BeyondKONA: Technology

Battery research in China is making major breakthroughs on almost a weekly basis in terms of cost, performance, and safety. The post Fluorine & Tofu Brine […]

We find joy in the dark winter months by enjoying our favorite sports teams. In the US, National Hockey League and National Basketball Association games are in […]

In 2020, I wrote about a meter-high robotic, smart fabric wrapped Plastic Dinosaur that gained consciousness to explore machine learning. A series of articles […]

The Esmeralda 7 solar power project could yet see the light of day, depending on who wins the race for Nevada Governor this fall. The post The Return Of The […]

Tesla recently announced that the company’s vehicles will now be available in an African country for the first time ever. Starting in the middle of this […]

I woke up this morning here in New Mexico to the news that long-standing neoconservative hawk dreams finally came true: “Operation Epic Fury” is underway. […]

If you work the line at a Big Three automaker, late February is usually a time to celebrate. The annual profit-sharing checks get announced, and for the last […]

We typically report on Waymo and other US-based robotaxi companies, but one of the biggest robotaxi services in the world is Baidu’s Apollo Go. It first […]

Wow, time flies. An old article that I loved when we originally published it recently came to mind, and I quickly realized it was much more relevant today than […]

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, the Sierra Club released the first batch of communications and calendars received from the Department of the Interior in the wake of […]

Every time hydrogen is critiqued as an energy carrier for the power sector, the same question reappears. If not hydrogen, where does long duration storage come […]

The Volkswagen brand has reached another milestone in its electric vehicle journey. It has just delivered its 2 millionth fully electric vehicle. The milestone […]

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is proud of the sustainability actions it required the host country, Italy, to implement for the 2026 Milano Cortina […]

When I published my recent piece on Germany’s bid to double hydrogen-based fuel targets to try to justify already built and already stranded hydrogen […]

In early February I had the opportunity to travel to Las Vegas to the AHR Expo. For those of you who have never heard of it, it’s a ginormous 50,000-person […]

The massive, 2.6-gigawatt Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project is one of five offshore projects to survive the Trump chopper, adding another 2.6 gigawatts to […]

Ideology in the US is threatening science education and basic research, which will have long term impacts on the nation for a generation. The post MAGA Is […]

Robert Llewellyn, from the Everything Electric Tech show (as well as Red Dwarf and various other TV shows), recently drove a Polestar to visit a huge solar […]

If you do not follow the day-to-day drama of the artificial intelligence industry, you probably missed the news this week. Anthropic, one of the leading AI […]

VinFast has signed a memorandum of understanding with PlusX Electric, a DEWA-certified provider of charging and mobility solutions, to enhance charging access […]

A claim was made in a youtube video by the internet handle Ziroth. Before we get deep into this, I need to explain lithium-ion battery charging. Lithium […]

On the 8th January this year, Ron Male was involved in a spectacular car crash. A four-car pileup no less. His BYD Seal was the first in line, followed by […]

Volvo Group is channeling its strong profitability and European market leadership into the rapid expansion of battery-electric and other zero-emission heavy […]

This week, BYD continued its push into South America, where it is the clear EV leader, with a model introduction in one of the most laggard countries, […]

BOSTON and WASHINGTON, DC — Tonight, the Massachusetts House of Representatives passed House Bill 5151, An Act Relative to Energy Affordability, Clean […]

Group signs MoU with Korean government and Jeonbuk State to invest nearly KRW 9 trillion in Saemangeum area of Gunsan City, starting 2026 Advancing Korea’s […]

Hong Kong has a sizable tax break available for electric vehicle purchases, comparable to what the US had before Donald Trump took office and Republicans took […]

After the usual December EV record sales peak in China, which coincided with an end-of-incentive sales rush (NEVs are no longer exempt from purchase tax this […]

A new study examines the carbon footprint benefits of recycling the critical metal in Europe. Scaling battery recycling in Europe will be key to securing a […]

ATLANTA — The Department of Energy announced it will give a $26.5 billion loan to Southern Company to build the largest, most expensive gas fleet in the […]

In California's Central Valley, a plan is being put forth to turn unused farmland into the largest solar installation in the US. The post Largest Solar Farm […]

The Coventry Landfill Solar project in Rhode Island has been completed. It features a 5.740 MW solar array.  Using a landfill in this dual-purpose manner is […]

EV sales in Europe continued their upward trend in January, while sales of conventional cars fell significantly. The post EV Sales In Europe Grow As New Car […]

Charging infrastructure has been growing nicely in South Africa. According to Rubicon’s annual report for 2025, by mid-2025, there were over 500 public […]

There was no doubt about it — the Green New Deal, aka Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, was the biggest reshoring legislation in the history of the United […]

Two weeks ago, I wrote about a shocking January for Tesla in China. The company’s sales were down 45% year over year. 45%! There’s no excuse that it was […]

SHANGHAI, China — NIO Inc. (NYSE: NIO; HKEX: 9866; SGX: NIO) (“NIO” or the “Company”), a pioneer and a leading company in the global smart electric […]

The energy debate in Washington is loud and partisan. Despite the anti-clean energy rhetoric coming from this administration, conservative voters are telling a […]

It’s almost like you can’t go a day without another Waymo announcement, or two. Just a day after Waymo started commercial robotaxi service in Orlando, San […]

By Melissa Baldwin For more than a decade, cleantech marketing has revolved around a steady playbook: rank on Google, drive website traffic, show up at events, […]

It’s been a while since we did an article on Brazil. Last time we checked in was in May 2025, when total EV sales soared to 14,600 units and market share […]

UK autonomous driving startup Wayve just added about $1.5 billion to its investment stack as it works toward full autonomy. The post Wayve Attracts Fresh […]

NEW YORK — The Net Zero Asset Managers initiative (NZAM) announced today that it has relaunched the initiative, in a move that comes almost exactly one […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources held a confirmation hearing on Donald Trump’s nomination of Steve Pearce to […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Republicans passed a pair of bills this week that would undercut energy affordability and decrease energy reliability. Passed […]