China's industry ministry has selected 20 localities, including Beijing and Shanghai, as participants in a pilot programme for application of "vehicle-road-cloud integration" for intelligent connected vehicles. The country aims to build a unified and shared standard system for "vehicle-road-cloud integration" - aimed at putting smart connected vehicles on the road - by 2026, the ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.
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Glencore and Rio Tinto shares today rose 2% and silver miner Fresnillo by 3% as the sector rallied on hopes that lower US rates could soon boost demand. The upturn followed comments by Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell suggesting that the central bank is becoming more confident about the downward path of inflation. With US traders now seeing a 75% chance of a cut by September, the S&P 500 index and Nasdaq Composite set fresh records at last night’s closing bell.