Porsche crowns Cayenne Electric ‘most powerful production Porsche of all time’
Andrew J. Hawkins / theverge - It’s no surprise that the Porsche Cayenne EV is a beast. Of course the famed German automaker would tout its all-electric SUV as “the most powerful,” the quickest — both off the line and in a charging stall — and record-setting in so many ways. The questi…
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US Backs Three Mile Island Nuclear Restart With $1 Billion Loan To Constellation
BeauHD / slashdot - An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNBC: The Trump administration will provide Constellation Energy with a $1 billion loan to restart the Crane Clean Energy Center nuclear plant in Pennsylvania, Department of Energy officials said Tuesday. Previousl…
Back to Top / Tuesday, November 18, 2025, 10:20 pm / permalink 16095 / 6 stories in 3 months
Pionix Raises €8M To Boost Open-Source EV Charging
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - German e-mobility startup Pionix has secured over €8 million in funding to expand its open-source solutions for the global e-mobility market. The late seed round was led by Ascend Capital Partners and included participation from Start-up BW Seed Fonds (ma…
Back to Top / Tuesday, November 18, 2025, 7:20 am / permalink 16066 / 3 stories in 3 months
Future data centers are driving up forecasts for energy demand. States want proof they'll get built
techxplore - The forecasts are eye-popping: utilities saying they'll need two or three times more electricity within a few years to power massive new data centers that are feeding a fast-growing AI economy.
Back to Top / Saturday, November 15, 2025, 4:20 am / permalink 15990 / 5 stories in 3 months
Tesla Recalls Powerwall 2 Units After Fires and Property Damage
Matt Novak / gizmodo - The recalled units were installed between Nov. 2020 and Dec. 2022.
Back to Top / Thursday, November 13, 2025, 2:21 pm / permalink 15941 / 7 stories in 3 months
Skycore Semiconductors zips €5M to fix the power bottleneck slowing AI data centres
Sofia Chesnokova / techfundingnews - As AI workloads continue to grow, data centres are reaching their limits for power delivery. Most still operate…
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‘China is going to win the AI race’ — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang decries the price of electricity in the US, contrasts it with China's subsidized pricing
tomshardware - Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said that China will win the AI race because of its abundance of power and the fact that the U.S. is losing out on the chance for its hardware to become the standard tool that Chinese AI developers use.
Back to Top / Thursday, November 6, 2025, 6:21 am / permalink 15719 / 10 stories in 4 months
Leil Secures €1.5M To Make Hyperscale Storage Infrastructure Accessible For All
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Tallinn-based data storage software startup Leil has secured €1.5 million in Seed funding, led by Karma Ventures and joined by Specialist VC. The enterprise storage market, valued at around $22 billion and growing nearly 20% annually, faces skyrocketing d…
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Zurich’s BTRY raises €4.9 million as Switzerland enters the solid-state battery race against Asian dominance
David Cendon Garcia / eu-startups - Swiss battery start-up BTRY AG has raised €4.9 million in an oversubscribed Seed round for its ultra-thin solid-state batteries reportedly capable of combining fast charging, extreme temperature stability, and intrinsic safety within an extremely thin for…
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Google exploring putting AI data centers in space — Project Suncatcher wants to harness in-orbit solar power to scale AI compute
tomshardware - Google is looking into putting AI data centers into orbit, but it still needs to solve a ton of engineering and cost challenges.
Back to Top / Wednesday, November 5, 2025, 8:21 am / permalink 15685 / 5 stories in 4 months
Rising energy prices put AI and data centers in the crosshairs
Tim De Chant / techcrunch - A majority of consumers say they’re worried about data centers driving up electricity costs. Is the industry prepared for a possible backlash?
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China deploys wind-powered underwater data center off Shanghai coast — $226 million project could top 24 megawatts, harnessing the cooling power of the sea
tomshardware - China has launched what it claims is the world’s first wind-powered undersea data center — a sealed, seawater-cooled cluster sitting 35 meters beneath the surface off the coast of Shanghai.
Back to Top / Wednesday, October 29, 2025, 10:21 am / permalink 15518 / 3 stories in 4 months
London-based Rightcharge raises €1.8 million to simplify EV charging payments for fleets across Europe
Antonio L. Escárzaga / eu-startups - London-based Rightcharge has secured €1.8 million (£1.6 million) in a seed funding round to expand its fleet EV charging payment solution across Europe. The round was led by Soulmates Ventures, with participation from Blackwood Ventures, Unruly Capital an…
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Sizable Energy raises $8M to launch ocean-based energy storage
Tamara Djurickovic / tech - Italy-based Sizable Energy, a developer of long-duration ocean energystorage, has raised $8 million in a round led by Playground Global, withparticipation from Verve Ventures and Unruly Capital.Sizabl...
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Meta and Arm Forge Strategic AI Partnership
Meta Platforms and Arm Holdings have announced a strategic collaboration aimed at boosting AI performance and energy efficiency. The partnership will integrate Arm’s advanced, energy-saving technologies into Meta’s systems as the companies seek to optimize AI workloads and scale up their technological ambitions.
Back to Top / Wednesday, October 15, 2025, 8:20 pm / permalink 15160 / 3 stories in 4 months
Everything we know about Ferrari’s first electric vehicle
Jonathan M. Gitlin / arstechnica - Four motors, 800 V, more than 1,000 horsepower, and it's all made in-house.
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Tesla has its best sales quarter ever as EV tax credit expires
Sean O'Kane / techcrunch - The tax credit's expiration on September 30 motivated buyers to take advantage of the $7,500 incentive, giving Tesla a shot to return to sales growth in 2025.
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Logitech’s new light-powered keyboard doesn’t even need the sun
Cameron Faulkner / theverge - Logitech left solar-powered keyboards in the dark for over a decade, but it’s launching a new one today. Just like the K760 before it, its new $99.99 Signature Slim Solar Plus K980 can only be powered with light. There’s no USB port or swappable batteries…
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Commonwealth Fusion Systems books a $1B+ power deal for its future fusion reactor
Tim De Chant / techcrunch - The fusion startup has inked a deal with Italian energy company Eni. The move is likely intended to set a price for fusion power.
Back to Top / Monday, September 22, 2025, 7:20 am / permalink 14786 / 4 stories in 5 months
Octopus Energy spins off its Kraken utility billing and AI platform
Tim De Chant / techcrunch - The British renewable energy provider said that its Kraken platform had $500 million in committed annual revenue, spurring a spinoff that could result in a massive IPO.
Back to Top / Friday, September 19, 2025, 10:21 am / permalink 14736 / 3 stories in 5 months