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The Limitations Of Powered Trailers That Nobody Thinks About

media-man — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 03:50:43 +0000

Startups like Evotrex, Pebble, and Lightship are heavily pushing “active-assist” trailers. These are campers with their own built-in battery packs and electric motors designed to eliminate EV towing range anxiety. They basically push themselves down the highway to take the load off your tow vehicle, letting you go longer between ... [continued]

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CATL Debuts World’s 1st Field-Validated Sodium-Ion BESS, Bringing Sodium Storage to Commercial Reality

media-man — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 03:43:05 +0000

CATL this week officially unveiled the TENER Sodium Energy Storage System, the world’s first real-world validated sodium-ion energy storage solution in Munich, Germany. The solution has reached full commercial maturity across technology, production capacity, and supply chain readiness. Cumulative shipments are expected to reach 1 GWh by the end of ... [continued]

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CATL — 36 Battery Swap Stations for Hong Kong, 3000 Total This Year

media-man — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 03:41:20 +0000

Going through our CATL archives, I see tons of articles about sodium-ion batteries, but I have to go back more than a year to find a story about CATL battery swapping stations. The company is moving forward with this in places, though. CATL is apparently planning to launch 36 battery ... [continued]

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Renewable Power Purchase Agreement Prices About To Spike

media-man — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 03:40:45 +0000

The Trump administration’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA) was full of all kinds of crap, rubbish, and bile. In short, it was named for what it was not — but that’s enough to fool most people. One thing the OBBBA did was rapidly phase out federal wind and solar ... [continued]

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NIO CEO: Plugin Vehicles 90% of Chinese Auto Market in 2030

media-man — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 03:18:47 +0000

NIO just hit another notable milestone. Its Onvo L60 already surpassed 100,000 cumulative deliveries. However, the bigger NIO news of the week was NIO CEO, chairman, and founder William Li saying that he thinks the Chinese auto market will exceed 90% new energy vehicle (plugin vehicle) sales by 2030. 90% ... [continued]

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Snow and ice on Swiss glaciers melting at alarming rate amid heatwave, expert says

media-man — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 02:50:42 +0000

Accumulation on Switzerland’s glaciers from last winter expected to all be gone by Monday amid ‘enormous’ melt rates across Alps

Swiss glaciers are set to lose an enormous amount of ice due to the heatwave battering Europe, according to the head of Glacier Monitoring in Switzerland (Glamos).

The snow and ice accumulated last winter by Switzerland’s glaciers is expected to have all melted away by Monday, marking the alarming second-earliest arrival on record of the tipping point known as glacier loss day.

Local Groups & Sierra Club Challenge Permit for Pipeline that Would Feed CP2 LNG Export Facility

media-man — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:52:54 +0000

Louisiana Approved the Marais Pipeline Coastal Use Permit without Legally Required Impacts Analysis Today, Louisiana Bucket Brigade, Fisherman Involved in Sustaining our Heritage (FISH), and Sierra Club filed a lawsuit in the 38th Judicial District in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, challenging the coastal use permit issued by the Louisiana Department of Conservation and Energy ... [continued]

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Groups Threaten TVA with Lawsuit over Clean Air Act Violations at Cumberland Plants

media-man — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:42:16 +0000

The Tennessee Valley Authority’s coal retirement reversal led utility to violate federal law. CUMBERLAND CITY, Tenn. — The Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of Appalachian Voices, the Center for Biological Diversity, and the Sierra Club, has notified the Tennessee Valley Authority of the groups’ intent to sue the federal utility because ... [continued]

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Octopus Energy Partners With DTEK To Bring Solar & Battery Storage To Ukraine

media-man — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 23:14:03 +0000

Where others see great risk, Octopus Energy and DTEK see great opportunity to bring renewable energy and battery storage to Ukraine.

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The Tesla Cybercab Has A Serious Challenge For Personal Vehicle Sales

media-man — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 22:42:29 +0000

We’ve written a few stories lately on why robotaxis may not do much more than replace human-driven taxis. There’s a lot of hype or hope around the idea that many people will switch from car ownership to using robotaxis, but is that really what’s likely to happen? Even beyond that, ... [continued]

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