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Toyota Motor Corp. has announced plans to significantly expand its lineup of electric vehicles, a move that is likely to accelerate the shift to electrification among other carmakers.

HÀ TĨNH — Construction of VinES battery manufacturing factory costing VNĐ4 trillion (nearly US$173.7 million) began on Sunday in central Hà Tĩnh Provinces Vũng Áng Economic Zone with the presence of President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc. 

Toyota Motor Corp., known for its strength in hybrid vehicles, is preparing to roll out its first fully electric global model, the bZ4X, as part of moves toward a decarbonized society.

BMW has finally made a new electric auto, the iX SUV. I say "finally" because the last we heard-product-wise-from BMW regarding electric technology was the tiny and lackluster i3 that debuted in 2011.

Deploying vast fleets of robocars has been much tougher than Tesla, Alphabets Waymo and others thought. One European startup is now pitching an intermediate step to full autonomy: teledriving.

The Transport Ministry is pushing ahead with the procurement and development of battery electric railcars with the aim of having them running by 2023.

Automobile tax adjustments to turn Thailand into a manufacturing base for electric vehicles (EVs) should not affect the production of other vehicles like pick-up trucks, a source from the Excise Department said this week.

Amid the accelerating global trend toward decarbonization, competition is heating up in many fields, including automobile manufacturing and resource development, and even in the process of crafting rules to fight global warming. This is the first installment of a series that takes a close look at some of those situations.

The National Electric Vehicle (EV) Policy Committee under the Energy Ministry on Wednesday set a target of at least 1,055,000 electric vehicles on the roads by 2025, Energy Minister Supattanapong Punmeechaow said.

Bangchak Corporation Plc has diverted 18.5 per cent of its investment budget to foreign lithium mines with the aim to make battery for electric vehicles (EVs) and mobile telephones, the company’s president and chief executive officer, Chaiwat Kovavisarach, said.

The Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry, aiming to expand the use of electric vehicles (EV) that do not emit carbon dioxide (CO2), plans to place priority on facilitating the development of the high-performance batteries that are the key component of the vehicles.

Nissan Motor Co. will increase its production capacity in China by about 30% by the end of 2021, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned. The capacity will be raised to 1.8 million cars per year from the current 1.4 million.