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German automakers have invested heavily in China in recent decades (AFP)
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BMW says EU probe into China EV subsidies against free trade

CEO of German luxury carmaker BMW on Wednesday warned the European Union's investigation into Chinese electric car subsidies runs counter to free trade

Oliver Zipse, CEO of BMW, visits the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition, or Auto China 2024, in Beijing, China, April 25, 2024. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo
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EU tariffs on Chinese EVs could backfire, hobble Green Deal, BMW CEO says

BMW's CEO has warned against imposing EU import duties on EVs from Chinese automakers, saying it could upend the bloc's Green Deal

FILE PHOTO: Graphite powder, used for battery paste, is pictured in a Volkswagen pilot line for battery cell production in Salzgitter, Germany, May 18, 2022. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer/File Photo
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South Korea welcomes US decision to extend use of Chinese graphite in EVs

South Korea welcomed a US decision to extend automakers' eligibility for EV tax credits for cars containing Chinese graphite through 2026

FILE PHOTO: A recording light of a TV camera is flashing red as Siemens Energy CEO Christian Bruch addresses the annual results news conference in Munich, Germany, November 15, 2023.  REUTERS/Leo Simon/File Photo
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Siemens Energy raises outlook, flags CEO change at troubled wind unit

Siemens Energy will replace CEO of troubled wind turbine division after little more than two years in the job, the company said Wednesday

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US’s largest public utility ignores warnings over new natural gas plant

TVA gas plant moving ahead despite EPA's criticism of environmental review that apparently showed renewable alternative was unfeasible.

A number of foreign firms have announced tech partnerships un China as they try to get a hold in the world's biggest electric vehicle market (AFP)
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Global car giants seek tech allies in China’s cutthroat EV market

Struggling foreign automakers in China are looking for help from local tech giants to try to stay competitive in the world's biggest EV...

FILE PHOTO: Visitors check a Tesla Model 3 car next to a Model Y displayed at a showroom of the U.S. electric vehicle (EV) maker in Beijing, China February 4, 2023. REUTERS/Florence Lo/File Photo
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Tesla has proposed to launch robotaxis in China, Chinese state media reports

Elon Musk proposed testing Tesla's advanced driver-assistance package in China by deploying it in robotaxis, during his recent visit

FILE - Solar panels work near the small town of Milagro, Navarra Province, northern Spain, Feb. 24, 2023. Billions of people are using different kinds of energy each day and 2023 was a record-breaking year for renewable energy sources, according to a report published Wednesday, May 8, 2024, by Ember, a think tank based in London. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos, File)
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More and faster: Electricity from clean sources reaches 30% of global total

2023 was a record-breaking year for renewable energy sources, according to a report published Wednesday, May 8

FILE - A grain wagon supports a sign against the proposed transmission line by American Transmission Company, ITC Midwest and Dairyland Power Cooperative, along Highway 18-151 near Ridgeway, Wis., Dec. 8, 2018. A federal appeals court has cleared the way for utilities to finish building a high-voltage power line across a Mississippi River refuge. The utility companies are in the final stages of constructing a 102-mile (164-kilometer) transmission line linking Iowa’s Dubuque County and Wisconsin’s Dane County. About a mile of the line would cross the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge near Cassville, Wisconsin. (Barry Adams/Wisconsin State Journal via AP, File, file)
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High-voltage power line through Mississippi River refuge approved by federal appeals court

About a mile of the high-voltage power line would cross the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge near Cassville, Wisconsin.

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi meets with the Head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization Mohammad Eslami (not pictured) in Isfahan, Iran, May 7, 2024. Iran's Atomic Energy Organization/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS
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IAEA’s Grossi seeks deal with Iran on nuclear steps ‘soon’

Iran and the U.N. nuclear watchdog will continue talks aimed at ending an impasse on many issues between them and should strike a...

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