The Ford Motor Company is reportedly set to start production of its first fully electric car in Germany, while Nissan pledged to focus on building electric vehicles in the future.
Meanwhile, the world's leading EV manufacturer Tesla unveiled it is getting closer to finishing construction of its new research and development (R&D) center in Shanghai, the company's first R&D facility outside the United States.
Platinum jumped 3.02 percent to trade for 1,218.47 dollars per ounce. The price of palladium advanced 1.0 percent to go for 2,347.64 dollars per ounce a minute later, gold added 0.35 percent to sell for 1,842.52 dollars per ounce, and silver gained 0.41 percent concurrently, trading at 27.33 dollars per ounce.