Industrial activity declined in May in another sign that the $18.6 trillion economy is struggling to get back on its feet

Solid-state batteries hold the promise of improved safety, a longer lifespan and faster charging compared with conventional lithium-ion batteries, but mass adoption remains some way off

Chinese carmakers' tactics to break into Europe include making cars in the EU, sponsoring events to raise brand awareness, setting up dealership networks, plus service-and-repair operations

Americans are warming to electric vehicles and analysts are predicting "widespread EV adoption", plus thousands of jobs in some states from billions of investments

Analysts say China is using carrots and sticks to convince key European states to push back against hefty tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles

Chinese investment in Africa increased 114% last year, with a heavy focus on minerals essential to the global energy transition

Entrepreneur plans to build a supercomputer "four times as powerful than the GPU clusters that exist today", to drive a smarter version of his AI chatbot Grok

The 'Big Oil Reality Check' report says eight large US and European oil and gas companies "continue to resist and block a fast and fair transition to clean, renewable energy"

G7 officials have been discussing how to exploit $300 billion worth of Russian assets which were frozen after Moscow invaded Ukraine, plus ways to manage waves of cheap Chinese exports

Widespread blackouts amid a heatwave last year hit several manufacturers in north Vietnam and resulted in estimated $1.4 billion worth of losses

US Treasury Secretary says China’s excess industrial capacity is a threat to companies on both sides of Atlantic, plus industries in emerging market nations. She also wants G7 action on frozen Russian assets

Despite the groundbreaking development, the International Energy Agency warned on China’s dominance of car battery supply chains