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GM's Cruise Seeks Regulatory OK to Test Shuttle With No Steering Wheel
Business, Published on 03/12/2022
» General Motors Co.'s driverless-car unit has requested approval from California regulators to begin public testing of a shuttle that has no steering wheel or manual controls, showing the auto maker's determination to make progress on autonomous vehicles as rivals step back.
Volvo Cars Announces IPO Plan That Could Value It at $25 Billion
Business, Published on 06/10/2021
» Volvo Cars, the Swedish auto maker owned by China's Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, said Monday it would proceed with an initial public offering in Stockholm, in a deal that people familiar with the matter say could value it at upward of $25 billion.
Musk Says He Once Approached Apple CEO About Buying Tesla
Business, Published on 24/12/2020
» Tesla Inc.'s effort to bring out its Model 3 brought the electric car company near collapse in 2018. Now Chief Executive Elon Musk has divulged a new twist: He says he contacted his Apple Inc. counterpart, Tim Cook, to save his company.
Spain, Germany cases rise; UK PM remains in ICU: Virus update
Published on 08/04/2020
» Anthony Fauci, director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said the start of a turnaround in the fight against the virus could come after this week.
Volvo's Polestar joins electric car race with rival to Tesla 3
Business, Published on 01/03/2019
» STOCKHOLM: Volvo Cars' luxury performance brand Polestar unveiled its first fully electric sedan on Wednesday, opening up online pre-orders for the five-seater fastback at a price and with a driving range to rival Tesla Inc's mass market Model 3.
Big wheel
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 17/09/2018
» Jeremy Clarkson, the outspoken former host of the hit BBC show Top Gear, once observed that a Lamborghini is for "people who want to move about in a big pantomime, massive West End musical full of colour and noise, and to hell with how fast you can go around the corner".
Beijing auto show opens in world's largest market
AFP, Published on 25/04/2018
» BEIJING: Global carmakers will take the stage in Beijing on Wednesday with new car models to woo the world's largest auto market as China promises to liberalise the industry.
Investing in change
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 26/02/2018
» In a fast-changing world where demographic shifts and technology-led disruption have left millions fearful about their futures, governments alone can no longer be counted on to ride to the rescue. Businesses can and should be doing more to help create a sustainable future.
Volkswagen's monkeys
Business, Published on 07/02/2018
» Late last month, the New York Times reported that researchers used monkeys to test the effects of inhaling diesel fumes from a Volkswagen. The research was commissioned by the European Research Group on Environment and Health in the Transport Sector, an organisation funded entirely by three big German car manufacturers: Volkswagen, Daimler and BMW.
Tesla unveils electric big-rig truck, sporty Roadster
Reuters, Published on 17/11/2017
» HAWTHORNE, California: Tesla Inc on Thursday unveiled a prototype electric big-rig truck that it will start producing in 2019, throwing itself into a new market even as it struggles to roll out an affordable sedan on which the company’s future depends.