Category: Climate Action & Science

Last month, COP31 president-designate Murat Kurum launched a target for 35% of the world’s final energy to come from electricity by 2035. In an interview with Carbon Brief, Kurum says that the target was…

In a recent article in CleanTechnica, David Waterford looked at the Sealion 7 in Australia. A few days later, media reported that the Sealion 7 had been quietly discontinued in China.

Extreme heat tests Philadelphia’s climate resilience during a weekend of historic celebrations.By Nina Sablan, Daniel Perrin PHILADELPHIA—To Eric Klinenberg, a packed stadium in 101-degree heat offering limited water access for fans was a “formula…

Tesla is still the king, accounting for about 50% of the US EV market, but a handful of brands are finally gaining traction with new models now on sale. Source: Electrek.

The Chinese startup XPENG is moving forward with plans for a new electric robotaxi aimed at the global market for seamless, fully autonomous ride hailing experiences. The post New XPENG Robotaxi: KITT Or My…

Q&A with Marc Moser, HUBER+SUHNER Ask what’s holding back electric truck and bus production and you’ll usually hear about battery supply or software. Less often mentioned: the orange highvoltage cable running between the battery,…

Alsym Energy and ERITY have signed a 9 GWh Strategic Relationship Agreement (SRA) to jointly deploy battery energy storage systems (BESS) for the mining sector. Alsym develops sodium-ion batteries it says are non-flammable and…

In the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we discuss Rivian going back to the stock market market, Xiaomi going big,…

Rivian R2 is getting launch mode, making it faster in the quarter mile than its biggest competitor. Source: InsideEVs.

The SkyNomad N90 is Xiaomi’s first EREV, and it’s meant to be a road-tripping family SUV built to haul people and gear. Source: InsideEVs.

A monitoring well at the site of a uranium mine operating in a national monument nine miles from the Grand Canyon’s south rim has been detecting rising arsenic levels since 2025. Four times, those…

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