An article from The Southfield, Michigan-based general contractor left open the possibility for workers to return if activity onsite ramps back up. Published Nov. 5, 2025 A sign for General Motors’ Factory Zero plant is seen on Oct. 29, 2025, in Detroit, Mich. GM announced it will be laying off employees around the country at plants that make electric vehicles and batteries due to slowing EV consumer interest. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images via Getty Images This audio is auto-generated. Please...

Stellantis has recalled 320,065 Jeep Wrangler and Grand Cherokee vehicles in the U.S. due to a potential battery failure that could cause a fire, according to the NHTSA. The US vehicle safety regulator has warned owners of these vehicles to park their cars outdoors and away from buildings until further notice and not to charge the batteries until the manufacturer provides a solution, Reuters reports. The statement emphasizes that this measure is taken as a precautionary safety measure, highlight...

After rolling out Wi-Fi 7 to sections of the country, Rogers is now offering it to everyone, but it’s going to cost an extra $25 per month. This is part of the telco’s new ‘Xfinity Pro‘ plan, which includes the Wi-Fi 7 hardware, a small battery backup, upgraded tech support and a professional installation. This install seems to include Wi-Fi extenders if need be, and the technician will attempt to install everything to best fit your home. This is usually a paid service at Rogers, but not...

Eco Stor says construction has begun on a 300 MW/714 MWh battery storage facility in Förderstedt, Saxony-Anhalt, now the largest such project under development in Germany. November 5, 2025 Sandra Enkhardt Image: Eco Stor From ESS News RWE briefly held the record for Germany’s largest battery storage facility under construction with its 400 MW / 700 MWh project. Following its groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday, Eco Stor’s 300 MW / 714 MWh project in Förderstedt, Saxony-Anhalt, has n...

Chinese EV maker XPeng has unveiled its next-generation IRON humanoid robot at the 2025 XPeng Tech Day, calling it “the most human-like humanoid robot.” The IRON robot features a bionic “bone–muscle–skin” structure with a flexible spine, synthetic muscles, soft full-body skin, and 22 degrees of freedom in its dexterous hands. It runs on a physical-world foundation model powered by three Turing AI chips, combining advanced vision, language, and locomotion capabilities as part of a mul...

This story is a partnership between Grist and WBEZ, a public radio station serving the Chicago metropolitan region. Electricity prices have been rising across much of the country, and Illinois is among the states seeing the sharpest increases. Over the past five years, prices have shot up by about a third on average across the state, and some regions have seen increases of nearly 50 percent. According to the Illinois Commerce Commission, more than 170,000 disconnection notices were mailed ou...

By Rachel Irvine, CEO and Founder of Irvine Partners For decades, South Africa has been stuck in the same exhausting loop: dig something valuable out of the ground, ship it overseas, then buy back the finished product at a markup. We’ve done it with coal, platinum, and iron ore. We’ve watched the margins walk out the door while we’re left with the holes in the ground and not nearly enough jobs to show for it. But here’s what’s different about the energy transition: it might actually fo...