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Oil Prices Plunge As Omicron's Rapid Spread Dims Fuel Demand Outlook

Oil Prices Plunge As Omicron's Rapid Spread Dims Fuel Demand Outlook

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history Dec 31, 2021 11:56 AM
Oil prices slumped after cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant in Europe and the United States stoked investor worries that new restrictions to combat its spread could dent fuel demand.
Czech Car Sector To Make 250,000 Fewer Vehicles This Year Due To Chip Shortage

Czech Car Sector To Make 250,000 Fewer Vehicles This Year Due To Chip Shortage

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history Oct 18, 2021 10:34 AM
Czech car makers will produce 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...
TSMC And Sony Considering Joint Chip Factory, Japan Government To Help: Report

TSMC And Sony Considering Joint Chip Factory, Japan Government To Help: Report

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history Oct 12, 2021 11:50 AM
Taiwan's TSMC and Japan's Sony Group Corp are considering jointly building a chip factory in Japan, with the government ready to pay for some of the investment of about 800 billion yen ($7.15...
Geneva Motor Show Cancelled For The Third Time

Geneva Motor Show Cancelled For The Third Time

history Oct 08, 2021 11:38 AM
The organiser of the Geneva International Motor Show (GIMS) have announced that the 2022 edition of the show will be cancelled, due to issues relating to the COVID-19 pandemic. The motor show has...
Mercedes-Benz India Helps Set Up Oxygen Plant At Pune's Seth Tarachand Hospital

Mercedes-Benz India Helps Set Up Oxygen Plant At Pune's Seth Tarachand Hospital

history Sep 20, 2021 03:11 PM
Mercedes-Benz India, in collaboration with the Bharat Vikas Parishad (BVP) to set up an oxygen plant at the Seth Tarachand Hospital, in Pune, Maharashtra. The new oxygen plant will come with a...
India's CV Industry Is Recovering From The Pandemic, But Real Growth Is Still Far Away

India's CV Industry Is Recovering From The Pandemic, But Real Growth Is Still Far Away

history Sep 17, 2021 01:16 AM
The commercial vehicle space was one of the more badly affected segments due to the COVID-19 pandemic, however, with the gradual reopening of the economies the CV industry too started to recover....
Tesla's China Output Was Halted For Days In August Due To Chip Shortage: Report

Tesla's China Output Was Halted For Days In August Due To Chip Shortage: Report

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history Sep 02, 2021 06:09 PM
Tesla Inc 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...
Maruti Suzuki Expects 60% Drop In September Production Due To Chip Shortage

Maruti Suzuki Expects 60% Drop In September Production Due To Chip Shortage

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history Aug 31, 2021 05:10 PM
India's top car maker Maruti Suzuki expects production at its plants in the states of Haryana and Gujarat to be impacted in September due to a shortage of semiconductors, it said on Tuesday.
Force Motors Supplies 200 Trax Toofan To The Revenue And Forest Department Of Maharashtra

Force Motors Supplies 200 Trax Toofan To The Revenue And Forest Department Of Maharashtra

history Aug 23, 2021 04:39 PM
Home-grown utility vehicle manufacture, Force Motors, has announced delivering 200 units of its multi-utility vehicle, the Trax Toofan, to the Revenue and Forest department of Maharashtra.
Volkswagen Might Have To Cut Production Further Due To Chip Shortage

Volkswagen Might Have To Cut Production Further Due To Chip Shortage

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history Aug 19, 2021 10:35 PM
Volkswagen may need to cut production further due to a semiconductor supply crunch, the German carmaker said on Thursday, after a report that Toyota would slash output by 40% in September.
Chip Shortage Prompts Production Halt At Volvo Cars In Gothenburg

Chip Shortage Prompts Production Halt At Volvo Cars In Gothenburg

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history Aug 11, 2021 07:28 PM
Volvo Cars, owned by China's Geely Holding, will temporarily stop production at its Swedish plant in Gothenburg due to the shortage of semiconductor chips.