Automobile

Electric car boom drives rush to mining’s $90 billion hub

A scramble by the lithium market’s biggest players to tie up a supply of the high-tech metal is gathering pace…

Toyota’s game plan features robots, M&A, self-driving cars

Toyota Motor Corp. agreed to buy a stake in Mazda Motor Corp. and jointly build a $1.6 billion plant in the…

Tesla’s Musk hands over first Model 3 electric cars to early buyers

Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said on Friday the Model 3 had over half a million advance reservations as…

​Kakao, Hyundai to cooperate on in-car speech recognition

South Korean chat giant Kakao will cooperate with car makers Hyundai Motor and Kia Motors to apply server-based speech recognition…

Uber Nigeria partners Germaine Auto Center to service drivers’ vehicles

Uber sealed a pact with Germaine Auto Centre, a Nigerian based auto service, and maintenance company, to provide maintenance services…

Global automakers call on China to ease “impossible” electric car rules

Global automakers have urged China to delay and soften planned quotas for sales of electric and hybrid cars, saying its…