EV batteries are defying expectations after hundreds of thousands of miles. Link
UK sales of electric vehicles just overtook petrol cars for the first time. Link
Electric school buses tapped to shore up fragile US power grids during summer heat. Link
AI Data Centers Use Far More Water ["indirect" water use during power generation is not reported] Than Most Tech Giants Report. Link
Dacia has reduced the price of the Spring electric city car to £11,990 [$16k. For another thousand quid you get a bigger motor and CarPlay], making it the cheapest new car and cheapest EV on sale in the UK. Link
Solar is crushing gas growth worldwide, a new report finds. Link
NASA needs volunteers to spend a year locked in a Mars simulation. Link
Palantir CEO Blows His Stack During Wild Interview, alleges data and model weight theft by AI. Link
Drone crackdown: More than 500 seized since start of World Cup. Link
Uh oh, tokens are getting too expensive... [with coined term of the week, "tokenpocalypse"]. Video
NASA prepares for daring rescue to save aging telescope from falling to Earth. [Hubble is also decaying...]. Video
War Stories from Detroit 3: Vehicle Development - How engineering got done in Detroit 1965-2000. Link
DARPA program aims to create a 30-year [nuclear isotope-powered] battery minimally viable prototype by early 2027. Link
Australia space agency has found 'likely source' of mystery space balls. Link
Windows 11 identifier code used to track Scattered Spider perp after Microsoft shared info with FBI. Link
German battery electric vehicles ( BEVs ) registered in June, had an increase of 78.2 percent compared to the same month last year. Their market share was 28.4 percent. In the first half of 2026, this type of vehicle saw a registration increase of 48.0 percent compared to the same period last year. Link
SoftBank Walks Away From Boston Dynamics for $325 Million, Hands Hyundai The Keys. Link
