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...Tesla, General Motors and Rivian all reported strong US sales and deliveries for EVs during the second quarter, as did BYD in China....
...Analysts have said Nissan, which has an alliance with France’s Renault and Mitsubishi Motors, could be a good fit for Apple....
...And Great Wall Motor, another of China’s biggest traditional carmakers, has turned to Qualcomm for its autonomous driving development....
...The PS VR2 takes comfort a few steps further, says Sony, with “a slimmer design with a slight weight reduction — even with the new added features such as the new built-in motor for the headset feedback”....
...Motor Group and Nissan....
...The alliances did not last....
...motors in 2030....
...Hyundai Merchant Marine and Hyundai Motor were up 11.5 and 8 per cent, respectively, in the first two weeks of May, despite heavy short selling....
...For now, companies from Subaru, Suzuki Motor to Mazda have formed capital tie-ups with industry leader Toyota, but such loose alliances will not be a permanent solution for survival....
...Hyundai Motor and its affiliate Kia said they are not in talks with Apple about developing autonomous vehicles, disappointing investors who sent shares in both South Korean carmakers lower....
...GM and China tackle chip requirementsGeneral Motors has said its most profitable models will get its limited supplies of semiconductors amid the global chip shortage....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on July 23 2021. ©2021 Nikkei Inc....
...At the start of 2021, as the global pandemic reached a new high, AmerisourceBergen agreed a majority acquisition of Alliance Healthcare, the distribution business of Walgreens Boots Alliance, for $6.5bn....
...The EU is setting up a European Raw Materials Alliance to establish a sustainable supply and processing capacity of rare earths....
...The investor group, which is the largest alliance with 575 institutions that collectively manage $54tn in assets, found in its latest benchmark analysis that almost all of the pledges are both distant and...
...Formed by the 2014 merger of the US chain Walgreens with the Switzerland-domiciled Alliance Boots, the group has underperformed the market for the past five years....
...However, that did not dent investor excitement about the potential alliance....
...But it is uncertain how extensive the effect of the alliance will be....
...Mitsubishi Motors chairman Osamu Masuko has resigned, marking the last departure of a Carlos Ghosn-era chief executive in the alliance with Nissan and Renault. More here....
...Among the players jostling for dominance with Waymo is General Motors, which has had commitments of more than $6bn for its Cruise division....
...A year on from the arrest of Carlos Ghosn, who held the companies together, the alliance, which includes Mitsubishi Motors, is fighting for its place in a car industry beset by falling sales, the global...
...A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on January 15 2020. @2020 Nikkei Inc....
...The Waymo alliance is about scale in a different sense. To succeed, driverless vehicles require heavy investment over many years....
...Ford is experimenting with autonomous postal services, while General Motors through its Cruise unit is also planning to launch a public robo-taxi service....
...Shares in the electric-car maker sputtered as industry rivals including Volkswagen and General Motors announced their own plans for new battery-powered models....
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