There has been a contraction in the manufacturing activity in China for the third consecutive month in February 2019 according to data released by China’s National Bureau of Statistics. The Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) dropped to a level below the expectations of analysts. This level also marks the lowest level of the official manufacturing PMI…
Warnings of additional cash problems in the coming time were issued by the newly appointed CEO of General Electric Co. even as the company is facing some tough problems in revenues and profits which resulted in a significant drop in the shares of the company as investors lost confidence in the nascent turnaround efforts of…
StaCyc Inc makes electric two-wheelers for kids. U.S. motorcycle maker Harley-Davidson Inc stated it has acquired StaCyc Inc, a maker of electric two-wheelers for kids, for an undisclosed amount. StaCyc’s ‘EDRIVE’ two-wheelers retail in the range of $649 and $699, said Harley. Harley-Davidson did not disclose the price of the deal.
Carmakers are pushing to slash R&D costs related to the design of electric battery cells so as to bring down the cost of launching electric cars. In a strategic move aimed at slashing the cost of launching electric vehicles, Daimler’s chief of research and development, Ola Kaellenius, stated, it is open to collaborating with a…
The deal is part of a much touted $110 billions arms package. As per a statement from the Pentagon, Lockheed Martin Corp is to receive the first tranche of the of an $110 billion arms package which the Trump administration had negotiated with Saudi Arabia in 2017. The first package is toward the installation a…
With a population of 1.3 billion and with more than 400 million smartphone users, India is a massive market for streaming service. In less than 7 days, Spotify Technology SA, the world’s most popular paid music streaming service, has racked up more than 1 million unique users in India across its free and premium services.…
Companies that do not have any women directors or have a not so clean history with respect to taxes is being planned to be put under pressure by a group of Christian church investors in the UK. The Church Investors Group has pension fund members with £21bn in assets. Those large companies that have poor…
The autonomous bus will undergo testing in the NTU’s campus for a year before moving on to public roads after taking due regulatory approvals. On Tuesday, Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Sweden’s Volvo Buses unveiled a full-size autonomous electric bus for testing purposes. For Singapore, this is very strategic, given its high density. The…
Sound is emerging as a key aspect for emotions attached to electric vehicles. This is so since it is through sound that the potential customer can get feedback about the capability and potency of the car. Senior executives at the Geneva car show have revealed, with combustion engines gradually being discontinued, carmakers are dreaming up…
e.GO Mobile, a German startup, has helped develop a delivery van that is now being produced by a subsidiary of postal services group Deutsche Post. Among the startup’s other projects, it is also pursuing to bring an e-minibus to the market through a a joint venture with German automobile supplier ZF Friedrichshafen. In asgi significant…
