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Parkopedia to offer real-time EV charging data in Southeast Asia
Parkopedia to offer real-time EV charging data in Southeast Asia

Mazda 6e — Japanese Carmakers Fight Back in Australia
Mazda 6e — Japanese Carmakers Fight Back in Australia

Second-gen BYD Seagull may bring 300 kW 9-minute Flash Charging with Blade Battery 2.0
Second-gen BYD Seagull may bring 300 kW 9-minute Flash Charging with Blade Battery 2.0

Harvard Study Predicts 32 Percent Of US New Car Sales In US In 2030 Will Be EVs
Harvard Study Predicts 32 Percent Of US New Car Sales In US In 2030 Will Be EVs

Tesla Finally Kicks Off Semi Deliveries As Diesel Prices Skyrocket
Tesla Finally Kicks Off Semi Deliveries As Diesel Prices Skyrocket

Tesla begins series deliveries of the Semi
Tesla begins series deliveries of the Semi

Samsar upcycles EV battery from 1000th Nissan Leaf
Samsar upcycles EV battery from 1000th Nissan Leaf

Mercedes tests new Gen4 battery cells from ProLogium
Mercedes tests new Gen4 battery cells from ProLogium

€600 million for Renault’s Spanish production sites
€600 million for Renault’s Spanish production sites

X-raying batteries under load
X-raying batteries under load

SSE secures planning consent for revised Mullafarry Battery Energy Storage System in North Mayo
SSE secures planning consent for revised Mullafarry Battery Energy Storage System in North Mayo

Avocet Battery Materials Secures DRIVE35 Funding to Accelerate DryTab Surface Technology
Avocet Battery Materials Secures DRIVE35 Funding to Accelerate DryTab Surface Technology

DHL ramps up battery logistics network worldwide as electrification reshapes automotive and energy supply chains
DHL ramps up battery logistics network worldwide as electrification reshapes automotive and energy supply chains

Closing the Loop: Battery Recycling Pilot Uses 100% Recycled Critical Minerals to Power New GM EVs – Cirba Solutions
Closing the Loop: Battery Recycling Pilot Uses 100% Recycled Critical Minerals to Power New GM EVs – Cirba Solutions

Marinus Link granted Australia’s first offshore transmission licence
Marinus Link granted Australia’s first offshore transmission licence

ESR to acquire Aquila Clean Energy APAC in Asia-Pacific renewables and energy storage consolidation
ESR to acquire Aquila Clean Energy APAC in Asia-Pacific renewables and energy storage consolidation

AEMO connects record 9.1GW of renewables and storage to Australia’s NEM in FY26, warns reliability depends on timely investment
AEMO connects record 9.1GW of renewables and storage to Australia’s NEM in FY26, warns reliability depends on timely investment

Network bets its own money on filling commercial roofs with solar and storing it in community batteries
Network bets its own money on filling commercial roofs with solar and storing it in community batteries

Chart of the Day: Big batteries are muscling out fossil fuels and gas – not coal – is the “biggest loser”
Chart of the Day: Big batteries are muscling out fossil fuels and gas – not coal – is the “biggest loser”

Controversial Marinus Link notches up an “offshore electricity” first for Australia as it clears final federal hurdle
Controversial Marinus Link notches up an “offshore electricity” first for Australia as it clears final federal hurdle

Deniliquin East BESS granted development application
Deniliquin East BESS granted development application

Electrifying 35% of global energy demand by 2035 within striking distance
Electrifying 35% of global energy demand by 2035 within striking distance

Hyundai and LGES launch battery storage pilot using repurposed EV batteries
Hyundai and LGES launch battery storage pilot using repurposed EV batteries

EU: BEVs made up more than a quarter of new cars sold in August
EU: BEVs made up more than a quarter of new cars sold in August

MAN’s Frederik Zohm: “In the end, it’s all about TCO”
MAN’s Frederik Zohm: “In the end, it’s all about TCO”

