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Italian fossil fuel company Eni signs an agreement with Algerian state-owned company Sonatrach to both explore up to 3 billion cubic meters of gas and launch a pilot green hydrogen project in the Algerian desert. The agreement comes as Italy looks to decrease its dependence on Russian gas in light of the conflict in Ukraine.
2022-05-26

Swedish auto manufacturer Volvo Cars resumes full production at its plant in Torslanda, Sweden, which had been shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic since March 26, 2020.
2020-04-20

The United States rejects separate requests from General Motors and Chinese-owned Volvo Cars for an exemption to the new 25 percent tariffs on their Chinese-made sport utility vehicle models.
2019-06-4

Claims emerge that Uber had disabled Volvo's collision avoidance technology in the self-driving car involved in a fatal accident in Arizona.
2018-03-28

U.S.-based electric automobile maker Tesla fires 400 employees.
2017-10-13

Apple Inc announces that it will speed up work on an electric car to be ready by 2019.
2015-09-21

Panasonic will stop making lithium-ion batteries for phones and cameras in Beijing, China, with a cut of 1,300 jobs. The company will instead refocus on higher-margin products such as electric car batteries.
2015-08-27

Electric car company Better Place announces it will file for bankruptcy.
2013-05-26

Dutch scientists build a nanoscopic electric car made of a single complex molecule. Currently the world's smallest vehicle, the nanocar is capable of travelling small distances when an electric current is applied to it.
2011-11-9

Nissan starts selling the Leaf, one of the first mass market electric cars.
2010-12-3