$35B in US EV, clean energy projects vanished in 2025 – here’s what broke

  • February 9, 2026
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The BlueOvalSK Battery Park is no more. Businesses walked away from $5.1 billion in large-scale factories and clean energy projects in December alone – a stark finish to a year in which cancellations finally overtook new investment in the US clean energy sector. By the end of 2025, nearly $35 billion in clean energy investments […]

Big oil is betting big on Toyota to win the solid-state battery race

  • February 9, 2026
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Toyota has been working on a solid-state pilot program with Japanese refining oil giant Idemitsu Kosan since 2023 — but we’re way past that now. The companies have decided to move ahead with a new factory to produce solid electrolyte for all-solid-state EV batteries. Toyota and Idemitsu Kosan first began collaborating on the development of […]

A Guide to Cloud Cost Optimization in Healthcare

  • February 9, 2026
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Bharat Mistry, field CTO at TrendAI, a business unit of Trend Micro, says healthcare leaders should stop thinking one environment can do it all and instead put each system where it works best. “Important patient data and systems that need fast, reliable performance usually belong on-premises or at the edge because those environments give teams […]

BYD hits a milestone with solid-state EV batteries due out as soon as 2027

  • February 9, 2026
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The world’s leading EV maker is preparing to introduce new battery chemistries to stay a step ahead of the competition. After a series of breakthroughs, BYD is expected to begin producing solid-state EV batteries as soon as next year. When is BYD launching solid-state EV batteries? BYD joins a growing list of automakers, battery manufacturers, […]

Rivian R2 enters final validation testing, spotted uncamouflaged on streets

  • February 9, 2026
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Rivian’s upcoming R2 SUV is undergoing final validation testing, ahead of its planned release in the first half of this year – with at least one vehicle spotted without camouflage (but with a wrap) on public roads in recent days. The R2 is Rivian’s upcoming smaller, more-affordable SUV to accompany its best-selling R1S. The company […]