Australia has so much solar that it’s offering everyone free electricity 3h/day

The Australian government is floating a scheme that would share the benefits of solar power with everyone on the grid, offering totally free electricity to ratepayers in the middle of the day, when the sun is shining the strongest.

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Toyota teases a new vehicle and it sure looks like an electric truck

After teasing another new vehicle, Toyota said “a major unveiling” is set for next week. Is this Toyota’s electric truck?

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Ford’s $30,000 EVs are ‘right around the corner’

Those $30,000 EVs are “right around the corner,” Ford’s CEO Jim Farley promises. Ford is now testing vehicles with sourcing 95% complete.

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Major Tesla shareholder votes against Musk’s pay, but the odds are still in his favor

A major Tesla shareholder announced that they are voting against Elon Musk’s CEO compensation package, but the odds are still in his favor.

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Kia’s gearing up for a big year with new electric and hybrid vehicles: Here’s what’s coming

Kia is set to launch a slate of new electric and hybrid vehicles over the next year as it looks to boost its presence in the US, European, and other global markets.

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Tesla stock helped employees. Now it can’t, because Elon took it all.

Tesla shareholders will decide whether to give CEO Elon Musk a stock award that could be worth up to $1 trillion. But another proposal is up for a vote to refill Tesla’s employee stock option pool, and it’s only necessary because that pool was drained to give Musk a payday larger than any other CEO in the history of the world.

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Verge unveils wild-looking TS Pro electric motorcycle with hubless motor, longer range, and faster charging

Verge Motorcycles just took the wraps off the next evolution of its flagship Verge TS Pro electric motorcycle at the EICMA motorcycle show in Milan, revealing a dramatically upgraded version of its best-selling model. And we’re here to see it firsthand.

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Hydrogen Mafia: Toyota faces $5.7 billion RICO lawsuit

A $5.7B lawsuit filed in Federal court alleges that Toyota operated what amounts an organized, fraudulent enterprise that intentionally concealed known, catastrophic safety defects associated with their hydrogen fuel cell-powered Toyota Mirai sedans.

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FERC: For two years straight, solar leads new US power capacity

Solar and wind together accounted for 88% of new US electrical generating capacity added in the first eight months of 2025, according to data just released by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) which was reviewed by the SUN DAY Campaign. In August, solar energy alone provided two-thirds of the new capacity, marking two consecutive years in which solar has led every month among all energy sources. Solar and wind each added more new capacity than natural gas did. Within three years, the share of all renewables in installed capacity may exceed 40%.

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Kia’s electric van spotted in two surprising new versions [Video]

Is it an electric van? Pickup truck? The PV5 can do it all. Kia’s electric van was caught with two new body types for the first time.

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