China has incentivised electric vehicle sales, using lower sales tax for small-engine vehicles and subsidies to spur trade-ins of gasoline vehicles for electric ones.

Japan’s industry chief warned US officials its new rules restricting tax credits to EVs assembled in North America could be illegal

Tesla ramped up output at the Shanghai plant in August, defying heatwaves and Covid curbs that hit its suppliers in the southwest region

Greenpeace ranked Toyota last out of the top 10 automakers in sales volume - for the second year running. Zero-emission vehicles made up less than 1% of its sales, report said

China's car maker has purchased 112 hectares of land in Thailand's Rayong province, which will be the electric vehicle maker's first hub in Southeast Asia, said Nikkei

An Indonesian nickel miner signed a big investment deal on Tuesday with China's Shandong Xinhai Technology to build a processing plant on Sulawesi Island.

India's three-wheeled electric vehicles (EVs) are available to buy for as little as $1,000, falling within the median income of $2,400, The New York Times said.

The US electric vehicle maker had an predicted delivery volume of 77,000 during the month, an increase of 173% from July, a local news outlet reported.

The surveying and mapping law shows Beijing's concern over the mapping capabilities of "smart cars" and fear that data they collect may end up in the hands of hostile rivals.

Toyota now plans to outlay $3.9 billion on an EV battery plant in North Carolina, it said on Wednesday, partly because of rising consumer demand.

Korean companies are concerned the new US law restricts which companies can receive US subsidies for making electric vehicles and where firms can source battery materials.

China dependence on foreign sources of battery metals such as nickel, lithium and cobalt poses a risk to its electric vehicle industry, a metals industry official said on Friday.