May 28, 2025 | Australia, China, Electric Vehicles, Europe
The world’s leading electric vehicle (EV) maker is rapidly expanding overseas. After taking control of vehicle sales in Germany last year, BYD is about to do the same in another key overseas EV market. BYD to take control of EV distribution in Australia Last August,...
May 27, 2025 | Nuclear, Space
Russia has signed a deal with China to build a nuclear power plant on the moon. The Russian reactor will be used to power the International Lunar Research Station (ILRS), jointly led by China and Russia, and should be completed by 2036, according to a memorandum of...
May 23, 2025 | Australia, Featured, Hydrogen
Three of the world’s leading automotive manufacturers have come together to establish a new forum that will promote an accelerated hydrogen transport industry throughout Australia. BMW, Hyundai and Toyota have joined forces to start the Hydrogen Transport Forum (ITF),...
May 22, 2025 | Solar, Tariffs
An independent federal agency has backed imposing levies as high as 3,521 percent on China-linked solar imports from four Southeast Asian countries, writes Christa Marshall. The International Trade Commission concluded unanimously that U.S. manufacturers have been...
May 22, 2025 | China, Electric Vehicles, Trucks
Robin Zeng, the billionaire head of battery giant CATL, expects half of all new trucks sold in China will be electric-powered by 2028, a forecast that heralds huge disruption for the global market in heavy goods vehicles. In an interview with the Financial Times to...
May 22, 2025 | Emissions, Healthcare
Smart policies addressing road transport emissions could save 1.9 million lives and prevent 1.4 million new children’s asthma cases worldwide by 2040, according to a new study. This translates to preventing 310 premature deaths and 230 new children’s...
May 22, 2025 | California, Electric Vehicles, Featured
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., has overcome Democrat opposition to proceeding to a vote this week on overturning California’s electric vehicle mandate. In a 53-to-46 party-line vote, the Senate on Wednesday moved to proceed with a vote on revoking a...
May 22, 2025 | Featured, Smart Cities
The Cologne-based startup dataMatters, a spin-off of RWTH Aachen University, has introduced urbanOS, which it claims is the world’s first operating system for Smart Cities. This municipal operating system functions similarly to computer or smartphone...
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