The carmaker's biggest growth for the second consecutive year was in China, where sales rose 40% to 4,033 units, while Asia-Pacific sales rose 37%

BP in 2019 bought a 49% stake in more than 1,400 petrol pumps and 31 aviation turbine fuel stations owned by Reliance for $1 billion

Jidu, an electric vehicle (EV) joint venture between Baidu and Geely, said it would deliver its mass-produced "robot" EVs in 2023

Construction of supporting infrastructure to charge and replace batteries, store energy, and refuel hydrogen cells will also be strengthened

Japanese carmaker says SES planned to list on the New York Stock Exchange via Ivanhoe Capital Acquisition Corporation in a SPAC deal

China became the world’s largest automotive manufacturer and seller for the 13th year in a row and the largest car market in the world

The potential battery JV may cost 4 trillion won ($3.4 billion) and have an annual capacity of up to 40 GWh of batteries

Lithium allows electricity to be stored and transported and is essential to battery production as carmakers turn to new energy vehicles

Clips on YouTube and Twitter show drivers testing Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta and suddenly having to regain control of their vehicles

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.

Automobile dealer group FADA said passenger vehicle retail sales last month fell 10.91% to 244,639 units from 274,605 units in December 2020