Elon Musk is promoting a new perfume, as the world’s richest man continues a track record of turning what ostensibly starts out as jokes into sought-after products.
Toyota Motor Corp. pledged to invest up to around $5.6bn to boost electric car battery production in Japan and the US as consumer demand for cleaner transport takes off globally.
The Inflation Reduction Act includes billions of dollars to help disadvantaged communities. Environmental justice advocates say the trade-offs for the funds are steep.
India is seeking to change laws to allow private miners to extract lithium, the key ingredient for batteries used for electric vehicles and energy storage, as the nation aims to be more self-sufficient in green technologies.