A Ford F-150 Lightning next to a Tesla Cybertruck. Michael Wayland / CNBC DETROIT — Ford Motor‘s $5 billion “bet” on its next generation of all-electric vehicles will feature a budding technology that Tesla commercialized in the U.S. on its Cybertruck, the Detroit automaker said Tuesday. The system, known as a 48-volt electrical architecture, had…
Jennifer Garner, co-founder of Once Upon a Farm, center, and Cassandra Curtis, co-founder of of Once Upon a Farm, center right, during the company’s initial public offering (IPO) on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Once…
Shares of automaker Stellantis dropped more than 14% in European trading on Friday, after the company said it expects to take a 22-billion-euro ($26 billion) hit from overhauling its business to accelerate the rollout of electric and hybrid vehicles. Shortly after the European opening bell, Milan-listed shares of the firm were 14.4% lower. Stock Chart…
Tesla remained a strong contender in Beijing’s competitive electric vehicle scene, as the company’s China-produced EV sales grew modestly in January from the year before, amid a broader industry slowdown. According to data published by the China Passenger Car Association on Wednesday, January deliveries from Tesla’s Shanghai Gigafactory rose by 9% to 69,129 units, from…
Urenco USA enriched uranium storage capsules. Adam Jeffery | CNBC The Department of Energy announced Wednesday an initiative aimed at building out the nation’s nuclear fuel supply chain as interest in the emissions-free power source grows. The DOE is asking states to express interest in hosting “Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses,” which would support activities across…
Students at a tech university in Dublin are enjoying an unexpected perk of artificial intelligence — it’s helping heat their campus. Since 2023, the Technical University of Dublin’s Tallaght campus has been one of a growing number of buildings in the southwest suburban area of the city to be heated by waste heat from a…
Water is a finite resource — and increasingly a national security issue, analysts told CNBC. Water demand is expected to outpace supply by as much as 40% in 2030, according to a 2023 landmark report on the economics of water. At the same time, climate change is affecting weather patterns and once water-abundant areas are…
U.S. President Donald Trump gestures, before boarding Air Force One en route to Detroit, Michigan, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., January 13, 2026. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters The Trump administration on Friday will push the largest electricity grid in the U.S. to make the big technology companies pay for new power plants. Electricity prices…
U.S. automakers are increasingly entering the energy storage business as they pivot away from electric vehicles and try make use of battery factories that cost billions of dollars. Energy storage uses a lot of the same underlying technology as EV batteries to store power for homes, businesses and even utilities. Tesla has been investing in…
Bill Gates is as optimistic about the world’s future as ever, despite the fact that we’re living through “an era with so many challenges and so much polarization,” the billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder wrote in a blog post on Friday. The world faces plenty of causes for concern over issues like climate change, global…
