False information about electric vehicles and renewable energy is making the United States\' transition to clean energy more difficult, an analyst wrote. Writer and researcher Carolyn Fortuna said distorted claims about climate science, EVs and wind power repeatedly spread and blur public risk perceptions about fossil fuels and clean technologies. She cited an internal email at the Energy Department and disputes over EV fires, offshore wind and whale deaths, and low-frequency turbine noise.

Superb AI said on Sept. 1 it jointly developed an AI model with the National Fire Research Institute to detect electric vehicle fires early in underground parking garages. The model focuses on faint smoke in the early stage of battery thermal runaway. Research results showed detection time was cut by 65 percent and false alarms fell by 80 percent versus existing methods. The system runs on edge devices and can be deployed on existing CCTV infrastructure.