NX Technologies develops inverters for light electric vehicles
NX Technologies develops inverters for light electric vehicles

General Motors introduces recycled battery materials in customer vehicles
General Motors introduces recycled battery materials in customer vehicles

Clean energy developers must earn social licence to operate: Coalition
Clean energy developers must earn social licence to operate: Coalition

The energy transition is going better than you think
The energy transition is going better than you think

Singapore asset manager snaps up one of Australia’s leading renewable energy and storage developers
Singapore asset manager snaps up one of Australia’s leading renewable energy and storage developers
Manufacturing shifts towards closed-loop metal supply chains, AM Research says
Manufacturing shifts towards closed-loop metal supply chains, AM Research says

Flinders Factory of the Future showcases manufacturing projects including EV battery reuse
Flinders Factory of the Future showcases manufacturing projects including EV battery reuse

Gas lobby bid to halt home electrification falls flat as Labor says it will stay the course
Gas lobby bid to halt home electrification falls flat as Labor says it will stay the course

AGL submits 1.45GWh BESS to Australia’s EPBC Act, investigates 4GWh Bathurst Battery in New South Wales
AGL submits 1.45GWh BESS to Australia’s EPBC Act, investigates 4GWh Bathurst Battery in New South Wales

Developers Valent, Akaysha advance 550MW of NEM-connected BESS in Victoria, Australia
Developers Valent, Akaysha advance 550MW of NEM-connected BESS in Victoria, Australia

Lessons from South Australia’s 2016 blackout
Lessons from South Australia’s 2016 blackout

Slovenia discontinues EV purchase subsidies
Slovenia discontinues EV purchase subsidies

BYD launches Denza Z9S in with world’s longest 1,100 km EV range, starting from 37,600 USD in China
BYD launches Denza Z9S in with world’s longest 1,100 km EV range, starting from 37,600 USD in China

CATL begins test production of battery cells in Debrecen
CATL begins test production of battery cells in Debrecen

Volkswagen Is Now Selling More EVs Than Gas Cars In Germany. That Changes The Plan
Volkswagen Is Now Selling More EVs Than Gas Cars In Germany. That Changes The Plan
Energy industry groups take ‘wrecking ball’ to Coalition ‘chainsaw’ energy policy
Energy industry groups take ‘wrecking ball’ to Coalition ‘chainsaw’ energy policy

Australia’s Victoria requires new data centres to bring their own renewable energy and storage
Australia’s Victoria requires new data centres to bring their own renewable energy and storage

The Tesla Semi Just Got A Massive Boost From The Biggest U.S. Electric Truck Order Yet
The Tesla Semi Just Got A Massive Boost From The Biggest U.S. Electric Truck Order Yet

EVE Open Source Battery™: AI Battery Debuts at IAA TRANSPORTATION 2026
EVE Open Source Battery™: AI Battery Debuts at IAA TRANSPORTATION 2026

Lava Blue hosts Australia’s first grid-connected sodium-sulphur battery
Lava Blue hosts Australia’s first grid-connected sodium-sulphur battery

Faster electrification can slash energy import bills by $US400 billion, cut global oil use by 18 million barrels a day
Faster electrification can slash energy import bills by $US400 billion, cut global oil use by 18 million barrels a day

Lightsource bp seeks green light for 600 MW hybrid project in WA
Lightsource bp seeks green light for 600 MW hybrid project in WA

The Driven Podcast: Australia’s cheapest new car is electric, as Four Corners takes aim at Chinese EVs
The Driven Podcast: Australia’s cheapest new car is electric, as Four Corners takes aim at Chinese EVs

Coalition vows to scrap “ideologically driven” renewable, EV and climate policies if returned to power
Coalition vows to scrap “ideologically driven” renewable, EV and climate policies if returned to power

Victoria mandates renewables for new data centres
Victoria mandates renewables for new data centres
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