カテゴリー: Electric, hybrid and low-emission cars
Industry bigger than all but seven world economies, and accounts for more than third of China’s economic growthChina’s clean energy industries drove more than 90% of the country’s investment growth last year, making the sectors bigger than all but seve…
European manufacturers of electric vehicles are scrambling to match the technology of their Chinese rivalsIf Chinese carmakers are to be believed, a lot of people really love karaoke. Those people love karaoke so much that they want it in their family …
Trudeau also announces 25% tariff on imported steel and aluminum and says ‘China is not playing by the same rules’Canada, following the lead of the United States, on Monday said it would impose a 100% tariff on the import of Chinese electric vehicles a…
Ministry will discuss investigation into claims that European producers are selling goods below market ratesBusiness live – latest updatesChina has ramped up its anti-dumping investigation into European brandy imports in what appears to be a retaliator…
Plans for a sprawling factory in rural Michigan making batteries for electric cars offer an economic lifeline, but for some residents there is a big problem: the parent company is in ChinaSet among green rolling hills and tall pines, Lori Brock’s story…
China’s president arrives as EU anti-subsidy investigations and tensions over espionage, Ukraine and Taiwan continueChina’s president, Xi Jinping, is to visit Europe next week for the first time in five years, in a tour that will take in the unlikely t…
Akshat Rathi argues that around the world economies are switching to clean technology as prices dropThe root of the climate crisis is “not capitalism but the corruption of capitalism”, according to the author of a new book on how people, policy and tec…
Decision agreed quickly at Brussels summit of leaders as bloc highlights vulnerability of supply chainsEU leaders have launched a policy towards China of “de-risking”, a softening of its unofficial “decoupling” approach that reflects concerns over the …
The country depends overwhelmingly on secondhand cars from Japan, which makes barely any electric vehiclesNew Zealand has long been known for its high ratio of sheep to people. But really what stands out on various per-capita lists is just how much we…
Travel without the combustion-engine fumes and noise is increasingly popular in the country with some of the world’s worst air pollutionThailand’s iconic, gas-guzzling tuk-tuks are being replaced by a greener, more energy efficient model, offering trav…
Nio criticised over statement that said accident at Shanghai HQ was ‘not caused by the vehicle’A leading Chinese electric car company has said two people were killed when one of its vehicles fell from the third floor of its Shanghai headquarters.Nio, a…
Rosemary Penwarden says the vehicle, powered by home rooftop solar, has been running smoothly for three years and has thanked oil companies for the motivationA New Zealand woman has converted a 29-year-old wreck into a homemade, electric vehicle, “to s…
Break into male-dominated public-transport helps tackle city’s pollution crisis and safety concernsMonika Devi is thrilled to be driving her autorickshaw. The 35-year-old has two reasons to be particularly proud as she winds her way through New Delhi’s…