Run-up the step-counter high enough while traversing the halls of the Las Vegas Convention Center at CES and a reporter’s notebook is bound to fill up with intriguing technologies. I’m talking about things that don’t easily fit into a category like smart cockpits, sensor technology, battery technology, etc. It happens every year. Here’s the CES 2026 download. Aumovio Trailer Assist Features What with backing knobs and automatic hitch alignment gizmos readily available on modern pickup tr...

Our man in the U.K., Angus MacKenzie, got an advanced look at the electric Longbow Speedster and Roadster last November and came away mightily impressed. Thanks to its sub-ton (1,973-lb) weight, single 270-hp motor spinning the rear wheels, and a 55-kWh battery, the Longbow was claimed to hit 60 mph in just 3.5 seconds with 275 miles of range. Seemed sensible to us. Well, just a couple months later, co-founder Mark Tapscott was in Las Vegas at CES showing the same car off in an extreme-performan...

Northern Graphite Corp. and Al Obeikan Group for Investment Co. said they have signed a term sheet to jointly develop and operate a large-scale Battery Anode Material (BAM) facility in Yanbu Industrial City, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through a joint venture company. Northern Graphite shares advance on the news, rising 25.5% or $0.065 to 32 cents. The shares previously traded in a 52-week range of 30 cents and $0.08. The term sheet outlines the development of an approximately US$200 million BAM fa...

Falco found that the Takeuchi TB20e ran for five days between charges After trialling a pair of all-electric Takeuchi TB20e mini-excavators, Falco Construction has ordered 15 of the machines, with delivery expected within the next few weeks. Falco teamed up with to UK Power Networks for a 16-month trial of two TB20e diggers. Feedback from site teams was that performance surpassed expectations, with batteries lasting five days without re-charging. And they are back to capacity within a few hours....

Solos AirGo A5 ZDNET’s key takeaways The Solos AirGo A5 are available now, starting at $249. They don’t have cameras, instead opting for a ChatGPT-powered AI assistant and speakers. Audio quality leaves something to be desired. View now at Solos Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Smart glasses have exploded in popularity over the past two years, thanks to their ability to incorporate cameras, AI assistants, and speakers into a practical form factor. However, the...

The decision sees the proposal clear a major regulatory hurdle for the development located 15km east of Eneabba in the Mid-West region. Western Australia-based electric and gas utility Synergy submitted the development application for the 2GW solar-wind-BESS project in September 2025. The Tathra project features up to 140 wind turbines generating up to 1GW of capacity, paired with up to 500MW of solar PV generation and a 500MW battery storage system. The hybrid facility will connect to the Sout...

New charging technology and solid-state batteries In addition to the new hardware, the company further unveiled a new charging method. The latest generation of the so-called Ion Oscillation Pulse Charging technology is intended to decrease charging times by 25% without increasing costs. This technology is set to be used in initial electric vehicles starting in the third quarter of 2026. Svolt has also reported progress in its development of semi-solid-state batteries. The first generation of its...