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Electric trucks pick up speed despite bumpy road
Electric trucks pick up speed despite bumpy road
by  AFP

Using a motorised arm, a worker at Volvo's factory near Gothenburg slowly guides massive black blocks alongside a chassis, the three tonnes of batteries soon to power an electric truck. They need charging terminals dozens of times more powerful than those made for electric cars.

Commerce minister to pay rare senior Chinese visit to US
Commerce minister to pay rare senior Chinese visit to US
by  AFP

China's commerce minister will visit the United States next week, the Chinese embassy announced Thursday, in a rare trip to Washington by a top Beijing official as tensions flare. Minister Wang Wentao will meet Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and US Trade Representative Katherine Tai in Washington, said Liu Pengyu, spokesman for the Chinese embassy in Washington.

TikTok users sue to stop app ban in Montana
TikTok users sue to stop app ban in Montana
by  AFP

Five TikTok users are calling on a federal court to overturn Montana's overall ban on the video sharing app, arguing that it violates their free speech rights. The state is trying to exercise national security power that only the federal government can wield and is violating free speech rights in the process, the suit argued.

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