GM to close Detroit battery-assembly plant, but not for reasons you might think TechCrunch By: Tim De Chant 20 October 2026 at 22:32 GM is shuttering the Brownstown Battery Assembly Plant, though the closure has nothing to do with the automaker's electrification strategy.
Plants can speak using electricity, so this startup built an AI model to decipher their language TechCrunch By: Tim De Chant 20 October 2026 at 19:00 Electric Plant has built an AI-powered translator to help humans listen to what plants are saying with the subtle electricity coursing through their stems.
Amazon to fund 12 small nuclear reactors at former Indiana coal plant TechCrunch By: Tim De Chant 19 October 2026 at 19:55 Amazon and X-energy have inked another deal to deploy nuclear power to the grid. This one will generate nearly 1 gigawatt of electricity.