Repurposed electric vehicle batteries are being used in the energy storage component of a solar and battery system supplying operations at Nissan Australia’s aluminum casting plant in Victoria. December 26, 2025 David Carroll Image: Relectrify From pv magazine Australia Nissan Australia has completed the installation of a 100 kW rooftop solar array and a 120 kWh battery energy storage system featuring retired electric vehicle batteries to power part of its production facility in Melbourne and...

The Xiaomi 17 Ultra went official in China yesterday. Alongside it, the company also announced new products including the Watch 5. Xiaomi’s new smartwatch offers a circular AMOLED display, a dual-chip architecture, and is claimed to deliver up to 6 days of battery life. Xiaomi’s Watch 5 features a stainless steel case that houses a 1.54-inch circular AMOLED display with a refresh rate of 60Hz, 480×480-pixel resolution, and up to 1,500-nit brightness. The smartwatch gets a synthetic sapp...

By Alex Kimani – Dec 26, 2025, 9:30 AM CST South Korea’s LG Energy Solution has agreed to sell the building and fixed-asset components of its Ohio electric vehicle battery plant to Honda Development and Manufacturing of America for ?4.22 trillion ($2.85 billion), according to company disclosures cited by Yahoo Finance. The facility is part of the $4.4 billion battery manufacturing joint venture between LG Energy Solution and Honda Motor that was announced in 2022 and is currently under c...

Good-quality in-ear headphones offering solid sound with a comfortable fit, plus a decent battery life, can be hard to find. And when you do manage to find a pair, it usually costs an arm and a leg. Well, that’s not the case today. We just spotted the 2nd-generation Bose QuietComfort Ultra wireless noise-canceling earbuds going for $249 at Amazon, after the retailer took a nice $50 off their usual price. The offer also includes a 60-day free trial to Audible, which sweetens it even more. See a...

The Honor Win and Win RT have been announced in China. The gaming-focused phones come with the latest flagship Snapdragon chipsets, an active cooling fan, up to 185Hz refresh rate, and massive 10,000mAh batteries. The Honor Win is equipped with the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SoC, which is coupled with the Adreno 830 GPU. Meanwhile, the Win RT gets the Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset. The phones get up to 16GB of LPDDR5X Ultra RAM, and 1TB of UFS 4.1 internal storage. Both handsets come with a 6.83-inch...

Article content GOUVERNEUR, N.Y. (AP) — Graphite mines in the United States largely closed down seven decades ago. Mining the ubiquitous mineral found in everything from nuclear reactors to pencils seemed to make little sense when it could be imported inexpensively from other nations, especially China. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles from Barbara Shecter, Joe O’Connor, Gabriel Friedman,...

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Xiaomi has officially unveiled the Xiaomi 17 Ultra, its most ambitious flagship smartphone yet, setting a new benchmark for mobile photography, performance and premium design as the brand closes out 2025. Launched first in China, the Xiaomi 17 Ultra reinforces Xiaomi’s Ultra positioning with a strong focus on professional-grade imaging developed in collaboration with Leica, alongside cutting-edge hardware across the board. At the heart of the Xiaomi 17 Ultra is its advanced Leica-tuned camera...