Japanese auto giant has laid out an ambitious target to roll out 30 electric vehicle models globally by 2030 and produce some 2 million electric vehicles a year by 2030

The pressure is forcing miners to commit to gradually decarbonise their lithium operations while smaller operators are promising to supply materials with a net-zero carbon footprint immediately

This is the sixth incident of fire in electric scooters since the onset of summer in India

Tesla was among those hit hard as sales in the world's biggest car market dived 11.7% in March from a year earlier in the first decline in three months

EV makers in China produced far fewer cars than expected in March, due to measures taken to control Covid, but they have been selling from stockpiles to enable deliveries

The output of lithium-ion batteries used for power storage and for powering new energy vehicles stood at more than 9 GWh and 30 GWh, respectively

The company will postpone deliveries of EVs and will work together with suppliers to strive for resumption while meeting Covid-19 curbs

EVs make up only 1% of total car sales in India, however, with high battery prices and an inadequate charging network holding back buyers

The 50-year-old billionaire, wearing a black cowboy hat and sunglasses, made the comments at the opening of Tesla's new $1.1 billion factory in Texas

If new technologies work, they will help boost lithium production with a footprint smaller than open-pit mines and evaporation ponds, which often are the size of multiple football fields

Tata Neu is a single platform for Westside fashion, Air Asia tickets, Croma electronics, Taj group of hotels, BigBasket online grocery and other brands

Authorities in Germany gave further approval this week for a new plant for battery cell production by Contemporary Amperex Technology Thuringia, a unit of China's CATL