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A Dodge Charger Daytona hit the road this summer carrying a solid-state battery at 375 watt-hours per kilogram, and that cell charges from 15 percent to 90 percent i…

A Dodge Charger Daytona began road testing a solid-state battery this summer, with 375 Wh/kg energy density and a 15–90% ...
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A $29,990 electric crossover from a Japanese automaker carries 303 miles of EPA range, and the price of a 300-mile electric car has been cut nearly in half since the fi…

The 2026 Nissan Leaf hits 303 miles of EPA range at $29,990 while the median new EV reaches 325 miles, marking a fundamental ...
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Only 35.5% of US teens held a summer job in 2026, up from last year but far below historical norms

Pew Research finds just 35.5% of US teens ages 16–19 worked this summer, a slight rebound from 2025's 33.8% but still far ...
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Budget smartphones under $100 vanished from US stores last quarter, and the 64 percent sales collapse handed big established brands a growing dominance of the …

US sales of smartphones priced under $100 crashed 64% in Q2 2026, wiping out smaller brands while Samsung, Motorola, Apple ...
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GM locks in $4.5 billion parts deal to guard supply chain against chip shortages and disruptions

GM's $4.5 billion deal with Procura Auto Parts, backed by JPMorgan and Santander, pre-stocks critical components including ...
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A home geothermal heat pump is quoted with a payback as short as 7 years, but the ground-loop work runs 50 to 70 percent of the bill and bedrock under your yard ca…

A home geothermal heat pump is sold on a 7-year payback promise, but drilling costs run 50–70% of the total bill and bedrock ...
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Utah FORGE begins four-month endurance test to evaluate long-term geothermal reservoir performance

Utah FORGE has launched a four-month extended circulation test to measure thermal decline, water loss and long-term EGS ...
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Git 2.55 adds parallel hooks and a safer history rewrite command for developers

Git 2.55, released June 29, adds parallel hook execution, git history fixup, Linux fsmonitor support and a safer git checkout ...
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Lonely at their desks, more than half of US workers cost employers $154 billion a year, and a fresh tally puts a number on the gap

US workers feel lonely on the job, and research now puts a $154 billion annual price tag on the absenteeism and lost effort that disconnection quietly costs employers.
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Six US grid operators face FERC’s August 17 deadline to justify large-load connection rules

All six US regional grid operators faced a FERC August 17 deadline to justify or rewrite their rules for connecting large ...
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A federal safety benchmark expanded its driver-assist test suite to eight pass-fail criteria, and only one electric SUV has cleared every single one so far

NHTSA added 8 pass-fail driver-assist tests to its NCAP program, and the 2026 Tesla Model Y became the first vehicle to clear ...
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GM confirms all 12 of its 2027 model-year EVs will ship with native NACS charging ports

General Motors confirms every 2027 Cadillac, Chevrolet and GMC electric vehicle will carry a built-in NACS port, ending the ...