Georgia launches free rooftop solar and EPA now wants to steal its grant money

  • August 5, 2025
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Georgia BRIGHT, a statewide initiative to deliver affordable solar, kicked off its “No-Cost Solar Plan” in Atlanta yesterday, giving qualified homeowners a shot at roughly 400 fully prepaid rooftop-solar systems with zero upfront or maintenance costs. However, Georgia Bright’s No-Cost Solar Plan may lose its $156 million in grant money if the EPA steals back […]

Lucid (LCID) cuts production target for 2025, but there’s more to it

  • August 5, 2025
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Lucid Group (LCID) lowered its production goal for 2025, citing a changing market environment. Despite missing second-quarter expectations, the EV maker still has ambitious growth plans. Why is Lucid lowering its 2025 production guidance? After reporting Q2 earnings on Tuesday, Lucid said it now expects to produce around 18,000 to 20,000 vehicles, down from the […]

California greenlights $56.5M to amp up apartment EV chargers

  • August 5, 2025
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Photo: ChargePoint If you live in or develop apartments in California, there’s fresh cash on the table to get Level 2 EV chargers installed. The Communities in Charge project, backed by the California Energy Commission’s Clean Transportation Program, just opened a new funding lane worth up to $56.5 million for multi-family housing and nearby spots […]

Rivian (RIVN) Q2 2025 report: Limited R1 production doesn’t slow deliveries, R2 remains on track

  • August 5, 2025
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Rivian just posted its more recent letter to shareholders outlining its progress and financial numbers from Q2 2025. We have already covered much of Rivian’s Q2 achievements outlined in the letter. However, we have gained a clearer understanding of where the American automaker stands on production numbers, revenue, and gross profit through half the year […]

Tesla cars can now do vehicle-to-home (V2X) with this new Powerwall competitor

  • August 5, 2025
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All Tesla vehicles are now capable of bidirectional charging (V2X) thanks to an impressive Powerwall competitor, Sigenergy, which can include a universal bidirectional DC charger. V2X, or bidirectional charging, is becoming a fairly common feature for electric vehicles. Whether it’s in a reasonably low capacity to power tools and other equipment on the go (V2X), […]

OpenAI releases lower-cost models to rival Meta, Mistral and DeepSeek

  • August 5, 2025
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OpenAI on Tuesday released two open-weight language models for the first time since it rolled out GPT-2 in 2019. The text-only models are called gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b, and are designed to serve as lower-cost options that developers, researchers and companies can easily run and customize, OpenAI said. An artificial intelligence model is considered open weight […]