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...The lull in EV sales is having a damaging impact on the auto industry....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on February 7. ©2024 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...At the same time, the Japanese auto industry is being challenged by other Asian nations....
...Batteries now underpin the prodigious task of overhauling the global energy and transport system to reduce reliance on fossil fuels....
...That was followed by new safety guidelines in December for the use of autonomous vehicles in public transport....
...Automobiles account for most of transport’s 29 per cent share of US greenhouse gas emissions, according to the Environmental Protection Agency....
...A court allowed Tesla to collect vehicle registration plates from the Swedish Transport Agency while a legal case is heard against the agency, but a separate local court in Sweden ruled that the carmaker...
...United Auto Workers, the 391,000 member union that represents workers at General Motors, Stellantis and Ford, elected a new president in March who has also pledged to be tougher on employers....
...The area is deeply dependent on the auto industry, which employs about 44,000 people in a region with a population of 1mn, but has been hit by closures....
...Didi’s extensive investment in infrastructure and data analysis, as well as its large footprint in China, could hand it the advantage, said Tu Le, founder of Sino Auto Insights, a consultancy....
...Tech week ahead Monday: Take-Two Interactive, the games publisher behind the Grand Theft Auto series, and online news service BuzzFeed are set to report earnings after the closing bell....
...So does Musk think the stated goal he set for Tesla more than 15 years ago, to lead a transport revolution, has finally been achieved?...
...Didi was “fighting with their hands tied behind their backs”, said Tu Le, founder of Beijing-based consultancy Sino Auto Insights....
...Some also worried that an increase in traffic at the site would throw local transport into chaos....
...“We can definitely say that the transparency from Oxford and AstraZeneca has not been on a par with what we have seen from the others,” said Rasmus Bech Hansen, chief executive of Airfinity, a London-based...
...With customary hyperbole, the master showman of the auto world has promised it will be “one of the most exciting days in Tesla’s history”....
...Insurer Geico was one of the bright spots for the company, as shelter-in-place guidelines across the US led to a drop in auto-related claims....
...Its group net debt, bolstered by its auto finance arm, is worth six times its 2020 forecast ebitda....
...That trend has accelerated with the Detroit Auto Show moving from January to June from this year....
...Patchy transport links to Berlin would improve, while more would be invested in housing and schools....
...Didi is developing its driverless fleet in partnership with a group of carmakers and suppliers that it calls the Didi Auto Alliance....
...Herbert Diess, Volkswagen chief executive, sees an existential challenge to the traditional auto business from new challengers....
...Musk, Tesla, Inc. — Co-Founder, Chairman, CEO and Product Architect Oh God. Come on, let's not get — space. Come on....
...For instance, here's Adam Jonas of Morgan Stanley:It is our understanding that robotaxi fleet deployment will ultimately be rolled out on a city-by-city basis in co-ordination with local transport authorities...
...AstraZeneca Plc has made a preliminary approach to rival drugmaker Gilead Sciences Inc. about a potential merger, according to people familiar with the matter, in what would be the biggest health-care deal...
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