is on track to make 35,000 Bolts, a union official told Reuters. Source: InsideEVs.
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- Heat-Pump Remote Monitoring Systems Promise Greater Convenience, But Who Owns Your Home’s Data?
Smart heat pumps can share performance data with contractors for remote diagnostics. How the technology works—and who controls the data. Source: Green Building Advisor.
- PJM capacity reforms require urgent state action to protect ratepayers, says NRDC
Energy-Storage.news Premium speaks with Claire Lang-Ree, clean energy advocate at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), about PJM's proposed capacity market reforms. Source: Energy Storage News.
- SMA battery inverter first to win grid-forming certification for German inertia market
Inverter manufacturer SMA Solar Technology has become the first to be certified as capable of providing inertia to the German grid. Source: Energy Storage News.
- Incoming El Niño Is so Extreme It Doesn’t Have a Scientific Name
As a record breaking El Niño continues to grow in the Eastern Pacific, climate scientist Daniel Swain explains what may be in store for the next year as we brace for an El Niño…
- Brazil confident new rainforest fund will reach $10bn public funding milestone
Brazil’s environment minister says he is “very optimistic” that the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) – a new rainforest fund to channel private and public finance to developing nations – can meet a key…
- Electric Future, Established Name: The New ID. Tiguan Premieres in October
True Volkswagen — following the ID. Polo and ID. Source: CleanTechnica.
- Scania to supply Core 800 battery packs for Prinoth’s electric snow groomers
Scania has signed a long-term agreement to supply its Core 800 battery packs to Italian snow groomer maker Prinoth, part of the High Technology Industries (HTI) Group. The packs will power two fully electric…
- How a Washington State farm dramatically slashed its irrigation needs
Many people think of the Pacific Northwest as a rainy place, but most of the rain falls in winter. And Terri Kempton of the Outback Farm at Western Washington University says that as the…
- Buying on the brink in Hawaii
As owners pour millions into Hawaii’s crumbling coastal estates, private property rights clash with public beach survival. Source: Yale Climate Connections.
- US clean energy jobs fell for the first time since the pandemic
The US lost 36,949 clean energy jobs in 2025, ending four straight years of growth. That’s the direct impact of the Trump administration and the Republican-controlled Congress rolling back federal support for clean energy…
- Unlock Public EV Charging Price Transparency & Competition
T&E position on the revision of the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation for Light Duty Vehicles. The Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation (AFIR) is the cornerstone of the EU’s public charging infrastructure.
- In global first, a next-gen geothermal plant goes live at utility scale
The geothermal startup Fervo Energy is now selling power to the grid from its Cape Station project in Utah — marking the first time a utility-scale, next-generation geothermal facility has achieved such a feat…
- Will New York's 1GW storage contracts finally break the state's big battery impasse?
New York set an ambitious goal to eliminate fossil-fueled electricity by 2040. Doing so will almost certainly require widespread adoption of batteries to store renewable generation and make it available on demand, thereby reducing…
- Tesla’s two week notice, Volvo’s autonomous milestone, and fun with LEGO
On today’s completely predictable episode of Quick Charge, Tesla CEO Elon Musk says the weather looks like it’ll be too rough to show off his new “flying” Roadster 2.0 on October 1st, so he’s…
- The 2027 Lexus TZ Will Cost $65,000 But Have Way Less Power Than Expected
The TZ will have less power than its Subaru sibling. But at least it'll go on sale first. Source: InsideEVs.
- Volkswagen Is Going Big On Cheaper LFP Batteries In Europe
Volkswagen announced multiple deals with China's Gotion to make LFP batteries for mass-market EVs. Source: InsideEVs.
