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Tesla Is Now Testing A Virtual Waitlist For Superchargers
Tesla Is Now Testing A Virtual Waitlist For Superchargers

Global EV market reaches 25% share as emerging markets surge ahead
Global EV market reaches 25% share as emerging markets surge ahead

588 Or More New Public EV Chargers Coming To Texas
588 Or More New Public EV Chargers Coming To Texas

Elemental Royalty to buy Vizsla Royalties in $239M deal
Elemental Royalty to buy Vizsla Royalties in $239M deal

China’s Gotion and Richardson Electronics partner for US-made BESS
China’s Gotion and Richardson Electronics partner for US-made BESS

Nearly 13GWh of grid-scale BESS deployed globally in April
Nearly 13GWh of grid-scale BESS deployed globally in April

Appian deepens Namibia push with $400M copper mine buy
Appian deepens Namibia push with $400M copper mine buy

Community shocked as Australia’s most advanced renewable state moves to end fracking ban
Community shocked as Australia’s most advanced renewable state moves to end fracking ban

INDIA Roundup: ACME Solar, IndiGrid commission Rajasthan & Gujarat BESS projects, GE Vernova wins pumped hydro contract
INDIA Roundup: ACME Solar, IndiGrid commission Rajasthan & Gujarat BESS projects, GE Vernova wins pumped hydro contract

Pure Lithium’s solid‑state battery keeps running after cut test as the Chinese startup hits 500 MWh output
Pure Lithium’s solid‑state battery keeps running after cut test as the Chinese startup hits 500 MWh output

Honda Lost $9 Billion On EVs. Now, It’s Betting On Hybrid SUVs And Sedans
Honda Lost $9 Billion On EVs. Now, It’s Betting On Hybrid SUVs And Sedans

Romania: Rompetrol rolls out fast-charging network for EVs and e-trucks
Romania: Rompetrol rolls out fast-charging network for EVs and e-trucks

Volkswagen’s Golf EV Gets Pushed Back To The End Of The Decade
Volkswagen’s Golf EV Gets Pushed Back To The End Of The Decade

Big batteries took a bite out of gas generators’ evening peak party, then they ate the whole dinner
Big batteries took a bite out of gas generators’ evening peak party, then they ate the whole dinner

NSW fast tracks $60m to win over local communities, years before first poles erected in new renewable zone
NSW fast tracks $60m to win over local communities, years before first poles erected in new renewable zone

Australia’s growing throng of solar panels, home batteries and electric cars to be managed by new regulator
Australia’s growing throng of solar panels, home batteries and electric cars to be managed by new regulator

16.3 tonnes of valuable material recovered by Livium battery recycling project
16.3 tonnes of valuable material recovered by Livium battery recycling project

Diesel backup gensets are big winners from the data centre boom. Our cities would be better off with batteries
Diesel backup gensets are big winners from the data centre boom. Our cities would be better off with batteries

Hydrix, NIOA sign manufacturing deal to advance Australian counter-drone defence capability
Hydrix, NIOA sign manufacturing deal to advance Australian counter-drone defence capability

Home battery subsidies favour wealthy, call for fairness
Home battery subsidies favour wealthy, call for fairness

Genex modifies Bulli Creek Stage 1 from 775 to 300 MW solar, adds 1.7 GWh BESS
Genex modifies Bulli Creek Stage 1 from 775 to 300 MW solar, adds 1.7 GWh BESS

Developer of Australia’s most powerful battery gets green light for new four-hour project
Developer of Australia’s most powerful battery gets green light for new four-hour project

BYD Exported More Vehicles In April Than Tesla Sold Worldwide*
BYD Exported More Vehicles In April Than Tesla Sold Worldwide*

Chinese Companies Cancel Billions In US Investments
Chinese Companies Cancel Billions In US Investments

Hazer expands into sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel sector
Hazer expands into sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel sector

