Investor attention shifted to US tech giants and their imminent earnings reports though Middle East tensions still weighed

Tesla and Apple suppliers in the southern province of Guangdong say production has been unaffected so far – despite rising water levels

US lawmakers are worried Chinese automakers will use Mexico as a back door to sell cheap EVs north of the border without paying tariffs

While rivals claim to be further ahead in the race to develop the next generation of batteries, Nissan has hinted it’s poised to make the great leap forward sooner

Samsung, which launched its latest flagship smartphone Galaxy S24 series at the beginning of the year, shipped more than 60 million phones in Q1

The bloc’s solar panel manufacturers have been struggling to compete with their Chinese competitors as its members install new solar panels at record speed

A Chinese industry body chief said Brussels’ investigation was ‘tainted’ and stacked against his country’s automakers

Energy storage projects face high upfront costs and also difficulties in getting grid connections and selling electricity into China's power markets

Chinese firms have ordered 47 ships, including car carriers, to cut export costs. Meanwhile, idle car factories are being shut amid huge industry changes; only two local carmakers out of about 100 are now said to be profitable

Chinese EV sales totalled 1.03 million in the first quarter of the year but it was the slowest quarterly growth since the second quarter of 2023

The joint venture with EV maker GAC Aion has been licensed to make a self-driving SUV which it plans to roll out next year

The now-defunct entry-level vehicle, sometimes described as the Model 2, was expected to start at about $25,000