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Toyota Motor (7203.T) will focus on selling hydrogen-powered trucks and cars in Europe and China, as part of a push to sell 200,000 of these vehicles by 2030, executives said on Tuesday.

Japan's Toyota Motor Corp. said Tuesday that it expects to supply its hydrogen fuel cell system in amounts enough for 100,000 vehicles annually in 2030.

China's passenger vehicle sales fell in June, data from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) showed on Monday, as a stumbling economic recovery led to more consumer caution on big-ticket spending.

Palladium could extend this year's near 30% price decline as the rapid rise of electric vehicles threatens to hammer demand for the autocatalyst metal at a time broader economic weakness and chart factors are also weighing.

Nikola, a cash-strapped maker of zero-emission heavy-duty trucks, said it’s received grant funding from California to build some of the first U.S. fueling stations for hydrogen-powered semis, an alternative to carbon-spewing diesel models. Some may open as soon as late this year.

ZIMBABWE’S government is due to meet with Bravura Holdings over delays to a proposed platinum group metals project, said Bloomberg News in an article republished by News24. Bravura Holdings is owned by Nigerian tycoon Benedict Peters.

Gold and silver prices are lower in midday U.S. trading Thursday, following a much stronger-than-expected U.S. ADP employment report this morning that showed a gain in jobs that was double market expectations. The report pushed the U.S. dollar index well off its overnight low and also pushed U.S. Treasury yields higher. August gold was last down $10.50 at $1,916.70 and September silver was down $0 ...

Toyota says it has found a technological breakthrough that will allow it to bring solid state batteries to market as early as 2027.

Gold and silver prices are higher in early U.S. trading Friday. Both metals have posted impressive rebounds from this week’s lows and have been boosted in part by the sell off in the U.S. dollar index, which hit a four-week low overnight. August gold was last up $9.20 at $1,979.80 and July silver was up $0.308 at $24.26.

Grooves in the kind of hydrogen fuel cells most likely to power vehicles may boost the performance of the devices by up to 50 percent, a new study finds.