Automakers get inventive as global chip crisis bites

The EU approved a plan that included giving state aid to Tesla, BMW and others to support production of EV batteries and help the bloc to reduce imports from industry leader China.

Key policies including an autobahn speed limit and higher taxes on fossil-fuel emitting cars are missing, organizations said.

EV makers became investor darlings last year and their stocks have staged impressive rallies amid bets on growing demand for cleaner cars.

Baidu said the approval will herald its Apollo Go service's first commercial deployment on open roads.

If self-driving cars are on the roads one day, they will have to process very different data types and formats in real time.

Daimler is confident its Mercedes brand can increase EV market share as its lineup expands and it faces little competition in the premium part of the sector.

The Greens had previously called for the banning of fossil-fuel burning cars by 2030 and reserving use of e-fuels for industrial, transport, ships and planes.

The second-generation Niro uses environmentally friendly materials, such as recycled fibers and benzene-free paint, as Kia aims to make its models greener.

The Hungary-built SUV will launch in Europe before year-end. A more powerful version of the crossover's mild hybrid powertrain is due in 2022.

Russian tech firm said its cars were previously equipped with sensors made by Velodyne Lidar, and it will continue to use those for near-field detection.