2+ hour, 44+ min ago   (241+ words) Self-driving car company Waymo said Tuesday it will launch its robotaxis in the German city of Munich next year, marking the US group's first foray into the European Union. Waymo, a subsidiary of Google parent Alphabet, will in the coming…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (506+ words) The global push for solar energy expansion could carry hidden biodiversity costs, according to a study across China published in the journal Science on Thursday. According to the research spanning more than 2,300 Chinese counties, pro-solar policies led to reductions in…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (780+ words) As Germany's Opel slashes its engineering ranks and partners with China's Leapmotor, anxiety is running high in Ruesselsheim, the city it has long dominated. Struggling like many other European automakers, Opel is expanding its partnership with Leapmotor to build a…...

2+ week, 6+ hour ago   (489+ words) The British government has confirmed plans to introduce a new pay-per-mile tax for electric vehicles from April 2028. The measure, known as the Electric Vehicle Excise Duty (eVED), will apply to both fully electric cars and plug-in hybrids. And that comes…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (752+ words) Edwin Salas watched as the first of 20 solar panels was installed on the roof of his home, joining a Philippine solar energy boom sent into overdrive by the Middle East war. The country's eye-watering electric bills -- the highest in the…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (424+ words) Elon Musk, the world's richest person, is preparing a major spending push to help Republicans retain control of Congress in November's midterm elections, Axios reported Thursday. The reported splurge will revive the political operation that made Musk the biggest financial…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (683+ words) Premium carmaker BMW is to offer almost half its German staff voluntary redundancy in a bid to cut 8,000 jobs by the end of 2027, a company source told AFP Wednesday. About 40,000 of BMW's roughly 85,000 permanent German employees would receive the offers…...

4+ week, 13+ hour ago   (502+ words) Germany needs to cut costs and boost productivity, Mercedes-Benz boss Ola Kaellenius demanded Tuesday as he presented second-quarter profit hit by fierce competition in China. The CEO of the luxury car maker vowed to streamline corporate operations -- and demanded the…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (601+ words) Zimbabwe's first plant to process clean-energy metal lithium -- of which it is Africa's top producer -- is up and running, a milestone in its expanding drive to stop the wholesale export of its raw mineral wealth. Buoyed by the development, the…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (537+ words) Volkswagen said Friday that its net profit plunged in the second quarter as the crisis-hit carmaker, weighing up to 100,000 job cuts worldwide, grapples with increasing competition in and from China. Net profit for the three months to the end of…...