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(Reuters) – Tesla chair Robyn Denholm on Thursday denied a Wall Street Journal report that said board members had reached out to executive search firms to find a new replacement for CEO Elon Musk. Continue reading “Tesla chair denies plans to look for new CEO to replace Musk”
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(Reuters) – Aston Martin will split the costs resulting from U.S. tariffs between the company and its customers, and will sell down its U.S. inventory while limiting shipments there, the luxury carmaker’s chief executive said on Wednesday. Continue reading “Aston Martin limits US exports, mulls pricing adjustment to offset tariff hit”
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LONDON, (Reuters) – Unable to predict the impact of U.S. President Donald Trump’s ever-changing trade war, Stellantis and Mercedes-Benz became the latest automakers on Wednesday to scrap their profit guidance citing market uncertainty wrought by tariffs. Continue reading “Trump tariff whiplash pushes more automakers to scrap profit guidance”
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BERLIN, (Reuters) – Mercedes-Benz on Wednesday pulled its earnings guidance for 2025 amid uncertainty over the impact of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on car imports, as the German automaker posted sharply lower first-quarter profit. Continue reading “Mercedes pulls earnings guidance amid Trump tariff uncertainty”
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STUTTGART, Germany, (Reuters) – Volkswagen said on Wednesday that profit margins this year were likely to be towards the bottom of its guidance range and joined a chorus of automakers warning that U.S. trade policy was making it almost impossible to make financial predictions. Continue reading “Volkswagen reins in margin hopes as tariffs cloud prospects”
(Reuters) – Tesla board members reached out about a month ago to several executive search firms to find a successor to CEO Elon Musk, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the discussions.
The current status of the board’s push, which, according to the report, was sparked by Musk’s heavy involvement with the Trump administration, could not be determined, WSJ said. Continue reading “Tesla board looked for new CEO as Musk focused on White House, WSJ reports”
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WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to rescind the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2023 approval of California’s plans to require a rising number of zero-emission heavy-duty trucks. Continue reading “US House votes to rescind approval for California heavy-duty truck rules”
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DETROIT, (Reuters) – Ford Motor has killed a program to develop next-generation electrical architecture – the brain of modern cars – that its executives have called pivotal to competing with electric-vehicle pioneers such as Tesla, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. Continue reading “Exclusive: Ford kills project to develop Tesla-like electronic brain”
Source : PTI | The Maharashtra cabinet on Tuesday approved Electric Vehicle Policy 2025 as per which certain electric vehicles plying on highways will be given a toll waiver, and subsidies on purchase of such vehicles to boost their use to help bring down air pollution. The policy was approved in the state cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. A statement said the policy will be valid till 2030 and Rs 1,993 crore will be earmarked for the sector.
“The state government has approved a new Electric Vehicle (EV) policy, under which passenger EVs will be given subsidies. EV manufacturing and their use should increase in the state,” Fadnavis said after the meeting. Continue reading “Subsidy, toll waiver: Maharashtra govt seeks to boost electric mobility under new EV Policy”
Source : PTI | New Delhi: Shares of crisis-hit Gensol Engineering continued to slide on Wednesday, declining 5 per cent, to hit another lower circuit limit. The stock tumbled 4.99 per cent to Rs 78.10 — its lowest trading permissible limit for the day as also a 52-week low — on the BSE.
Shares of the firm slumped 5 per cent to hit the lower circuit as well as a 52-week low level of Rs 77.29 at the NSE. Continue reading “Gensol Engineering shares hit fresh lower circuit limit; down for 15th straight day”
Source : PTI | Battery-swapping solutions provider Indofast Energy on Wednesday said it will deploy 20,000 electric bikes across key tier I/II cities in the next 24 months in collaboration with EVeez for last-mile delivery. The cities include Chennai, Mumbai, Pune, Jaipur, Lucknow, and Vijayawada, a company statement said.
Indofast Energy and EVeez have been working together to accelerate EV adoption in the last-mile delivery space, and this expansion marks a significant step toward making electric mobility more accessible and efficient for gig workers, it said. Continue reading “Indofast Energy partners EVeez to deploy 20,000 electric bikes”
