Malaysia’s Sime Darby seeks to expand car retail business into India, Indonesia – CEO

Malaysia’s Sime Darby seeks to expand car retail business into India, Indonesia – CEO

A logo of Sime Darby is seen at its car showroom in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia November 30, 2023. REUTERS/Hasnoor Hussain/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights KUALA LUMPUR/SINGAPORE, Nov 30 (Reuters) – Sime Darby (SIME.KL), Malaysia’s industrial and automotive conglomerate, is looking to set up a luxury car retail business in India and expand in Indonesia to … Read more

‘Vote of confidence’: UK hails $37 billion of foreign investment

‘Vote of confidence’: UK hails $37 billion of foreign investment

FDI gathering held at 16th century palace Sunak hails investment, holds off on subsidy push Britain has slipped in FDI rankings HAMPTON COURT, England, Nov 27 (Reuters) – Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced 29.5 billion pounds ($36.8 billion) of private sector investment in Britain at a gathering of global executives on Monday aimed at catapulting … Read more

Budget crisis shakes industry’s confidence in Germany

Budget crisis shakes industry’s confidence in Germany

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is flanked by Economy and Climate Minister Robert Habeck and Finance Minister Christian Lindner to comment on the ruling of Germany’s Constitutional court that the government’s re-location of 60 billion euros ($65 billion USD) of unused debt from the pandemic era to climate fund was illegal, in… Acquire Licensing Rights Read … Read more

GM’s Cruise robo-taxi CEO resigns from company

GM’s Cruise robo-taxi CEO resigns from company

Kyle Vogt, chief technology officer, president & co-founder of Cruise, a Honda and General Motors self-driving car partnership, speaks on stage at the launch of the Cruise Origin autonomous vehicle in San Francisco, California, U.S. January 21, 2020. REUTERS/Stephen Lam/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Nov 19 – The CEO of General Motors’ robot-taxi unit Cruise, … Read more

China to allow road trials of intelligent connected vehicles

China to allow road trials of intelligent connected vehicles

BEIJING, Nov 17 (Reuters) – China will allow road trials of some intelligent connected vehicles (ICVs) in designated city areas, the industry ministry said on Friday. The world’s largest auto market has set its long-term strategic focus on ICVs in a push to become the leading global player in the still nascent industry. The trials … Read more

UK petrol station group EG to buy Tesla charging units

UK petrol station group EG to buy Tesla charging units

A Tesla electric charging point stands unused in a car park, as Britain will ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans from 2030, five years earlier than previously planned, in London, Britain, November 18, 2020. REUTERS/Simon Dawson/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights LONDON, Nov 13 (Reuters) – British petrol station operator EG … Read more

Santander’s Botin plans push in US corporate banking for renewables, auto lending

Santander’s Botin plans push in US corporate banking for renewables, auto lending

Ana Patricia Botin, chairwoman of the Spanish bank Santander, speaks during the annual results presentation at the company’s headquarters in Boadilla del Monte, outside Madrid, Spain, February 2, 2023. REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura Acquire Licensing Rights NEW YORK, Nov 9 (Reuters) – Banco Santander Executive Chair Ana Botin plans to deepen the lender’s corporate banking presence … Read more

Musk’s xAI set to launch first AI model to select group

Musk’s xAI set to launch first AI model to select group

Tesla and SpaceX’s CEO Elon Musk pauses during an in-conversation event with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in London, Britain, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. Kirsty Wigglesworth/Pool via REUTERS Acquire Licensing Rights Nov 3 (Reuters) – Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI will release its first AI model to a select group on Saturday, the billionaire … Read more

India’s Raymond bolsters engineering business in $82-mln deal

India’s Raymond bolsters engineering business in $82-mln deal

BENGALURU, Nov 3 (Reuters) – India’s Raymond (RYMD.NS) said on Friday it would pay 6.82 billion rupees ($82 million) for a majority stake in an auto parts maker, doubling down on its shift away from its once mainstay textiles business into engineering and real estate. Raymond said it will buy a 59.25% stake in Maini … Read more

Japan’s Denso to invest $3.3 billion to bulk up chips business

Japan’s Denso to invest $3.3 billion to bulk up chips business

Semiconductor chips are seen on a printed circuit board in this illustration picture taken February 17, 2023. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights TOKYO, Oct 26 (Reuters) – Japanese automotive supplier Denso (6902.T) will invest about 500 billion yen ($3.3 billion) in semiconductors by 2030 as aims to triple the scale of its chips business … Read more