Type 'heat pumps' into an internet search engine and you'll get thousands of hits dedicated to weighing up the pros and cons of home energy heating systems. But many people don't know that there's ...

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New research from Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (Fraunhofer ISE) has shown that combining rooftop PV systems with battery storage and heat pumps can improve heat pump ...

Installing heat pumps, which use electricity to heat and cool air, is a key part of Massachusetts' plan to get homes off of fossil fuels. (Miriam Wasser/WBUR) Using an electric heat pump in ...

When he left a job at Google, Paul Lambert knew that he wanted to work on a new challenge that would interest him for the next decade. The answer: designing a better heat pump. Heat pumps now outsell ...

Tesla had long been against using heat pumps in its vehicles, but like most things with the Austin, Texas-based automaker, it changed its tune. It first added the pump to its Model Y, and since then, ...

General Motors’ Ultium platform is its premium electric vehicle architecture for models like the GMC Hummer EV and forthcoming Chevy Silverado EV, plus the group’s upcoming collaboration with Honda.

ELECTRICITY CAN be made from the sun, the wind or the atom rather than by burning fossil fuels. Cars, buses and perhaps even lorries can be powered by batteries rather than petrol or diesel. But other ...

As electricity costs rise and temperatures start to heat up, saving on cooling costs this summer has become a top priority for many. Experts believe that from the Rockies to the East Coast, this ...