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GM Energy and WeaveGrid are linking eligible Chevrolet, GMC and Cadillac EVs with utility programs for managed charging, bidirectional charging and home energy storage. The useful promise is lower stress on the grid and better EV economics; the catch is that interconnection, incentives and customer trust still have to catch up.
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Lando Norris will take a 10-place Belgian GP grid penalty so McLaren can move to Mercedes' updated power electronics. Spa makes that call logical, but it also exposes how much the reigning champion's 2026 title defence has already been shaped by reliability rather than pure pace.
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Ferrari reaches Belgium with official Spa focus, media-reported rear-end changes and fresh Mercedes respect after two wins in three races. The question is no longer whether Ferrari can spike a result, but whether the SF-26 can make Mercedes uncomfortable on a second high-speed circuit.
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Google's Steel River deal with Cypress Creek is its largest solar and battery storage project yet, pairing 2.5 GWdc of solar with 2.9 GWh of storage at full buildout. It is a clean-energy milestone, but also a blunt reminder that AI and data centers are turning electricity into a first-order technology constraint.
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NVIDIA's Nemotron Labs pitch is not simply that open models are cheaper. It is that companies can tune, inspect and operate specialized AI on their own terms. That matters as agent costs, data boundaries and model dependence become board level infrastructure questions rather than developer curiosities.
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Volkswagen's ID. Cross is shaping up as the electric T-Cross people actually understand: compact footprint, usable boot, physical controls, a European launch from autumn 2026 and a roughly 28,000 euro starting target. The intrigue is not wild performance. It is whether VW has finally made its affordable EVs feel ordinary in the best way.
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Aston Martin reaches Spa with one more no-upgrade baseline before its delayed Hungary package arrives. Fernando Alonso says the real test is not whether the AMR26 suddenly wins, but whether the team proves it understands the car's weaknesses.
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Google is expanding Gemini in Chrome to desktop users in the UK, with iOS next month. The feature set sounds like a browser assistant, but the bigger point is control: browsers are becoming AI workspaces that can summarize, compare, draft and eventually act across the pages people already trust.
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Subaru's new Uncharted EV has attractive official numbers: a $34,995 starting MSRP, up to 308 miles of estimated range and available 338-hp all-wheel drive. Early range testing shows why shoppers should read those numbers by trim, speed and route rather than treating one headline figure as the whole car.
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