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Starting in 2026, hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) in Vietnam will be subject to an excise tax rate equivalent to 70% of that applied to conventional gasoline and diesel cars.

The COP30 climate summit has brought these minerals, and China’s central role, to the fore of just transition debates.

Government members from Germany and Italy have announced that their countries will forge closer ties in a bid to loosen EU climate policy regulations, including the phase-out of internal combustion engine cars.

Malaysia’s automotive giant Perodua has formally entered the electric-vehicle market with the launch of its first fully electric model, the QV-E, on Dec. 1. The company is also introducing a battery-leasing scheme to lower upfront purchase costs.

Atlante, one of Europe’s largest EV fast-charging operators, and a subsidiary of Taiwan’s TCC Group Holdings, has unveiled plans for expansion in 2026, including the deployment of more than 200 integrated storage-and-charging systems.

Malaysia has introduced the country’s—and ASEAN’s first—Electric Vehicle (EV) Battery Passport Standard, requiring full lifecycle transparency from production to end-of-life reuse.

Bangkok authorities impose stricter exhaust-smoke limits for diesel vehicles amid Thailand’s push for electric mobility and climate legislation.

China’s surging electric vehicles (EVs) ownership – now exceeding 25.5m – is opening the door to a new technology that can help to enhance the flexibility of electricity supply.

Indonesia sits at the heart of the global clean energy transition, supplying nearly half of the world’s nickel reserves essential for electric vehicle batteries. Yet the country’s processing boom remains powered by captive coal.

Germany’s chancellor Friedrich Merz has vowed to push for a softening of the EU’s 2035 ban on new combustion-engine cars.