What’s next for EV batteries in 2026
Today, both production and demand for sodium-ion batteries are heavily centered in China. That’s likely to continue, especially after a cutback in tax credits and...
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The Download: sodium-ion batteries and China’s bright tech future
1 Apple is teaming up with Google to give Siri an AI revamp That’s a giant win for Google, and a blow for OpenAI. (CNBC) 2...
Building materials are getting closer to doubling as batteries
A weight-bearing arch made of electron-conducting carbon concrete (ec3) integrates supercapacitor electrodes to power a light.MIT EC³ HUB The researchers achieved this progress by using...
The Download: China’s dying EV batteries, and why AI doomers are doubling down
In the past decade, China has seen an EV boom, thanks in part to government support. Buying an electric car has gone from a novel...
China figured out how to sell EVs. Now it has to bury their batteries.
China is not only the world’s largest EV market; it has also become the main global manufacturing hub for EVs and the batteries that power...
The Download: AI agents’ autonomy, and sodium-based batteries
In recent months, a new class of agents has arrived on the scene: ones built using large language models. Any action that can be captured...
These new batteries are finding a niche
One researcher I spoke with at the time suggested that sodium-ion batteries might not compete directly with lithium-ion batteries but could instead find specialized uses...
The Download: AI co-creativity, and what Trump’s tariffs mean for batteries
Existing generative tools can automate a striking range of creative tasks and offer near-instant gratification—but at what cost? Some artists and researchers fear that such...
Tariffs are bad news for batteries
Since Donald Trump announced his plans for sweeping tariffs last week, the vibes have been, in a word, chaotic. Markets have seen one of the...
How To Get Atomic Batteries In Atomfall
Atomic Batteries are highly important objects that you can add to your inventory in Atomfall. You might not know what they’re used for early on...