Manganese X Energy Corp.  provided an update on the advancement of its ongoing Pre-Feasibility Study (PFS) at its flagship Battery Hill Project located in New Brunswick, Canada, including the initiation of additional geotechnical drilling and continued metallurgical process optimization initiatives. ABH Engineering Inc., the lead consulting firm engaged for the company’s PFS, has initiated preliminary engineering activities, including the establishment of the project to include critical path,...

Image: Britta O’Boyle If you’re in the market for a new tablet, you can’t go wrong with the iPad Air. It’s got a 13-inch display, gorgeous design, excellent battery life, 5G, and a speed M3 processor—and today you can get one for $250 off at Amazon. That brings the price all the way down to $1,000, within a few dollars of its brief Black Friday blowout deal. While we do appreciate all Apple tablets, we can’t help but absolutely love this one. When we reviewed it, we gave this iPa...

The new Hitachi ZX135-7EB The new Hitachi ZX135-7EB model is designed to meet growing demand for emission-free operation, particularly in urban and residential environments where noise and exhaust emissions are regulated. According to Hitachi, the electric 13-tonner is not only quieter and cleaner than its diesel-powered ZX135-7 but also brings lower downtime, because of the reduced maintenance requirements. The excavator can operate in two modes: battery-powered operation using 198 kWh lithium-...

Elon drops the big things on FSD, cybercab and optimus, battery and cybercab factory in Europe. If authorities cooperate, Tesla would make Gigaberlin the largest factory in Europe. 1. Full Self-Driving (FSD) March 20, 2026: FSD regulatory approval in Europe (confirmed by Dutch authorities. Rollout starts immediately after). 2026 (this year): “You will be able to fall asleep in a Tesla and wake up at your destination.” He said Europeans will be “blown away” by how good the unsupervised AI...

A New Orleans judge has ordered Shia LaBeouf to return to drug and alcohol rehabilitation and set a $100,000 bond after the film star was charged with two counts of battery over an alleged assault outside a bar during Mardi Gras. LaBeouf, who waited alone in the courtroom wearing a fleece jacket and jeans tucked into cowboy boots, was also admonished by the judge for allegedly yelling homophobic slurs while hitting multiple people near the French Quarter. The police report said LaBeouf dislocate...

As electric vehicles roll off assembly lines, a bottleneck sits upstream: lithium refinement. Turning raw lithium into the compounds needed for batteries is expensive, messy, and energy-intensive, but Mangrove Lithium, a Vancouver-based startup, has a better way. The company has developed an electrochemical refining process that converts lithium feedstocks into battery-grade lithium hydroxide. Converting raw lithium to lithium hydroxide typically requires roasting spodumene—a mineral from whic...

In July 2024, NASA’s Perseverance rover came across a peculiar rocky outcrop on Mars covered in strange spots. On Earth, these marks are almost always produced by microbial life. Sure, those specks are not definitive proof of alien life. But they are the best hint yet that life may not be a one-off event in the cosmos. But the only way to know for sure is to bring a sample of that rock home to study. Now, just over a year and a half later, the project to do so is on life support, with zero fun...

Vanair’s zero-emission compressor at CONEXPO-CON/AGG solves emission and noise contaminants The EPEQ EPRO20 power skid represents idle-free portable air-compression technology that delivers 20 CFM at up to 150 PSI By Stephanie Bontorin February 26, 2026 Vanair, a Lincoln Electric Company, has launched its new EPEQ EPRO20 Power Skid, a battery-powered air compressor system that eliminates the need for engine idling and fuel-powered compressors on construction sites. The patent-pending system na...

When a company claims to have created what’s essentially the holy grail of batteries, there are bound to be some questions. Interest has been swirling since Donut Lab, a Finnish company, announced last month that it had a new solid-state battery technology, one that was ready for large-scale production. The company said its batteries can charge super-fast and have a high energy density that would translate to ultra-long-range EVs. What’s more, it claimed the cells can operate safely in the e...

Audi admits the new RS5 has put on ‘some weight,’ but swears you won’t feel it. The RS5 Avant weighs 5,225 lbs (2,370 kg). The sedan isn’t much lighter, at 5,192 lbs (2,355 kg). They say weight is the enemy of performance, but the company with the Four Rings is confident it has found a way to offset the massive heft brought by the new RS5’s plug-in hybrid system. In an official post on LinkedIn, Audi Sport’s Managing Director pledged the new fast wagon “feels agile...