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ArcelorMittal ditches plan to convert German factories to green production (www.ft.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/41927759

https://archive.is/a2U6t

ArcelorMittal said it would turn down €1.3bn in public subsidies aimed at supporting it in adapting facilities in Bremen and Eisenhüttenstadt to use hydrogen rather than coal in its steel furnaces.

It has also warned that it could shut its flagship green ethanol plant in Belgium because of restrictive EU regulation defining biofuels and emissions reductions that means that it would have to sell its output at a loss.

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ArcelorMittal ditches plan to convert German factories to green production (www.ft.com)
 

https://archive.is/a2U6t

ArcelorMittal said it would turn down €1.3bn in public subsidies aimed at supporting it in adapting facilities in Bremen and Eisenhüttenstadt to use hydrogen rather than coal in its steel furnaces.

It has also warned that it could shut its flagship green ethanol plant in Belgium because of restrictive EU regulation defining biofuels and emissions reductions that means that it would have to sell its output at a loss.

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(Singapore) PM Wong to visit China, where he will discuss cooperation to strengthen rules-based order (www.straitstimes.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/41927142

In an interview with Chinese state broadcaster CCTV ahead of his first visit to China as prime minister, he said a key priority is to discuss broader regional and global developments with Chinese leaders, and explore how both countries can work together to strengthen multilateralism and the rules-based international order.

He also said that he hopes to build closer ties with the Chinese leaders, especially with President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang.

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(Singapore) PM Wong to visit China, where he will discuss cooperation to strengthen rules-based order (www.straitstimes.com)
 

In an interview with Chinese state broadcaster CCTV ahead of his first visit to China as prime minister, he said a key priority is to discuss broader regional and global developments with Chinese leaders, and explore how both countries can work together to strengthen multilateralism and the rules-based international order.

He also said that he hopes to build closer ties with the Chinese leaders, especially with President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang.

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BYD's Profit Margin Looks Quite Good Amidst Price War Allegations - CleanTechnica (cleantechnica.com)
 

BYD’s profit margin (above 5%) was better in Q1 2025 than in most quarters in the past decade. There are just a few quarters that were even notably higher.

And BYD only has ~15% of the overall automotive market in China

their share of the overall Chinese market is less than GM’s share of the US market now

BYD could double sales and still have a smaller share of the overall Chinese market than VW has in Germany. Still not be close to triggering Chinese anti-monopoly measures.

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Japan scraps US meeting after Washington demands more defense spending, FT reports (www.reuters.com)
submitted 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) by schizoidman@lemmy.zip to c/world@lemmy.world
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A Japanese foreign ministry official, who asked not to be named, told Reuters on Saturday that Japan and the U.S. have never discussed 3.5% or 5% targets for defense spending. The official also said he had no information about the FT report.

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Israel may have breached EU agreement, bloc's foreign policy arm says (www.reuters.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/41926212

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Israel may have breached EU agreement, bloc's foreign policy arm says (www.reuters.com)
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EV buyers mostly motivated by lower energy costs than climate concerns, survey finds (thedriven.io)
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Indonesia to become first country outside China to assemble XPeng EVs (autobuzz.my)
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Refreshed 2026 Buick Electra E5 EV Officially Launched (gmauthority.com)
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UK MPs vote in favour of legalising assisted dying in historic step (www.france24.com)
 

The UK is en route to legalising assisted dying after MPs on Friday narrowly backed a contentious bill giving terminally ill people with less than six months to live access to life-ending drugs. Patients would have to administer the drugs themselves with permission from two doctors and a panel of experts.

Singapore aims to ramp up autonomous vehicle use to boost public transport network in c/publictransport@slrpnk.net
[–] schizoidman@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago
There isn't anything on removing bus drivers at the moment.

Bus drivers need to be recruited and trained, which can take six months to a year, Mr Siow said. There is also a need to buy buses and build depots and interchanges.

“All of us want... more bus services, more frequent buses. But behind every bus, there are two, two and a half, maybe more bus drivers, and it’s just very difficult to get,” he added.

The authorities had also considered minibus services, but the maths did not work out when a driver was added to the equation, Mr Siow said.

It seems the autonomous bus will be mini buses and routes will change depending on the requirements

deploying smaller-capacity driverless vehicles “fairly extensively” on fixed routes within HDB estates.

These routes can be changed as needed, with self-driving minibuses and shuttles taking people to transport nodes during peak hours, and then places such as polyclinics or community centres during off-peak times.

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