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The BYD logo is displayed at the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition, or Auto China 2024, in Beijing, China, April 25, 2024. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/ File photo
AnalysisBusinessElectric Vehicles (EVs)In-Depth

Why BYD EV exports sell for twice the China price

China's top EV maker, BYD, has dramatically hiked export prices compared to what it charges at home, rather than undercut foreign rivals

FILE PHOTO: Staff members clean an Xpeng X9 electric vehicle displayed at the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition, or Auto China 2024, in Beijing, China, April 25, 2024. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo
AnalysisAutomotiveElectric Vehicles (EVs)In-DepthTransport

Beijing auto show: Themes and highlights

BEIJING – China’s largest auto show opened in Beijing with the biggest names showing off their latest electric vehicles (EVs), underlining how the...

FILE PHOTO: Tesla Model Y on display at the Everything Electric exhibition at the ExCeL London international exhibition and convention centre in London, Britain, March 28, 2024.  REUTERS/Peter Cziborra/File Photo
AnalysisAutomotiveElectric Vehicles (EVs)In-DepthTransport

Tesla’s plan for affordable cars takes page from Detroit rivals

SAN FRANCISCO/AUSTIN, Texas – Elon Musk’s new plan to use current product lines as the basis for new affordable vehicles — rather than...

A view of Duke Energy's Marshall Power Plant in Sherrills Ford, North Carolina, U.S. November 29, 2018. REUTERS/Chris Keane/File Photo
AnalysisCarbon ManagementClimateCoalCourtsEmissionsIn-DepthLegislationNatural GasPoliticsRegulations

Explainer: New U.S. EPA power sector rules set up likely legal clashes

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's new regulations targeting pollution from power plants are expected to usher in major legal challenges. Here is what...

A staff member transports guests on an inflatable boat to the entrance of a hotel engulfed in flood water in Dubai on April 22, 2024. (AFP)
AnalysisClimateIn-DepthWeather

Oman, UAE deluge ‘most likely’ linked to climate change: scientists

Global warming caused by fossil fuel emissions “most likely” exacerbated the intense rains that lashed the UAE and Oman last week, causing deaths...

Wang Xun, founder and chairman of the auto design and engineering firm Launch Design, poses for a picture next to a prototype vehicle at the company's office in Shanghai, China April 18, 2024. REUTERS/Sarah Wu
AnalysisElectric Vehicles (EVs)In-Depth

Analysis: China’s EV survival game creates peril – and power

With hundreds of EV models vying for attention in China and a price war raging, a technological revolution could be coming with quicker...

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Europe’s ability to survive a cold winter hasn’t been tested, energy execs say

AMSTERDAM – Europe has successfully survived the worst energy crisis in decades thanks to demand reduction and a couple of mild winters, but...

FILE PHOTO: A view shows constructions on the bank of a river in a mountainous area near the town of Mailuu-Suu in the Jalal-Abad region, Kyrgyzstan, April 20, 2024. Dams holding vast amounts of uranium mine tailings above the fertile Fergana valley in Central Asia are unstable, threatening a possible Chernobyl-scale nuclear disaster if they collapse that would make the region uninhabitable, studies have revealed. REUTERS/Marlis Myrzakul Uulu/File Photo
AnalysisEnvironmentIn-DepthNuclear Power

Unstable nuclear-waste dams threaten fertile Central Asia heartland

The studies, part of a project by the European Commission and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to reinforce the facilities, show...

A worker sweeps the floor beneath rice processors in a warehouse at Hoang Minh Nhat, a rice export company in Can Tho, Vietnam, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. The Mekong Delta, where 90% of Vietnam's exported rice is farmed, is one of the world's regions most vulnerable to climate change. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
AgricultureAnalysisClimateEmissionsIn-Depth

In Vietnam, farmers reduce methane emissions by changing how they grow rice

There is a paradox at the heart of growing rice: The finicky crop isn’t just vulnerable to climate change but also contributes uniquely...

CEO of Agrosmart, a tech-based agriculture startup, Mariana Vasconcelos, poses after an interview with AFP in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (AFP)
AgricultureBusinessClimateEmissionsIn-Depth

Latin American AI startups transform farming, including managing climate risks

Brazilian startup Agrosmart uses artificial intelligence to help farmers manage climate risks and produce more sustainably.

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