A gas utility is picking up the upfront tab for geothermal
A gas utility is picking up the upfront tab for geothermal

Geothermal’s upfront cost can be a dealbreaker for affordable housing. A Vermont gas utility is helping get past that hurdle by paying for the underground infrastructure at a new development.

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E-quipment highlight: 16-tonne Hyundai 160B-X battery-electric forklift
E-quipment highlight: 16-tonne Hyundai 160B-X battery-electric forklift

A fresh batch of battery-electric forklift reveals from Hyundai completes the brand’s heavy forklift range, allowing Hyundai dealers to confidently offer a high-voltage electric counterbalance forklift in 4-to-18 tonne capacities, extending electric fo…

Huawei made a whole camera to attach to its latest phone
Huawei made a whole camera to attach to its latest phone

Over the last few years, Chinese Android manufacturers have followed Vivo’s example of launching add-on “teleconverter” lenses for their flagship phones, enabling long-distance photography that the phones on their own could never match. Today, Huawei one-upped everybody with the add-on lens for its Mate 90 Pro Max flagship, which is not only a comically huge […]

This very fancy e-bike is one of the first to go semi-solid state
This very fancy e-bike is one of the first to go semi-solid state

The Lemmo 3 is the first cargo bike from the respected German e-bike maker. This premium, step-through longtail is a slightly less insane take on Rivian’s Also TM-B, with one major advantage: It’s one of the first electric bikes to feature a semi-solid state battery. Semi-solid state batteries are far safer than traditional lithium-ion batteries. […]

Noise from Universal’s latest ride made rich locals furious, fast
Noise from Universal’s latest ride made rich locals furious, fast

Universal Studios Hollywood has pledged to erect another sound barrier around its latest attraction after local residents complained about the bloodcurdling screams from riders. In a meeting attended by at least 350 people yesterday, park execs also promised that Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift won’t operate between 8AM and 9AM for the rest of the […]

Tesla upgrades China Model 3 with 16-inch screen and V2L, US left out
Tesla upgrades China Model 3 with 16-inch screen and V2L, US left out

Tesla China is upgrading every Model 3 it sells with a larger 16-inch touchscreen and a new light gray interior option, and it’s turning on up to 2.2 kW of AC power export across its entire Model 3 and Model Y lineup in the country.

The US Model 3 g…

NIO (NIO) Q3 deliveries rise 25%, but September growth slows to 7.7%
NIO (NIO) Q3 deliveries rise 25%, but September growth slows to 7.7%

NIO delivered 109,178 electric vehicles in the third quarter of 2026, a 25.4% increase over last year and right inside the 108,000 to 111,000 range it guided for in September.

But the quarter ended on a weak note. September deliveries grew just 7.7%…

Vivo’s X Fold 6 accidentally feels like a throwback
Vivo’s X Fold 6 accidentally feels like a throwback

It’s a quirk of the release calendar that when Vivo’s X Fold 6 launched in China this June, it was just another foldable. Now that it’s ready for its global release, the size and aspect ratio feel oddly old-fashioned. The X Fold 6 is much the same size as Vivo’s previous foldables, and most other […]

Elon Musk’s Grokipedia has a ‘newly refreshed’ design
Elon Musk’s Grokipedia has a ‘newly refreshed’ design

Grokipedia, SpaceXAI’s AI-powered competitor to Wikipedia, recently started incorporating edits again, and today, it got some design tweaks as part of a v0.3 update, including a new logo and refreshes to its homepage and live edits page. SpaceXAI head of design Benji Taylor calls it a “newly refreshed Grokipedia.” Grokipedia’s old homepage was pretty much […]

The new and huger Paramount has a new co-CEO
The new and huger Paramount has a new co-CEO

Paramount is appointing a new co-CEO ahead of the close of its $110 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. Ynon Kreiz, previously Mattel’s chairman and CEO, will be joining Paramount to lead alongside chairman and CEO David Ellison. According to Paramount, “Ellison will focus on the company’s long-term strategy, creative vision and direction, including its […]