“The obsession with EV range is all wrong,” argues a new article in the Washington Post’s Climate section. “This year, one EV on the market — the sleek $140,000 Lucid Air Grand Touring — boasts a whopping 516-mile range. Toyota recently ann…

Remember those researchers who generated electricity from the energy in air humidity?

“To be frank, it was an accident,” the study’s lead author, Prof Jun Yao, tells the Guardian:

“We were actually interested in making a simple sensor for humidity i…

Bruce Power, a Canadian utility company, is planning to build the world’s biggest nuclear plant as growing demand for clean energy spurs interest in atomic energy. The Financial Post reports: The Ontario government said Wednesday Bruce Power will condu…

Kentucky is requiring that electric vehicle charging companies include Tesla’s plug if they want to be part of a state program to electrify highways using federal dollars, according to documents reviewed by Reuters. From the report: Kentucky’s plan wen…

An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNN: A 20-strong fleet of Hitachi Masaccio trains is now running in Italy, where they are known as “Blues.” It’s the first phase of a 1.23 billion euros project which will add 135 battery-powered trains to natio…

The Society of Automotive Engineers, a U.S.-based standards organization known as SAE International, announced plans to support Tesla’s EV “North American Charging Standard” or NACS port. “SAE’s adoption will make it easier for electric vehicle chargin…

Fossil fuels continue to dominate the global energy market. According to the industry’s Statistical Review of World Energy report, global energy demand rose 1% last year, but fossil fuels still accounted for 82% of supply. Reuters reports: The stubborn…

“One of the biggest pain points that comes with driving an electric vehicle is the time it takes to charge the battery,” writes CNET. “Startup Ample’s new technology can give drivers a full charge in about the same time it takes to fill a gas tank.”

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Interesting Engineering reports:

Chinese authorities have officially given the green light to commission a working thorium-based molten salt nuclear reactor. Currently under construction since 2018, the reactor in question, “Thorium Molten Salt React…

The Texas power grid operator, ERCOT, has urged residents and businesses to conserve electricity as the first heat wave of the summer increases air conditioner usage, causing power reserves to potentially fall short. Power prices in the state’s day-ahe…