Tim De Chant

Researchers have been scrambling to find alternative materials for lithium-ion batteries, from manganese to sodium. Now they might have another: TAQ.

The German automaker previously wavered on EVs. But after posting strong EV sales in 2023, it’s appears to have made up its mind.

The U.S. battery industry has surged in the wake of the IRA, but it still lacks a domestic anchor like Northvolt.

This new material picks up where LK-99 left off, which isn’t really an auspicious starting point.

While much of the tech world has been besieged by layoffs, climate tech continued to hire. Next year looks no different.

The EV world, from a charging perspective, was previously split in two. There was Tesla and then there was everyone else.

If successful, the new round could be a step up from the $18.8M Series A EVCS raised in July 2022. But it could also represent a tempering of expectations.

The venture capital firm’s $65 million inaugural fund will back founders who are starting climate tech software companies.

World leaders finally recognized that fossil fuel use needs to end if we’re to prevent catastrophic climate change, a welcome admission that’s been far too long in coming.

The new priced round comes as the company gears up for drilling test boreholes next year using its gyrotron-powered rig.

A new type of thermal battery could store intermittent wind and solar energy. It forms the basis of a new company, Fourth Power.

The supply agreement marks a significant milestone for the 13-year-old lithium-ion battery company, which has raised over $900 million to date.

Battery swapping could usher in freedom for a wide range of people, allowing them to participate in the EV transition in ways that traditional built-in batteries don’t.

Investors thought the firm’s initial target of $200 million was far too modest, and instead offered $600 million, a threefold oversubscription.

Partners at RA Capital realized that if they didn’t try to address climate change and its health effects, their life science investments wouldn’t be as impactful.

Up Catalyst can tweak the basic process to also manufacture carbon nanotubes for paint or reinforced concrete, as well as graphite tailored to hydrogen fuel cells.

Legacy automakers have scaled back or set overly modest electric vehicle production targets. They may come to regret that.

Arbor is betting that an approach to carbon removal known as BiCRS will not only help balance the climate, but also benefit rural communities.

OpenAI’s meltdown is likely to become the latest installment in what’s becoming a Silicon Valley tradition. It’s hard to know how this will end.

For the broader economy, this was the year of the recession that never arrived. But for climate tech, it was a year of both great hits and big misses.

We got a glimpse of Buc-ee’s possible future on Thursday when Mercedes announced that it would build around 30 fast-charging hubs at Buc-ee’s locations throughout the South.

Other researchers had discovered numerous problems with the scientific paper describing the material. Now the scientific journal Nature has retracted it.

High interest rates may be stifling some investments in climate tech today, but the new fund suggests that LPs see a light at the end of the tunnel.

The startup’s solution takes over where project proposal software leaves off, from the first site visit until the solar array is running and on the grid.

Even if sustainability isn’t a key differentiator, brand-owned resale sites can help capture some of the value that would otherwise go to secondhand markets.