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Li Auto Expands Stake in Battery Maker Sunwoda EVB

Climate Tech

Li Auto Deepens Battery Ties with $390M Investment in Sunwoda EVB

The Chinese automaker is becoming a major shareholder in battery manufacturer Sunwoda EVB, investing 2.65 billion yuan while expanding a joint venture that produces batteries to its own specifications.
Thinking it over tends to improve how people judge your character, mainly if they disagree

AI

Taking Time to Think Helps Your Case—But Only With Those Who Disagree

Research across three studies shows that appearing thoughtful about a political position boosts moral character ratings, yet the benefit emerges exclusively among people who reject that position.
A new study suggests the person who left your message unanswered tends to feel worse about it than you imagine, and worse still when the silence was accidental — in a scenario version of the situation, a one-line "Sorry, but I can't talk right now" n

AI

The guilt you don't see: why people who ignore messages feel worse than you think

A new study reveals that those who stop replying to messages experience more emotional distress than those waiting for a response realise—and the gap widens when the silence is unintentional.
EU Climate Policy is Deciding the Future of Clean Tech survival

Climate Tech

EU's Climate Policy Overhaul Risks Undermining Clean Tech Investment

The European Commission's revised emissions trading framework promises innovation but may inadvertently protect fossil fuel incumbents, threatening the funding pipeline for climate startups across the continent.
Becoming an early riser is less about one burst of willpower than repeatedly following the same routine. In a landmark habit study, daily behaviours took a median of 66 days to become largely automatic—but individual estimates ranged from 18 to 254 d

AI

Why the 66-Day Habit Myth Misses the Point of Waking Early

A landmark study showed habits take a median of 66 days to form, but that number masks enormous individual variation—and it never tested waking early at all. The real challenge involves your circadian rhythm, not just willpower.
1,339 teachers were each shown a student's exercise with a wrong mark already on it, and the ones told an algorithm had set the mark finished further from the fair grade than the ones told a colleague had — but only where the mark was too harsh, with

AI

When Algorithms Grade Harshly, Teachers Defer More—A Greek Study Shows the Label Matters

A controlled experiment with 1,339 Greek teachers reveals that attributing a low mark to an algorithm, rather than a colleague, pushes teachers further from the correct grade—but only when the initial mark is unfairly strict.
Grant, Gino and Hofmann’s 2011 research found that less-extraverted leaders got better results from proactive teams—not because they adopted more employee ideas, but because their receptiveness made employees feel valued and work harder.

AI

When quiet leadership outperforms the talkative kind

A 2011 study of pizza stores and a laboratory experiment found that reserved leaders got better results from proactive teams—not by adopting more ideas, but by making employees feel their input mattered.
Hungary Tightens Environmental Penalties for Battery Manufacturers

Climate Tech

Hungary Escalates Environmental Enforcement Against Battery Makers With Stricter Fines and New Oversight

Budapest is moving to impose steeper penalties on industrial polluters and establish dedicated monitoring of battery production facilities, citing repeated violations at major manufacturing sites.