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GM and Honda to Produce 'Attainable EVs' in Bid to Surpass Tesla Sales

General Motors and Honda Motor Co said on Tuesday they will develop a series of lower-priced electric vehicles based on a new joint platform, producing potentially millions of cars from 2027 in a bid to beat Tesla in sales. The announcement expands on plans for GM to begin building two electric SUVs for Honda starting […]

Uber Secures London License for Two and Half Years

Uber Technologies Inc said on Saturday it has received permission to operate in London under a new 30-month license, ending a years-long battle with the city transport regulator over safety concerns. “Uber has been granted a London private hire vehicle operator’s license for a period of two and a half years,” a spokesperson for Transport […]

Reliance Buys Assets of Battery Maker Lithium Werks in Clean Energy, Transport Push

Indian refining giant Reliance Industries has acquired the assets of battery maker Lithium Werks for $61 million, its second such deal in less than three months, as it makes a bigger push towards clean energy and transport. Reliance’s investment in Lithium Werks, which manufactures lithium iron phosphate batteries that are mainly used in electric vehicles […]

SoftBank's Choice of New York for Arm Listing Deals a Blow to London

SoftBank’s decision to list British chip designer Arm is good news for New York, bad news for London and the best option left for the Japanese group after the collapse of its blockbuster sale to Nvidia. Arm, whose technology underpins the global smartphone industry, is most likely to float on the Nasdaq, SoftBank’s CEO said, […]

European Stocks Slip Again With Tech Under Pressure

European shares slipped in early deals on Monday, with technology stocks falling the most after worries about tighter monetary policies triggered a bruising sell-off in global equities last week. The pan-European STOXX 600 index slipped 0.4% by 0814 GMT, with Asian stocks also under pressure as investors braced for a hawkish update from the Federal […]

Nissan, Mitsubishi to Unveil 2030 EV Plan this Week

Renault SA, Nissan Motor Co and Mitsubishi Motors Corp plan to triple their investment to jointly develop electric vehicles (EVs), two people with knowledge of the plan told Reuters. As established automakers face pressure from new competitors and an expected shift in demand toward EVs, the French-Japanese alliance is seeking to deepen cooperation. The three […]

Intel to Open a Chip-Manufacturing Facility in Ohio

Intel Corp. announced on Friday plans to pump at least $20 billion in what could be its latest chip-manufacturing facility in Ohio to increase its chip-making production to accommodate the heightened semiconductor demand for digital units.  The Santa-Clara-based company will invest in two semiconductor-making plants outside Columbus, Ohio. This will place the company in the […]

Google Launches Ripple Project, as Automakers League Rears to Challenge Tesla

Google uncovered plans to bring forth an open-source application programming interface (API) standard called Ripple Project that would help bring multi-functional small chips to various devices, including electric vehicles (EV). Since 2015, Google openly revealed that it was entering the gates of chip-making with its tiny radar chips that can keep score of sleep schedules, […]