Industry ministry said on Monday EVs should have a driving range of at least 200 kilometres per charge to be eligible for purchase tax exemption from 2024

The manufacturing hub by the South China Sea is increasingly a key assembling link in supply chains that rely on Chinese parts and US consumers

Every facet of electric vehicles and EV batteries is being assessed by carmakers around the world keen to produce EVs that can compete with China's cheap EV models

The International Energy Agency expects world oil consumption to hit its peak in 2030 at 103 million barrels per day – a decade faster than initially predicted

COP28 president Sultan Al Jaber also seen opposing the UN chief's call for a halt in the use of fossil fuels

Jakarta and the Asian Development Bank have agreed to a deal that will see a 660-MW coal plant in West Java shut seven years earlier than scheduled

The pledge by over half the world's countries to triple renewable energy was perhaps the most positive news at COP28 on Saturday

Prices of the key EV battery metal have already tumbled close to 80% this year with supply outpacing the rise in demand

Organisers are keen to generate goodwill before talks on the future of fossil fuels; fund would help poor nations cope with the cost of climate damage from drought, floods and rising seas

The US Treasury is expected to block an EV tax subsidy for buyers of cars containing batteries, components or minerals made by state-owned Chinese companies

A flurry of approvals of new coal-fired plants in recent years spurs fear over China's climate pledges – and the huge task for the world to meet its global warming targets

A huge increase in China's solar production capacity and installation will give its citizens power prices less than half the user-prices in Europe or Australia, a new report says