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FILE PHOTO: People walk in front of BYD Auto company and Autotorino store in Milan, Italy, March 20, 2024. REUTERS/Claudia Greco/File Photo
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European nations compete for Chinese EV factories

While the EU investigates China's auto subsidies and considers tariffs on imports, European governments are dangling incentives.

A car owner pumps at a petrol station in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, June 10, 2024. Diesel price in Malaysia jumped by more than 50% on Monday as part of a revamp of decades-old fuel subsidies to tighten government spending and save billions of ringgits annually. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
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Diesel prices jump 56% as Malaysia revamps fuel subsidies

Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim announced the decision to cut diesel subsidies last month so lower-income groups could prepare.

Since Lomiko Metals Inc., a mining company based in Surrey, B.C., announced plans to build a graphite mine in Laurentians, some residents living nearby have protested the project, ass shown in this undated handout image, fearing the potential harm to the environment.  THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Christian Hobden **MANDATORY CREDIT **
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Residents against graphite mine fear powering Pentagon, environmental ruin

Residents protest Lomiko Metals Inc. plans to build a graphite mine in Laurentians, B.C. fearing potential harm to the environment

FILE PHOTO: Volvo reveals their new Volvo EX30 fully-electric small SUV vehicle during an event in Milan, Italy June 7, 2023. REUTERS/Claudia Greco/File Photo
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Volvo shifting EV production to Belgium to evade China tariffs, The Times reports

Volvo cars has started to shift production of Chinese-made EVs to Belgium as EU crackdown on Beijing-subsidised imports looms

Elon Musk in Paris, France, June 16, 2023. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
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Norway wealth fund to vote against Musk’s $56 billion Tesla pay package

Norway's $1.7tn sovereign wealth fund said Saturday it will vote against ratifying Tesla CEO Elon Musk's $56bn pay package

FILE - Oregon resident Patrick Coffin fills up his car at a gas station in Portland, Ore., Aug. 4, 2023. New vehicles sold in the U.S. will have to average about 38 miles per gallon of gasoline in 2031 in real world driving, up from about 29 mpg this year, under new federal rules unveiled Friday, June 7, 2024, by the Biden administration. President Joe Biden has set a goal that half all of new vehicles sold in the U.S. in 2030 are electric. (AP Photo/Claire Rush, File)
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Real-world mileage standard for new vehicles in U.S. rising to 38 mpg in 2031 under new Biden rule

President Joe Biden has set a goal that half all of new vehicles sold in the U.S. in 2030 are electric, part of...

Newly manufactured Ford Motor Co. 2021 F-150 pick-up trucks are seen waiting for missing parts in Dearborn, Michigan, U.S., March 29, 2021. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo
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US raises truck, SUV fuel economy rules, much less than first proposed

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said the proposed new rules will result in much lower compliance penalties than originally proposed, a...

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John Kemp column: US manufacturers in halting recovery but diesel use tepid

Column by John Kemp: U.S. manufacturers are gradually emerging from a prolonged but shallow slowdown over the last two years, but progress has...

Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla, walks after attending the opening of the 10th World Water Forum in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, May 20, 2024. REUTERS/Johannes P. Christo
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Tesla objects to $5.6 billion payout for lawyers who voided Musk’s pay

Tesla said the legal team for Richard Tornetta, the shareholder whose lawsuit led to a January ruling voiding CEO Elon Musk's $56 billion...

In this file photo, planes are parked at a private jet terminal at Harry Reid International Airport ahead of the Super Bowl on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
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Private jets descend on Montreal for F1 Grand Prix in emissions-heavy weekend

Pinning a precise number on the carbon dioxide emissions from a flock of private jets can be hard. But in general, the pricey...

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