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German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced on May 6 that her coalition government will amend its climate law and pull forward the deadline for reaching net-zero greenhouse gas emissions to 2045. The revised target date is five years earlier compared with the original target date of 2050. Moreover, a set of legislative reforms are expected to be unveiled soon. They include the short- and medium-term goals of a reduction in domestic greenhouse gas emissions to 65% below the 1990 level by 2030 and a further reduction to 88% by 2040. The original 2030 goal was 55% below the 1990 level. ...  more

On May 5, Equinor and Wento completed an agreement in which the former will acquire all the shares of the latter from private equity firm Enterprise Investors. ...  more

Aeon Motor has launched an offer in May that any purchases starting from May 1st will receive a 1-year subsidy on battery plan at NT$299/month, which equals free rides during the first year for low usage riders.  ...  more

South African food retailer and supermarket chain Shoprite (officially named The Shoprite Group of Companies) announced in late April that it will contribute to the reduction of CO2 emissions by building its own utility-scale solar and wind projects. This announcement came ahead of an international climate summit hosted by the US government. Shoprite is currently the largest food retailer in Africa with almost 3,000 stores across 14 countries on the continent. ...  more

During their press conference on April 27,  Gogoro announced that all existing Gogoro 2 and Gogoro 3 series vehicles have been fully upgraded to the FLO Drive belt drive system and installed with standard tire pressure monitoring systems (TPMS). Most importantly, even with all of these upgrades, the price per scooter will remain unchanged. ...  more