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Retail Asia28/10/2021

The Ministry of Finance has said the registration fee for locally manufactured automobiles will be halved for six months until May 15 next year. If the government issues the decree for the purpose after Nov. 15, the fee cut would apply from Dec. 1 to May 31, it said, explaining the reduction is meant to […]

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Retail Asia28/10/2021

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German chipmaker Infineon Technologies said on Tuesday it plans a 50% hike in investments next year, boosting its shares as it looks to benefit from soaring demand and a global shortage in semiconductors. Infineon said it would invest around 2.4 billion euros ($2.8 billion) in 2022, up from about 1.6 billion euros this year. The […]

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Retail Asia28/10/2021

The long wait for the Porsche Taycan in India is over and the company is all set to launch the all-electric sports car in the country in November. The company will launch the car on November 12, along with the new Macan. We have been awaiting the arrival of the Taycan in the country and […]

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Retail Asia27/10/2021

Michigan-based Our Next Energy, which is developing an advanced battery for electric vehicles, has raised $25 million from investors ranging from German automaker BMW to a clean technology venture firm headed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, the young company said on Monday. Investors in ONE’s Series A round include BMW iVentures, Detroit-based Assembly Ventures and […]

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Retail Asia27/10/2021

When the CyberTruck was unveiled for the first time in 2019 it had these cameras which doubled as side-view mirrors. But at the time many believed that the regulators aren’t going to allow Tesla to pull off this stunt. So more recently, the car was indeed seen with mirrors. But these mirrors ruin the seamless […]

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Retail Asia26/10/2021

Tesla is the first carmaker to join the elite club of trillion-dollar companies that includes Apple Inc, Amazon.com Inc, Microsoft Corp and Alphabet Inc. Most automakers do not boast about sales to rental car companies, often made at discounts to unload slow-selling models. But for Tesla and its investors, Hertz’s decision to order 100,000 Tesla […]

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Retail Asia22/10/2021

Chinese EV startup Zeekr has announced that its new 001 sedan is now in production. Zeekr is part of the Geely Holding Group which also owns Volvo and Polestar. The first deliveries of the Zeekr 001 will start in China this weekend. Zeekr is a more luxury-focused EV brand, unlike Polestar which is more mass […]

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Retail Asia22/10/2021

Ducati will be the official motorcycle supplier for the FIM MotoE World Cup, the all-electric racing class at select rounds of the MotoGP World Championship, alongside Moto2 and Moto3. Ducati’s partnership with MotoE is set to begin from the 2023 racing season and will continue through 2026. The news of Ducati supplying MotoE machines has […]

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Retail Asia21/10/2021

Xiaomi’s CEO Lei Jun has revealed that the world’s third-largest smartphone maker is ahead of schedule for making its foray into the automotive sector and will start mass-producing its EVs in the first half of 2024. These comments were made at an investor event. But then the Chinese billionaire tweeted his thoughts as well. “Xiaomi […]

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Retail Asia21/10/2021

The Land Rover Range Rover is no ordinary SUV and the arrival of the new-generation model is always special. It’s one of the oldest brands in the full-size luxury SUV segment and the next-generation model will rival the likes of the Mercedes-Maybach GLS and BMW X7 and other premium SUVs like the Aston Martin DBX, Porsche […]

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Retail Asia21/10/2021

Tesla has delivered the goods in its Q3 2021 earning report with it reporting revenues of $13.76 billion which is slightly below the lofty expectations of the analysts at Wall Street which expected revenues of $14 billion. “The third quarter of 2021 was a record quarter in many respects. We achieved our best-ever net income, […]

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Retail Asia20/10/2021

Swedish automaker Volvo has started to deploy an OTA update which also comes with a new app called “Range Assistant” which optimizes the range of its electric cars. It features a smart battery management tool that has a preconditioning timer, and the assistant app itself. This update is also coming to Volvo’s subsidiary Polestar which […]

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Retail Asia20/10/2021

Renault India has announced special offers across its product range right in time for the festive season. These offers include maximum benefits of up to ₹ 1.30 lakh on select variants across the line-up. The company said that the offers can be availed while purchasing a new Renault vehicle during the festive period. The company […]

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Retail Asia19/10/2021

Hang Xanh Motors Service JSC (Haxaco), a major Mercedes-Benz dealer in Vietnam, reported a record loss, more than VND33 billion ($1.4 million) in Q3, due to social distancing orders. Revenue in Q3 was VND700 billion, down 59 percent compared to the same period last year. Social distancing measures applied in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City […]

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Retail Asia18/10/2021

Czech car makers will produce a quarter a million fewer cars than expected this year due to the global shortage of chips and the automotive sector will lose 200 billion crowns ($9.14 billion) in sales, the Auto Industry Association (AutoSAP) said on Sunday. AutoSAP said domestic passenger car production dropped by 53.1% in September year-on-year, […]

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Retail Asia15/10/2021

Hyundai Motor’s global chief operating officer said on Wednesday the South Korean automaker wants to develop its own chips to reduce reliance on chipmakers. A global shortage of semiconductors, triggered partly by surging demand for laptops and other electronic products during the pandemic, has shuttered some auto production lines globally this year. Hyundai temporarily suspended […]

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Retail Asia15/10/2021

Japan’s Honda Motor will launch a new electric vehicle brand in China next year, it said on Wednesday, and will only launch battery-electric, hydrogen fuel-cell or petrol-electric hybrid vehicles therefrom 2030. Known for its fuel-efficient internal combustion engines, Honda sold over 1.6 million vehicles in China last year. The new brand will be called “e:N […]

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Retail Asia13/10/2021

Auto sales in Vietnam plunged 50 percent year-on-year to 13,537 units in September as Covid-19-triggered social distancing forced dealers to close. This is the second monthly lowest figure this year behind August with 8,884 units sold, according to Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers Association (VAMA). In the first nine months, sales rose 5 percent year-on-year, compared to […]

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Retail Asia13/10/2021

Jaguar Land Rover has trialed the use of secure blockchain technology to ensure full transparency within a sustainable leather supply chain. In a world-first, Jaguar Land Rover partnered with supply chain traceability provider Circular, leading UK leather manufacturer Bridge of Weir Leather Company and the University of Nottingham to trial the use of traceability technology […]

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Retail Asia13/10/2021

Volvo Car India announced a new “customer lifetime parts warranty” scheme across its model range. Under the new scheme, parts bought after the standard period of warranty and installed at an authorized workshop will carry a lifetime warranty and will be applicable on genuine parts bought from October 1, 2021. The coverage period begins on […]

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