The contracts, worth $121 million, went to China's BYD and Chile's Servicios y Operaciones Mineras del Norte, the minerals ministry said

Melbourne-based miner signed a deal to invest up to $100 million in Tanzania’s Kabanga nickel and cobalt project, two metals vital for EVs

One bright spot was new energy vehicles (NEV), which include battery-powered electric cars, hybrids and hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles. Over half a million were sold in December.

US electric vehicle maker achieved the highest monthly rate since it started manufacturing in Shanghai in 2019

South Korean battery maker's $10.7bn IPO has received bids worth around $80 billion from institutional investors, sources have said

Volkswagen said it would likely double sales of its battery electric vehicles in China this year and aims to do even better but it could be hamstrung by a shortage of semiconductors.

India would need 400,000 public charging stations to serve an estimated two million EVs by 2026, according to a June 2021 report, but it only has 1,038 currently

A total of 1,636 electric cars and taxis registered last year gained from the rebates under the EV early adoption incentive scheme

Executives have spent years talking up ambitions, allocating billions of dollars to add more electrics to their global lineups

Tesla chief Elon Musk tweeted on Friday that the electric carmaker will raise the US price of its advanced driver assistant software to $12,000 on January 17 and other places later.

VinFast is betting on the US market, where it plans to debut affordable electric sport utility vehicles late this year with its battery leasing models

Honda, Japan's second-largest automaker, is set to launch a new EV brand in China this year called e:N Series