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Retail Asia15/09/2021

The Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers Association said its members sold only 7,714 vehicles in August, the lowest number in seven years. Their sales were down 68 percent year-on-year for the month and 47 percent from July. The Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers Association said its members sold only 7,714 vehicles in August, the lowest number in seven years.Their […]

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Retail Asia15/09/2021

Predictably, and for once on time, Tesla has rolled out the v10 of the full self-driving beta software which Elon Musk described as mind-blowing just a few weeks ago. Perhaps, as most have noticed, the most mind-blowing thing is that Tesla and Musk delivered. The software enables the self-driving capability for Tesla’s EVs that have […]

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Retail Asia15/09/2021

It is no secret that Apple is lagging behind the likes of Google, Aurora, Cruise, Tesla, and many more when it comes down to self-driving technology. It even lost its lead of project titan aka the Apple Car project – Doug Field – to Ford recently. But now there are signs that it is ramping […]

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Retail Asia14/09/2021

General Motors Co’s venture capital arm has invested millions of dollars in Oculii, a U.S. startup maker of software for radar sensors used in self-driving cars, Oculii co-founder Steven Hong said. GM can use Oculii’s low-cost software to boost the resolution of radars and scale up its partially automated vehicles and full self-driving cars, he […]

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Retail Asia13/09/2021

Tech giant Apple has issued a new warning for iPhone users particularly those who ride motorcycles. The company has shared a support document that suggests that mounting your iPhone on the motorcycle could lead to potential damage to the device. The damage would extend to the camera, which could result in the camera module being […]

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Retail Asia10/09/2021

Maruti Suzuki reports that the total sales of the Ciaz sedan have crossed the three lakh milestone. The Maruti Suzuki Ciaz was launched in 2014 and it becomes the fastest model in its segment to achieve the landmark. The Ciaz is offered only with a 1.5-litre petrol engine which makes 102 bhp at 6,000 rpm against […]

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Retail Asia08/09/2021

The Vietnam Motor Show, the biggest automobile expo in the country, has been canceled for the second year running over Covid-19 impacts. This year’s show was originally scheduled to be held next month. Members of the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (VAMA) and the Vehicles Importers Vietnam Association (VIVA) said in a joint statement the VMS […]

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Retail Asia06/09/2021

Volvo Cars reported global sales of 45,786 cars in August, down 10.6 percent compared with the same period last year. Overall underlying demand in the car industry and for Volvo Cars’ products remained very robust. Since mid-July, supplier shut-downs due to Covid-19 in South East Asia, especially in Malaysia, has worsened an already strained supply […]

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Retail Asia06/09/2021

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Hyundai Motor Company has announced its global sales for the month of August 2021. Compared to 318,700 units sold in August 2020, the automaker recorded a decline in sales of 7.6 percent as it sold 294,591 units in the last month. On a month-on-month (MoM) basis, Hyundai recorded a de-growth of 6 percent selling 313,451 […]

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Retail Asia06/09/2021

Germany will probably decide by the end of the year how much state aid U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla will receive for its planned battery cell factory near Berlin, an economy ministry spokesperson said on Sunday. The European Union in January approved a plan that includes giving state aid to Tesla, BMW and others to […]

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Retail Asia03/09/2021

Tesla temporarily halted some operations at its Shanghai factory last month as the global shortage of semiconductors hit the electric car maker, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. Part of a production line at the China plant was halted for about four days in August because of a lack of […]

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Retail Asia03/09/2021

Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker Nio Inc on Wednesday cut its delivery forecast for the third quarter this year due to uncertain and volatile semiconductor supplies. Nio cut its delivery forecast for the third quarter to around 22,500 to 23,500 vehicles from a previous 23,000-25,000 vehicles. It delivered 5,880 electric sports-utility vehicles last month, up […]

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Retail Asia03/09/2021

Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi Corp said on Wednesday it has completed the official business registration of its electric vehicle unit, marking the latest milestone in its push into the automotive sector. The new unit, to be called Xiaomi EV Inc, opened with registered capital of 10 billion yuan ($1.55 billion) and Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun […]

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Retail Asia01/09/2021

India’s top carmaker Maruti Suzuki said on Tuesday that the global chip shortage will hurt production at its plants in the states of Haryana and Gujarat in September. Total production volume across both locations could be around 40% of normal output, it said in a regulatory filing. Top Indian carmakers, like their global peers, have […]

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Retail Asia30/08/2021

Workers’ Union at Kia Motors has voted to accept the company’s wage proposals without a strike for the first time in 10 years. According to a report from IANS, the carmaker said that 68 percent of 26,945 workers have voted in favor of the wage, which includes an increase of 75,000 won ($64.30) in monthly […]

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Retail Asia30/08/2021

Ferrari, the sports car maker synonymous with roaring petrol engines, welcomes the shift to electric powertrains and is confident of retaining its lead in the market for high-performance cars, its chairman said on Monday. The European Union last month proposed an effective ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2035 as […]

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Retail Asia27/08/2021

Tesla has released version 4 of its mobile app which receives a massive overhaul of the user interface and adds a ton of new features. Users can unlock their vehicles using the app and remotely also manage the climate control system of the car apart from many other connected car functions. Version 4 is clearly […]

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Retail Asia26/08/2021

Tesla has said that it plans of releasing the final version of its full self-driving software to the public in a month’s time. As of now it is still in a beta stage being tested by internal Tesla employees and members of the beta program. This program has been ongoing for almost a year now. […]

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Retail Asia26/08/2021

Nearly 95 percent of auto parts produced in Vietnam are for foreign brands, showing a lack of localization in the industry. Of the 287 items that have been approved by the Ministry of Science and Technology as of Aug. 17, 15 were registered for VinFast cars. The rest were all for foreign brands. A total […]

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Retail Asia25/08/2021

Ez4EV Private Limited, a battery storage & charger development company is all set to launch its innovative mobile charging solution EzUrja for electric vehicles to mitigate the range anxiety of EV owners and to instantly up the missing infrastructure for EV charging points in the country. These mobile charging stations follows an innovative EV ‘Charging-on-Demand’ […]

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