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FILE PHOTO: The Rio Tinto logo is displayed above the global mining group's booth at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) annual conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 7, 2023. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo
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Rio Tinto and BHP to collaborate on electric haul truck trials in Pilbara

Electric haul truck technology to be tested in Australian mining region to see if battery-operated vehicles could reduce emissions.

FILE PHOTO: A view of the electric vehicle (EV) factory of China Evergrande New Energy Vehicle Group in Tianjin, China October 20, 2021. Picture taken October 20, 2021. REUTERS/Yilei Sun/File Photo
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Shares of China Evergrande’s EV unit soar after liquidators’ deal

Liquidators agree to sell a stake in embattled electric vehicle maker China Evergrande, prompted shares to more than double.

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Canada mulls Chinese EV tariff following U.S. move but is not committing to it

Canada is looking at the massive new U.S. import tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles imposed by President Joe Biden earlier this month, but...

May 6, 2024.  REUTERS/David Swanson
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Tesla shareholders advised to reject Musk’s $56 billion pay

Advisory firm recommends voting against $56bn pay package for Tesla CEO Elon Musk, warning of his preoccupation with other "time-consuming projects".

British Columbia's government says a $900 million project to create a hydrogen production and a provincewide refuelling network will create hundreds of jobs. B.C. Premier David Eby speaks during an announcement in a greenhouse at Westcoast Vegetables in Delta, B.C., on Monday, March 18, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Hydrogen project in Canada’s B.C. will create nearly 300 jobs, cut emissions: premier

The British Columbia government says a $900 million project to create a network of hydrogen production plants and refuelling stations will create nearly...

FILE PHOTO: Two Waymo autonomous vehicles drive themselves down Central Avenue in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., March 18, 2024. REUTERS/Caitlin O'Hara/File Photo
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US probe into Waymo self-driving vehicles finds more incidents

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Friday it has learned of nine additional incidents that raise concerns...

FILE PHOTO: A Lucid Motors facility is pictured in Costa Mesa, California, U.S.,November 1, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
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EV maker Lucid to cut workforce by 6%

Lucid Group said it would reduce its workforce by 6%, or around 400 employees, as the electric vehicle industry grapples with slower growth.

The Airbus Upnext flying truck, a connected truck representing a copy of an Airbus A350 cockpit equipped with artificial intelligence, satellite antennas, GPS, radar and lidar to make taxi and lidar operations autonomous, avoiding collisions on airport tarmacs is presented at the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups, in Paris, France, May 22, 2024. REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq
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Airbus fits electric truck with airliner cockpit to study safer taxiing

Airbus has fitted a with basic A350 airliner controls - that it hopes can demonstrate how automated taxiing will make airports safer

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
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Tesla slashes Model Y production in Shanghai, data shows

Tesla has cut output of its best-selling Model Y electric car by a double-digit percentage number at its Shanghai plant since March

LEZs are in place in Scotland’s biggest cities (Alamy/PA)
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Support for low-emission zones in Scotland growing

The number of people who support the rollout of low-emission zones (LEZs) in Scotland has grown since last year, a poll suggests.

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