The record doesn’t come as a surprise, as buyers rushed to beat the Sept. 30 deadline for federal EV tax credits sent to an early grave by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. But what the future has in store for the U.S. EV market is still in question. Hyundai is offering an up-to-$7,500 incentive on its electric models through October and is cutting the price of some of its cars. Both GM and Tesla have rolled out lower-priced models in the past month, and some states and cities are increasing their EV incentives to keep purchases rolling.

Decarbonization is happening everywhere, big and small

Companies are making strides on the tech needed to decarbonize everything from your morning cup of coffee to factory floors.

Bellwether Coffee, for one, is leading the charge on cutting emissions from coffee roasting. Canary Media’s Jeff St. John toured the Berkeley, California, startup, which has crafted an electric alternative to gas-burning roasters. These electric roasters don’t need complex venting and afterburner equipment like their fossil-fueled counterparts, and they can plug into standard commercial-voltage outlets, allowing cafes to cut costs by roasting their own blends.

Canary’s Alison F. Takemura, meanwhile, visited AtmosZero’s 83,000-square-foot factory in Loveland, Colorado, where the startup is looking to revolutionize industrial heat. Companies making everything from Cheez Whiz to beer to notepaper typically rely on gas-burning boilers, and AtmosZero wants to clean up their processes. It’s scaling up production of its Boiler 2.0, a steam-making heat pump that’s the size of a shipping container and that can be hoisted and plopped into any factory that needs it.

Clean energy news to know this week

Gutting our clean-energy future: The Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations, responsible for juicing research and development of hydrogen hubs, carbon capture, and other emerging clean technologies, is headed for collapse amid slashed grants, mass layoffs, and a $0 budget request for the next fiscal year. (Canary Media)

Fighting for solar access: A group of 22 states and Washington, D.C., sue the U.S. EPA over its cancellation of $7 billion in Solar for All funding, which was meant to help low-income households access solar power. (Utility Dive)

Clean-energy cuts backfire: Trump administration cuts to clean-energy funding are disproportionately hurting Republican-led states that significantly benefit from Solar for All grants and other power-bill-lowering programs. (New York Times)

What’s next for fossil fuels: McKinsey projects that while fossil fuels will remain a major piece of the global energy mix beyond 2050, demand for them will likely plateau between 2030 and 2035; meanwhile, renewables and battery storage will continue to gain ground. (McKinsey)

This just makes sense: A new Ohio law will fast-track energy projects on former coal mines and brownfields, but how much it will benefit clean energy depends on forthcoming state rules. (Canary Media)

Going with the flow: Arizona utility Salt River Project plans a 50-megawatt-hour long-duration iron-flow battery system at its research center as it looks to at least double power-generation capacity over the next decade. (Utility Dive)

Energy independence: Minnesota tribes build momentum for energy sovereignty as they build clean-power projects and establish tribal utility commissions. (Minnesota Reformer)