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Leapmotor Just Broke the 800V Price Floor
Leapmotor’s refreshed B01 and B10 carry an 800V silicon-carbide platform peaking at 210 kW, in a range topping out at about $18,600. Which trims get it is still not clear.
Net Metering Is Ending. Homeowners Are Buying Batteries.
Battery attachment on new Californian home solar went from 14% to 57% in a year. Maryland has now dated the end of one-for-one net metering, and the 30% federal credit is gone.
Sodium-Ion Batteries: Why They Won’t Replace Lithium
Sodium cells hold about 175 Wh/kg against LFP’s 205, and four separate physical penalties explain why. What sodium wins on is cold, cycle life and shipping — not range.
The BrightVolt Take: Storage Just Overtook Wind on Winter
PJM credited onshore wind at 41% of nameplate and a four-hour battery at 50% for 2026/27. In the 2028/29 auction it was wind 34% and storage 59%. The lines have crossed.
Xiaomi’s SkyNomad Isn’t Electric, and Isn’t a Brand
Xiaomi’s SkyNomad opened pre-sales at 259,900 yuan claiming the world’s longest electric range for an extended-range vehicle. It beats its closest rival by 1% — and it burns petrol.
Solar and Storage Are 79% of New US Grid Capacity in 2026
The EIA projects a record 86 GW of new US generating capacity this year. Solar takes 43.4 GW and storage 24 GW, leaving natural gas with one gigawatt in every fourteen.
Japan’s First 300km Electric Kei Car Is Chinese
BYD’s Racco launched at about $13,100 with 320 km of WLTC range, becoming the first battery-electric kei car to pass 300 km in Japan’s most protected segment.
EV Range Explained: Why CLTC, WLTP and EPA Disagree
CLTC range figures run about 35% above EPA and WLTP about 22%, so the same electric car carries three very different numbers. Here is how to convert between them.
The BrightVolt Take: Solar Isn’t the Bottleneck. The Queue Is.
Record solar output means little when 773 GW is stuck in a queue that now takes 61 months to clear. The constraint on powering the AI boom cleanly is interconnection, not generation.
Essential reading
The explainers the rest of the site links back to, and the numbers behind the headlines.
- Capacity accreditation: why 100 MW counts as 34 MW
- Peaker plants: the priciest power runs least
- Solar capture rate: why more solar earns less
- Why a 350 kW charger never gives you 350 kW
- EV range: CLTC vs WLTP vs EPA
- Lithium plating: why fast charging degrades batteries
- Why an e-bike battery beats a car battery
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