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BYD sales reps are picking up weekend shifts just to keep pace, delivering 12 to 15 cars a day to customers trading in gas-powered vehicles for a brand that many had never heard of just six months earlier.

EV market share in Argentina has soared in the second quarter of this year to 6 percent of new cars sold, including all-electric and plug-in hybrid models, an increase from less than 1 percent in the second quarter of 2025, according to the Global South Center for Clean Transportation at the University of California, Davis

Anyone who lives in or has visited Jakarta will have seen the motorcycles: slipping between cars, gathering at intersections, carrying passengers, food orders, parcels, tools, and stock for small businesses. They are often treated as part of the traffic problem, but in Indonesia they are the backbone of the transportation system.

"India's use of rare earth elements is expected to grow significantly over the coming decade," said Shivani Dhiman, a researcher working on critical minerals at the University of California, Davis. "Rare earth elements’ demand is directly linked to the country's ambitions around not just electric mobility and clean energy, but also for advanced manufacturing, semiconductors, electronics, and defence. As these sectors expand, the pressure to secure reliable supplies of rare earth minerals will only increase."

However, industry executives, researchers and analysts say the answer is more complicated.

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Mexico has proven it can create technology, President Claudia Sheinbaum proclaimed at the press preview of the first electric car to be mass produced in the country. The Olinia was unveiled in June, alongside the country’s first domestically made electric bus. From next year, Mexicans will be able to buy the fully electric, six-seater Olinia for the competitive price of MXN 150,000 (USD 8,600).

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A new India-US pact on critical minerals has put the spotlight on New Delhi’s potential as an alternative to China, but analysts say despite the country’s significant resources, it is unlikely to dent Beijing’s dominance in the sector any time soon...

India and the United States have signed a framework agreement to secure supplies of critical minerals and rare earths, including their mining and processing, according to the Indian Ministry of External Affairs and the US embassy in India...

California and Africa have set the blueprint for a new model of international climate cooperation—a unique climate and economic partnership with Kenya and Nigeria delivering policy certainty, affordable technology and unlocking catalytic capital.

Volatilities in the global oil market over the past two months are a timely reminder of India’s enduring energy vulnerability. With nearly 85 percent of its crude oil demand met through imports in 2025-26, the case for electrification has never been more urgent.

California and African leaders met in San Francisco to strengthen partnerships on clean transportation, climate action and trade during the 2nd Annual California-Africa Climate and Economic Forum.

The forum, held at the Exploratorium during San Francisco Climate Week, brought together officials from Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo alongside California state leaders, academics and industry representatives.