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...TIC had followed Hino Motors and Daihatsu in becoming the third Toyota company to disclose widespread problems with testing data, specifically for its car and fork-lift truck engines....
...Nikola, once a highly valued maker of electric trucks, was lauded for its hydrogen fuel technology....
...Swedish truckmaker Volvo AB is already selling more electric trucks than rivals Daimler Truck or Traton....
...Unlike the US where large trucks and sport utility vehicles dominate, Japan’s auto market depends on sales of small and cheap cars....
...Google co-founder’s airships primed for lift-offGoogle co-founder Sergey Brin’s secretive project to build huge electric airships is scaling up rapidly, reports Tim Bradshaw, as Lighter Than Air (LTA) Research...
...His viewers’ esprit de corps was contagious. A chorus of “BOOM” filled the chat whenever McKeever won a bet....
...Its intention to float is a lift for London’s IPO market as it faces uncertainties after volatility has convinced some prospective companies to withdraw listing plans....
...The agreement lifts the threat of billions of dollars in tariffs from both sides and will improve transatlantic relations....
...Plus, India’s competition watchdog has ordered an in-depth investigation into the tight links between Google’s mobile app store and its payment service, and electric truck start-up Nikola has acknowledged...
...(FT) Lift the lid on private inequity The briefest glance at the behaviour of banks before the 2008 financial crisis shows that investors playing with other people’s money are capable of some pretty crass...
...Deep below the Queen Elizabeth’s flight deck, fork-lift trucks manoeuvre bundles of bunk mattresses and trolleys full of carrots and potatoes to the storerooms....
...One scoop to start: Advent International, Cinven and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority are teaming up to bid for ThyssenKrupp’s lifts business, setting the stage for a multibillion-euro battle....
...was “taking a hard look at all of the segments that we’re competing in”, but would stop short of copying US carmaker Ford, which quit the passenger car segment this year to focus on higher margin pick-up trucks...
...Toyota reported a 17.1 per cent year-on-year increase in net profit to ¥481.2bn in the three months ended September 30 on a 9.9 per cent lift in sales to ¥6.66tn....
...Toyota has urged the UK government to lift the “fog” around Brexit negotiations, to safeguard the competitiveness of the Japanese carmaker’s factories in the country....
...Other challenges for Daifuku include unloading a truck and automatic baggage drops at the airport....
...It also raised its full-year revenue target by 1.9 per cent to ¥26.5tn on stronger-than-expected sales of pickup trucks in North America....
...In later years, Mazda outsourced production of compact cars to Suzuki and more recently, pick-up trucks to Isuzu, allowing it to focus on its core business....
...In Indonesia as well as Myanmar and Cambodia, whose automobile markets have high growth potential, Mitsubishi Corp is a sales partner....
...However, the news did little to lift investor sentiment in the company with the shares sliding 3.4 per cent to $220.50. News of heavy-duty trucks surprised some analysts....
...That in turn cuts into the consumption of diesel by long-haul trucks that clogged highways when the economy was booming....
...A slowdown in the Chinese economy coupled with Beijing’s crackdown on corruption has hurt revenue in Macau but the lunar new year holiday helped lift spending....
...The truck brand Volvo Group ran its own content marketing campaign featuring “extreme” tests showcasing its technologies....
...Even if sales decline, a weaker yen will help to lift Toyota’s profit, which is already at a record high....
...Sales of Ford branded cars, SUVs and light trucks all declined in the month, with deliveries of the Taurus, Focus and Explorer all falling more than 15 per cent....
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