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FILE PHOTO: A sign of battery manufacturer CATL is pictured at its booth at the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition in Beijing, China, April 25, 2024. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo
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US lawmakers call to add China’s CATL, Gotion to import ban list, WSJ reports

Chinese battery companies CATL and Gotion High Tech should be added immediately to an import ban list, a group of Republican lawmakers said

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The Conversation: Electric cars pile up at European ports as Chinese firms struggle to find buyers

The Conversation: Entering an established market as a challenger is a complex operation. Chinese EV makers will have to contend with buyer wariness,...

A Nio ET7 is displayed at the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition, or Auto China 2024, in Beijing, China, April 25, 2024. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
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China’s Nio expects Q2 EV sales to more than double

Revenue in the three-month period starting April would also nearly double to about $2.3 billion, the company added.

Ola Kaellenius, CEO of Mercedes-Benz Group AG, poses for a picture at "Factory 56", one of the world's most modern electric and conventional car assembly halls of German carmaker Mercedes-Benz, in Sindelfingen near Stuttgart, Germany, March 4, 2024. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File Photo
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Mercedes chief expects EU decision on Chinese EVs tariffs

Mercedes Benz CEO Ola Kaellenius expects a decision on EU's import tariffs on Chinese EVs soon, he said at an industry conference on...

ductor of an electric passenger bus calls to attract attention of the travelers in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, May 22, 2024. Nepal's abundant hydroelectric power is helping the Himalayan nation cut its oil imports and clean up its air, thanks to a boom in sales of electric vehicles. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
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EV sales boom in Nepal, helping to save on oil imports, alleviate smog

Nepal’s hydroelectric power is helping the Himalayan nation cut oil imports and clean up its air, thanks to a boom in EV sales

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Indonesia, South Korea sign agreement on carbon emission, minister says

Indonesia and South Korea have signed a memorandum of understanding to incentivise a reduction of carbon emissions

FILE PHOTO: Chinese flag is seen in this illustration taken, April 24, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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China says it never uses EV subsidies barred by WTO

China never makes use of EV subsidies that have been prohibited by the World Trade Organization, a foreign ministry spokesperson said Thursday

FILE PHOTO: NIO electric cars logo is seen in this illustration taken Jan. 16, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration//File Photo
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EV maker Nio gets regulatory nod for third factory in China, sources say

EV maker Nio has won approval to build a third factory in China that would boost its total approved production capacity to 1...

FILE PHOTO: People cross a street in the Central Business District (CBD) on a polluted day in Beijing, China, March 10, 2023. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo
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China plans new carbon measurement standards to boost climate efforts

China aims to establish a carbon footprint management system by 2027, to create a more unified system to measure carbon emissions

FILE PHOTO: Saplings grown at the nursery of the nonprofit environmental group Rioterra, await planting to restore areas of a nearby rainforest, at the Jamari National Forest, in Itapua do Oeste, Rondonia state, Brazil, February 18, 2020.  REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini/File Photo
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Researchers – Carbon removal needs to quadruple to meet climate goals

Governments need to plant more trees and deploy technologies that will quadruple the CO2 removed each year, researchers said Wednesday

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