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Retail Asia07/03/2022

Tesla Inc received a conditional go-ahead for its German gigafactory near Berlin on Friday, the state of Brandenburg said, ending months of delay for the 5 billion euro ($5.5 billion) landmark plant. The gigafactory, which is crucial to Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk’s ambitions to vanquish European market leader Volkswagen, was initially supposed to open […]

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Retail Asia01/03/2022

Vietnam’s auto imports fell by 70 percent last month to 4,524 units, but the industry dismissed it as a normal January phenomenon after a surge in imports in December. The passenger car segment saw a 53 percent decline to 4,008. Though down by more than half from December, Thailand remained the largest seller, shipping 2,488 […]

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Retail Asia28/02/2022

Czech automaker Skoda is set to build a plant in the northern province of Quang Ninh and expects to begin production and exports of vehicles by 2023. Leaders of the company have worked with representatives of the Ministry of Industry and Trade on the plan of building the factory. Martin Jahn, a director of Skoda […]

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Retail Asia25/02/2022

Czech automaker Skoda is set to build a plant in the northern province of Quang Ninh and expects to begin production and exports of vehicles by 2023. Leaders of the company have worked with representatives of the Ministry of Industry and Trade on the plan of building the factory. Martin Jahn, a director of Skoda […]

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Retail Asia22/02/2022

Nvidia’s founder and CEO Jensen Huang have revealed in a wide-ranging interview that autonomous vehicles will be prevalent all over the world. He believes 2022 is the inflection point for the development of autonomous vehicles and their adoption and by 2025, Nvidia will also be deploying its software at scale. By 2025, Nvidia will start […]

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Retail Asia21/02/2022

Thailand’s cabinet on Tuesday approved a package of incentives including tax cuts and subsidies to promote a shift to electric vehicles (EVs) in Southeast Asia’s major auto production base, a government spokesperson said. The package for 2022-2025 is in line with a zero-emission vehicle policy plus a goal to ensure 30 per cent of Thailand’s […]

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Retail Asia21/02/2022

Tesla Inc’s ability to quickly issue safety patches via remote software updates is an approach other automakers eye enviously, but that also carries risk as cars become more like rolling computers. Investors have awarded Tesla’s leadership on in-car software with a market value of $905 billion that dwarfs traditional carmakers, many of which are now […]

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Retail Asia17/02/2022

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The market share of Korean auto brands Hyundai and its subsidiary Kia increased from 18 percent in 2017 to over 30 percent last year. Hyundai continued to lead the market with sales of 70,518 units, though down 13.3 percent from the previous year. Japan’s Toyota followed with 67,339 units, down 4.7 percent, and Kia was […]

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Retail Asia07/02/2022

Auto technology supplier Aptiv PLC and Volkswagen AG’s Audi brand are investing a combined $285 million in vehicle software company TTTech Auto, giving the Austrian firm a valuation of $1 billion, the companies said. TTTech Auto designs software that auto manufacturers can use to manage data flowing from sensors and safety systems used to automate […]

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Retail Asia07/02/2022

Tesl is recalling more than 817,000 vehicles in the United States because an audible alert may not activate when a vehicle starts and the driver has not buckled the seat belt, a U.S. auto safety regulator said. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said on Thursday the vehicles, 2021-2022 Model S and Model X, […]

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Retail Asia01/02/2022

Google has fixed an issue preventing Android Auto from displaying messages on a car’s screen. To receive the fix, you need to update your Android Auto and Messages app to the latest versions. Google did not explain what the cause of the problem was. Google’s fix comes in response to several customer complaints on Android Auto’s support page. […]

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Retail Asia31/01/2022

GM’s CEO Mary Barra recently took her first ride in a self-driving car which was shown off in a YouTube video on Cruise’s official channel. Of course, Cruise is owned by GM and is its self-driving car service which also operates a robotaxi service in limited parts of the US. “Last week our friends from […]

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Retail Asia27/01/2022

Japan’s Panasonic will begin producing its new lithium-ion battery for Tesla from as early as 2023, with plans to invest about 80 billion yen ($705 million) in production facilities in Japan, the Nikkei reported on Monday. The powerpack could help make electric vehicles (EVs) more attractive to motorists by extending cruising range by about a […]

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Retail Asia17/01/2022

Renault is “relatively confident” about its business year but still sees some problems over chips supplies which it expects to be felt mostly in the first half of 2022, the French carmaker’s Chief Executive Officer said on Thursday. “We are relatively confident for 2022 but we know that it’s a volatile and uncertain world,” CEO […]

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Retail Asia14/01/2022

Auto sales in Vietnam last year dropped 3 percent from 2020 to 383,444 units as the fourth Covid-19 wave forced dealers to shut down. The sales figure is a combination of data from the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers Association (VAMA), TC Motor, and VinFast. VAMA, which includes Truong Hai Auto Corporation (Thaco), Toyota, and Honda, saw […]

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Retail Asia12/01/2022

The National Assembly Tuesday voted to cut excise on battery-run electric cars to 3 percent for a period of five years. With effect from March 1, the tax on various types of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) will be reduced by 3-12 percentage points from current levels and be valid until Feb. 28, 2027. In 2027, […]

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Retail Asia10/01/2022

Germany’s BMW plans to create up to 6,000 new jobs next year to prepare for the growing demand for its electric vehicles, the carmaker’s chief executive said. BMW is on a very good path through the transformation and has its plants prepared for e-mobility, Oliver Zipse was quoted as saying in an interview published on […]

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Retail Asia10/01/2022

Honda Motor and its Chinese joint venture partner Dongfeng Motor said on Thursday they would build a new factory in Wuhan to exclusively manufacture electric vehicles (EVs) from 2024. The factory would have a production capacity of 120,000 vehicles a year, Honda said in a statement. Honda, Japan’s second-largest automaker, is set to launch a […]

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Retail Asia07/01/2022

Despite technically skipping this year’s Omicron-infected Consumer Electronics Show, Google absolutely bombarded the tech world yesterday with exciting announcements originally designed for a large Las Vegas audience. We could even go so far as to say the search giant had one of its strongest CES presences ever… in its physical absence, unveiling (or rather teasing) a […]

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Retail Asia06/01/2022

BMW AG is claiming that it outperformed Mercedes-Benz in terms of sales in 2021. The carmaker has beaten its German counterpart for the first time in the last six years as Mercedes-Benz had been the highest-selling luxury carmaker since 2015. Pieter Nota, Head Of Sales – BMW Group took to LinkedIn saying, “Proudly claiming number […]

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