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You'll still need to keep your hands on the wheel of a Renault car for the foreseeable future (AFP)
AutomotiveNewsPublic TransitTransport

Renault to pursue autonomous minibuses but not cars

Renault autonomous driving technology unlikely to be rolled out for individual drivers, but shuttle bus will be trialled this month.

Petrobas CEO Jean Paul Prates (L) speaks during the CERAWeek oil summit in Houston, Texas in March 2024 (AFP)
NewsOilPolitics

Chief of state oil company dismissed in Brazil

Jean Paul Prates, an ally of President Lula, dismissed after spat with shareholders over dividend payments.

FILE PHOTO: Visitors film around Xiaomi's first electric vehicle, the SU7, displayed at an event in Beijing, China December 28, 2023. REUTERS/File Photo
BusinessElectric Vehicles (EVs)News

Xiaomi becomes 8th largest EV upstart in China after SU7 launch

Smartphone maker Xiaomi's debut EV, the SU7, sold 7,000 units in first full month of sales, adding a new player to the world's...

Gaston County resident Kristal Lee, 41, said she has been losing sleep since learning about the planned mine in her vicinity (AFP)
Electric Vehicles (EVs)EnvironmentMiningNews

Push for new US lithium mine leaves some Americans wary

North Carolina lithium project causing sleepless nights, pollution worries and more for neighbours of proposed mine.

The report came from the Institute for Public Policy Research (PA)
ConstructionIndustryManufacturingNewsPolitics

Long-term plan needed to harness UK’s green industries, researchers say

Heat pumps, electric trains and turbines make up UK green industry specialisms, says report that calls on government for long-term plan.

FILE PHOTO: The top hat of a Canoo electric vehicle waits to be attached to an electric car platform at a manufacturing site in Livonia, Michigan, U.S. November 29, 2022. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo
BusinessElectric Vehicles (EVs)News

EV startup Canoo posts larger-than-expected loss in first quarter

Canoo first quarter results show greater loss than expected, two years after 'substantial doubt' that it could continue operating.

President Joe Biden arrives to speak in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 14, 2024, announcing plans to impose major new tariffs on electric vehicles, semiconductors, solar equipment and medical supplies imported from China. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
AnalysisBusinessCritical MineralsEconomyElectionsElectric Vehicles (EVs)ElectricityIn-DepthLabourPoliticsSolarStorageTrade

New US tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, batteries and solar cells could raise consumer prices

New tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and batteries, solar cells, medical equipment and other goods are intended to protect U.S. jobs and manufacturers.

U.S. President Joe Biden acknowledges White House executive chef Cristeta Comerford, at a reception celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, in the Rose Garden of the White House, in Washington, U.S., May 13, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/ File Photo
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Analysis: Biden’s new China tariff wall faces leakage via Mexico, Vietnam

Analysis: The Biden administration's new tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and other strategic sectors will likely accelerate a shift of Chinese production to...

FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen at the headquarters of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 10, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
BiofuelsCourtsFuelNewsPoliticsRegulationsTransport

US appeals court upholds biofuel blending mandates for 2020-2022

A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday upheld a rule from President Joe Biden's administration that set the amount of biofuels that oil refiners...

FILE PHOTO: Apache Stronghold, a Native American group hoping to protect their sacred land from a Cooper mine in Arizona, gather outside the 9th Circuit Appeal Court in Pasadena, California,U.S., March 21, 2023.        REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
CourtsCritical MineralsMiningNewsPolitics

Indigenous group to take fight against Arizona copper mine to Supreme Court

Apache Stronghold, a nonprofit group comprised of San Carlos Apache tribe members and others, says it will take its fight against Rio Tinto’s...

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