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Why Waymo's London Launch Matters
3+ hour, 2+ min ago (187+ words) A Waymo vehicle pictured on January 15, 2026 in Austin, Texas. On Wednesday night, I went to a press event in London hosted by the Google-owned robotaxi firm Waymo, which announced it was aiming to make driverless taxis available to Londoners by…...
Trump Is Creating a New Energy Paradigm. It May Be Hard to Undo
2+ week, 6+ day ago (834+ words) US President Donald Trump, alongside Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, speaks to the press following US military actions in Venezuela, at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach,…...
World’s Most Sustainable Companies of 2024
3+ week, 2+ day ago (544+ words) Methodology: How TIME and Statista Determined the World's Most Sustainable Companies of 2024 It's one thing for a company to give lip service to helping the environment; it's another for its leaders to make trackable, public commitments to doing better for…...
World's Best Companies Sustainable Growth 2026 Methodology
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (410+ words) How TIME and Statista Determined the World's Best Companies in Sustainable Growth 2026 This year, TIME and Statista unveils its second edition of the "World's Best Companies in Sustainable Growth," aimed at identifying companies that still perform well while upholding considerations…...
What the Rise of Trillionaires Could Mean for the World
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (996+ words) From left to right, Priscilla Chan, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Lauren Sanchez, businessman Jeff Bezos, Alphabet's CEO Sundar Pichai, and businessman Elon Musk, among other dignitaries, attend Donald Trump's inauguration in the rotunda of the United States…...
Americans Aren't Sold on Cheap Chinese EVs—Yet
3+ mon, 6+ day ago (200+ words) Electric cars for export stacked at the international container terminal of Taicang Port in Suzhou, in China's eastern Jiangsu Province in 2024. China has built the world's leading electric vehicle industry with more than 100 brands from the country. Those cars have…...
Candela P-12 Shuttle: The Best Inventions of 2025
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (147+ words) Last November, Swedish boat maker Candela launched the P-12, an electric hydrofoil vessel, and began a pilot commuter ferry service in Stockholm. The 30-passenger boat uses computer-controlled wings ... Most ferries still run on diesel or gasoline engines. Last November, Swedish boat…...
Budderfly Virtual Power Plant: The Best Inventions of 2025
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (162+ words) Budderfly's virtual power plants, piloted in 2024 and launched officially in 2025, let small-to-midsize businesses install the company's distributed energy resources'like solar panels or electric car ... Budderfly Virtual Power Plant It's easy to think of an electric grid'in a town, county, or…...
Polar Night Energy Sand Battery: The Best Inventions of 2025
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (133+ words) At Polar Night Energy, co-founders Tommi Eronen and Markku Yl'nen use sand to store wind and solar energy as heat, providing a cleaner alternative for warming homes and businesses. The company's first ... Polar Night Energy Sand Battery At Polar Night…...
WattTime Automatic Emissions Reduction (AER): The Best Inventions of 2025
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (142+ words) WattTime's Automatic Emissions Reduction system tracks real-time marginal emissions data to identify when the grid's electricity is cleanest so connected devices, like EVs or smart thermostats, can ... WattTime Automatic Emissions Reduction (AER) As solar and wind power has become common…...