Toyota Motor said on Tuesday it would temporarily halt operations on 14 lines at eight domestic plants for up to 6 days in May because of the COVID lockdown in …
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Volvo Cars’ monthly sales declined 24.8% in April from a year earlier due to lockdowns in China and disruption in the global supply chain. The automaker said that demand remained …
Bosch on Tuesday said it has halted production at two sites in the Chinese cities of Shanghai and Changchun due to lockdowns imposed in these cities to control the increase …
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General Motors and Volkswagen unaffected by Shanghai lockdown
by SpeedLuxby SpeedLuxGeneral Motors and Volkswagen Group said that their Shanghai operations have not been affected by the lockdown in the city placed to curb Covid-19. Both automakers operate factories in the …
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Japanese automakers’ May global sales declined 38% due to coronavirus
by SpeedLuxby SpeedLuxJapanese automakers’ global sales dropped 38% in May, in the third straight month of big declines as most automotive factories and dealerships remained shut because of coronavirus lockdowns. The country’s …
Motorpoint is set to resume all of its branches in England from June 1. The UK’s largest independent car retailer, which was awarded Platinum status by Feefo recently for its …
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Tesla posts its third quarterly profit, Elon Musk calls lockdowns ‘fascist’
by SpeedLuxby SpeedLuxTesla Inc’s CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday called sweeping U.S. stay-at-home restrictions imposed for reducing the spread of the coronavirus outbreak as “fascist” as the electric automaker posted its third …
German automaker Daimler reported a drop of almost 70% in first-quarter operating profit on Thursday because of the coronavirus pandemic and warned that the cash flow it utilizes to pay …
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Man tries to smuggle girlfriend in car trunk during lockdown in South Africa
by SpeedLuxby SpeedLuxA man in South Africa has been arrested for attempting to smuggle his girlfriend from one province to another in the trunk of his car while defying the coronavirus lockdown …
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Hyundai, Honda plants closed in Vietnam amid nationwide lockdown
by SpeedLuxby SpeedLuxHyundai assembler TC Motor and Honda Vietnam have closed their plants for two weeks amid a nationwide social distancing campaign to reduce the spread of the coronavirus, the companies stated on Wednesday. Honda Vietnam …

