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Hong Kong’s status as aviation, maritime hub faces green fuel challenge
Hong Kong has to act fast if it wants to become a green fuel hub for the aviation and maritime sectors, as both Singapore and China are way ahead, analysts say.
7 Dec 2024 - 10:20AM
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China urges tie-ups for solar firms to navigate tariffs, trade tensions
5 Dec 2024 - 7:45PM
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Hong Kong bus firms need urgent help to buy zero-emission fleets: think tank
5 Dec 2024 - 5:03PM
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Electric & new energy vehicles
Chinese carmaker GAC doubles down on Hong Kong appetite for EVs
The state-owned carmaker is ‘very optimistic’ about sales growth in the city as it introduces an SUV model with gull-wing doors.
5 Dec 2024 - 7:53PM
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GAC Motor’s Hyptec HT is available in a premium model with vertically opening rear doors. Photo: Yi Luo
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Solar energy
China’s solar industry calls for tougher rules to keep lights on
China’s photovoltaic makers seek stricter market control amid price war and overcapacity, similar to those for the steel and cement industries.
5 Dec 2024 - 4:50PM
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Chinese lidar maker Hesai adamant about global push amid EV tariffs
Producer of sensors for self-driving cars is assessing investment plans as it envisions ‘footprints across the globe’, CFO says.
2 Dec 2024 - 7:00AM
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Volkswagen’s controversial Xinjiang plant sale signals strategic shift in China
VW sells assets to address political risks and cut excess capacity, while extending its partnership with SAIC to regain market share in China.
29 Nov 2024 - 8:00AM
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Jane Goodall: all Hongkongers need to work together to promote biodiversity
‘We have five years to get together and try and slow down these horrific harms that we’ve done to the planet,’ primatologist says.
27 Nov 2024 - 7:30AM
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British ethologist and environmentalist Jane Goodall is best known for her work with chimpanzees in Tanzania. Photo: EPA-EFE
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EV review: Geely’s Galaxy E5 is easy to live with – flirty AI aside
Smart-looking and fully featured, the SUV is a solid package, despite some range concerns with the test car and small annoyances.
24 Nov 2024 - 12:30PM
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HSBC, Cathay Pacific, EcoCeres sign Hong Kong sustainable aviation fuel pact
Deal eliminates emissions equal to 10,000 round-trip flights between Hong Kong and London, lender says.
19 Nov 2024 - 9:21PM
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Why Chinese solar producers are not worried about Trump tariffs
Chinese firms to prepare for worst-case scenario of Trump slapping tariffs on shipments from their bases in Southeast Asia.
14 Nov 2024 - 7:56AM
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Electric & new energy vehicles
BYD shrugs off Europe EV tariffs to deliver Sealion 07 SUV from 2025
Chinese EV makers are pushing sales in export markets amid stiff competition, sluggish economy at home.
13 Nov 2024 - 6:20PM
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China-built electric vehicles, including those by BYD, are seen parked in the port of Zeebrugge in Belgium in October 2024. Photo: Reuters
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Can China fill the void left by Trump’s ‘Drill, baby, drill’ stance at Cop29?
‘China is in a comfortable position to portray itself as the more responsible global power’ even without any new commitments, analyst says.
12 Nov 2024 - 11:44AM
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Cathay Pacific: sustainable jet fuel needs Hong Kong government push
‘If we leave it to the market, every company will wait for their competitors to make the first move,’ says airline’s sustainability manager.
4 Nov 2024 - 9:33AM
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Swiss unicorn makes green investment pitch to Hong Kong investors
Climeworks, the builder of the world’s largest carbon capture plant, is seeking investors for ambitious multibillion-dollar ventures.
4 Nov 2024 - 7:30AM
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Electric & new energy vehicles
Chinese EV king BYD and 3 rivals report record sales
Xpeng, Leapmotor and Zeekr chart double-digit growth, even as the effect EU tariffs will have on export plans looms.
1 Nov 2024 - 9:40PM
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Employees work on an electric vehicle production line at a Leapmotor factory in Jinhua, in China’s eastern Zhejiang province, on September 18, 2024. Photo: AFP
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China’s clean-energy boom creates 7.4 million jobs
The sector is expected to keep on generating job growth, but perhaps not enough to cure the country’s unemployment woes.
1 Nov 2024 - 6:07PM
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Electric & new energy vehicles
China’s biggest EV tariff victims toe the line on Europe’s levies
The two denials followed Monday’s statement by the Ministry of Commerce that a state-backed guild was solely authorised to engage with the EU in tariff talks.
1 Nov 2024 - 1:44PM
Climate and energy
Business of climate change
Why China’s methane emission plan is becoming a key focus for the US
Methane has a warming power 80 times stronger than that of carbon dioxide on a 20-year timescale.
1 Nov 2024 - 8:10AM
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Electric & new energy vehicles
Beijing to China EV makers: avoid investing in tariff-backing EU countries
Ministry of Commerce warned carmakers about the risks of setting up factories in countries like France and Italy.
31 Oct 2024 - 4:08PM
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BYD cars wait to be loaded onto a ship in Suzhou. Photo: AFP
Climate and energy
Business of climate change
How Foshan’s hydrogen fuel network can solve Hong Kong’s clean transport woes
Hong Kong can boost its hydrogen economy by leveraging Foshan’s cheaper hydrogen and refuelling infrastructure, says H2 Solution’s CEO.
27 Oct 2024 - 12:30PM
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Electric & new energy vehicles
Transformers: the rise of smartphone makers in China’s EV arena
Thanks to an advanced supply chain, companies with no history making cars are challenging for supremacy in China’s EV market.
26 Oct 2024 - 11:30AM
China Business
Business of climate change
Chinese solar stocks jump on rumours Beijing will stifle excess supply
Moves, if implemented, would end price war and eliminate less-capable firms that churn out low-quality equipment, analyst says.
23 Oct 2024 - 5:45PM
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