We may earn a commission from links on this page. Did you know you can customize Google to filter out garbage? Take these steps for better search results, including adding my work at Lifehacker as a preferred source. The iPhone Air is a brand-new type of phone for Apple, shrinking down the iPhone’s internals into the thinnest form factor yet, at just 0.22 inches thick. Despite all that, Apple is promising up to 27 hours of video playback, which is just three hours fewer than it’s estimati...

Today, the CEO of Hyundai sought to distance his company from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid earlier this month at the company’s battery factory in Georgia, which resulted in the arrest of hundreds of South Korean workers. The factory is operated by LG Energy Solutions, and most of the workers that were detained were employed by suppliers for that company, not Hyundai, José Muñoz said in a briefing with reporters on Thursday after the automaker’s CEO Investor Day event in New...

Full battery electric vehicles (a.k.a. BEVs or EVs) of course require charging, but so do plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs). While the latter also have an engine and fuel tank, they need to be charged to fully take advantage of their all-electric and electric-assist modes. The problem is that because there’s an internal combustion engine (ICE) under the hood, people tend to treat them like regular, non-electric cars and not charge them at all, according to Toyota Research Institute...

COMFORT EKELEME Hinckley E-Waste Recycling Limited, a leading e-waste recycling company in Nigeria, has secured a strategic equity investment of $1.5 million from All On, an impact investment company committed to accelerating access to clean energy in Nigeria. This milestone investment will enable Hinckley to establish state-of-the-art Lithium-ion Battery Recycling and Reuse as well as Used Lead Acid Battery Recycling facilities, the first of their kind in Nigeria. These facilities will address...

All-New Eclipse Cross TOKYO, September 18, 2025 – (JCN Newswire) – Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (hereafter, Mitsubishi Motors) announced that Mitsubishi Motors Europe B.V., Mitsubishi Motors’ subsidiary in Europe, will begin a sequential launch of the all-new Eclipse Cross battery electric vehicle (hereafter, BEV) for the European market before the end of 2025. The model will be manufactured at Renault’s ElectriCity Douai Plant, the Renault Group’s EV production hu...

NIO’s Onvo L90 SUV has a 240L frunk, which is the largest in the Chinese market, according to the company. Credit: NIO NIO (NYSE: NIO; HKEX: 9866; SGX: NIO) has raised US$1.16 billion (RMB 8.4 billion) through a follow-on share sale, just a week after completing another US$1 billion financing. The company said the funds will support R&D in core EV technologies, new platforms and models, and the expansion of its battery swap and charging network. The raise comes as NIO’s recent launches...

Meta is launching a sequel to its Ray-Ban smart glasses – the ones without a display – to double battery life as well as improve video resolution with 3K video output, but with a higher price tag. Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses have been a hit, and now they’re getting an upgrade to improve some of the sore points. In particular, they’re getting a big battery life upgrade. Where the original Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses only last about 4 or so hours on a charge, Meta says the “Gen 2” model...

The glasses sport improved camera quality and longer battery life Meta has unveiled its second-generation Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses at its Meta Connect 2025 event in Menlo Park, California. The appropriately named Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 2) sports improved battery life and a higher-quality camera, on top of the first-gen smart glasses’ signature Meta AI features, hands-free calls and real-time conversation translation. Specifically, the second-gen glasses now boast a 12MP ultrawide camera that can...