With sales of electric vehicles expected to account for 40% of the 23 million cars sold this year, China’s demand for gasoline (petrol) is predicted to peak by 2025

Scientists say successfully sustaining nuclear fusion can potentially create unlimited energy without the burden of carbon emissions

Sources claim state-owned SAIC Motor plans to cut 30% of workers at its JV with General Motors, 10% at its unit with Germany's Volkswagen, plus half the staff at its Rising Auto EV unit

BYD has set back plans for an EV factory in Vietnam, while CATL has said solid-state batteries are problematic and have safety issues

A US Treasury warning of secondary sanctions has sparked concern among banks in China, Turkey and the UAE, delaying payments for Russian oil

Chinese EV battery-maker is in talks with Tesla and other automakers to licence its battery technology in the United States, new report says

Hundreds expected to attend conference in Washington DC, where researchers hope to attract more backing to avoid falling behind China in the quest to develop a commercially viable reactor

China's surge in exports of manufactured goods to countries all over the world is stirring a rise in trade restrictions and tariffs that is expected to intensify in coming years

China is well behind its goal to slash energy and carbon intensity, leading analysts say, with weak targets set for 2024 and no move to curb coal use

China looks set to install another 200 GW of solar power this year, while starting work on 80 GW of pumped storage projects, but not all the news is good

Researchers in Switzerland who evaluated three carbon capture techniques said the cost could be $280 to $580 a tonne, which was double some previous estimates

Exports for January-February were up 7.1%, while imports also rose by 3.5%, but analysts said the figures stemmed from the low trade data in the same months in 2023