Ioneer, Lithium Americas defend Nevada projects as Amnesty flags Indigenous consent gap
Ioneer, Lithium Americas defend Nevada projects as Amnesty flags Indigenous consent gap
Australian startup tackles global grid security issue
Australian startup tackles global grid security issue

Richardson Electronics, Ltd Announces Technology Partnership with Gotion to Deliver US -Manufactured Battery Energy Storage Systems
Richardson Electronics, Ltd Announces Technology Partnership with Gotion to Deliver US -Manufactured Battery Energy Storage Systems

€1 Billion To Be Invested In German Electric Truck Charging
€1 Billion To Be Invested In German Electric Truck Charging

Agnico to invest $10B in Ontario operations, province says
Agnico to invest $10B in Ontario operations, province says

Titan, Teck team up to explore germanium recovery from zinc mine waste
Titan, Teck team up to explore germanium recovery from zinc mine waste

Scientists Just Discovered A Secret To Make Your EV Battery Live Years Longer
Scientists Just Discovered A Secret To Make Your EV Battery Live Years Longer

CIBF2026 Opens in Shenzhen, Showcasing Next-Generation Battery Technologies Across the Global Energy Storage Value Chain
CIBF2026 Opens in Shenzhen, Showcasing Next-Generation Battery Technologies Across the Global Energy Storage Value Chain

LibertyStream to Participate in Upcoming Energy, Critical Minerals and Investor Conferences as US Lithium Production Strategy Advances
LibertyStream to Participate in Upcoming Energy, Critical Minerals and Investor Conferences as US Lithium Production Strategy Advances

How Is VCbattery Redefining EV Battery Quality Control With CT Inspection
How Is VCbattery Redefining EV Battery Quality Control With CT Inspection

Blink Charging joins forces with Emobi on electric car charging
Blink Charging joins forces with Emobi on electric car charging

South Africa’s Eskom enlists Energy Vault for gravity energy storage technology
South Africa’s Eskom enlists Energy Vault for gravity energy storage technology

Japan’s Softbank launches ‘end-to-end’ non-lithium battery cell and BESS manufacturing business
Japan’s Softbank launches ‘end-to-end’ non-lithium battery cell and BESS manufacturing business

RoB@t2Cell project aims to make battery recycling smarter
RoB@t2Cell project aims to make battery recycling smarter

Tesla expands Grünheide battery cell plans to 18 GWh annually
Tesla expands Grünheide battery cell plans to 18 GWh annually

India approves nearly 4,900 EV chargers under PM E-Drive scheme
India approves nearly 4,900 EV chargers under PM E-Drive scheme

Fresh reality check for virtual power plants
Fresh reality check for virtual power plants

New quantum algorithm solves “impossible” materials problem in seconds
New quantum algorithm solves “impossible” materials problem in seconds

Alsym Energy and Juniper Energy Partner to Deploy 500MWh of Non-Flammable, Sodium-Ion Storage
Alsym Energy and Juniper Energy Partner to Deploy 500MWh of Non-Flammable, Sodium-Ion Storage

Smart AI gives electric vehicle batteries 23 per cent longer life – without increasing the charging time
Smart AI gives electric vehicle batteries 23 per cent longer life – without increasing the charging time

Versa Materials Technology and AUMUND Corporation Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Advance Next-Generation Battery Cathode Manufacturing Equipment
Versa Materials Technology and AUMUND Corporation Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Advance Next-Generation Battery Cathode Manufacturing Equipment

Climate & energy budget just passes muster
Climate & energy budget just passes muster

Archer Materials moves quantum tech from lab to wafer-scale manufacturing
Archer Materials moves quantum tech from lab to wafer-scale manufacturing

Start date for Australia’s first pumped hydro project in 40 years delayed again, wind farm may be dumped
Start date for Australia’s first pumped hydro project in 40 years delayed again, wind farm may be dumped

Australia’s largest solar project changes shape as owner brings forward big battery to beat solar duck
Australia’s largest solar project changes shape as owner brings forward big battery to beat solar duck
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