BERLIN: A German court on Sunday ordered Tesla Inc to stop clearing forest land near the capital Berlin to build its first European car and battery factory, a victory for local environmental activists.
The US electric carmaker announced plans last November to build a Gigafactory in Gruenheide in the eastern state of Brandenburg.
The court ruling, by the higher administrative court of the states of Berlin and Brandenburg, comes after the state environmental office gave a green light to clear 92 hectares of forest"...

YOKOHAMA: Nissan’s new chief executive said on Tuesday he would accept being fired if he fails to turn around Japan’s second biggest automaker which is grappling with plunging sales in the aftermath of the scandal surrounding ex-chairman Carlos Ghosn.
Makoto Uchida, who took over the top job in December, put his job on the line at the automaker’s shareholders’ meeting, where he faced demands ranging from cutting executive pay to offering a bounty to bring Ghosn back to Japan after he fled to"...

FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany — German high-end carmaker BMW aims to slash the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted by its cars sold in Europe this year by 20 percent, its chief executive said on Wednesday.

The pledge comes as new European Union regulations bite this year, requiring carmakers to sharply reduce fleet-wide emissions on pain of massive fines.

'We will achieve an improvement of 20 percent in Europe this year alone' compared with 2019, CEO Oliver Zipse said during a speech"...

The Ferrari Portofino is the new V8 GT set to dominate its segment thanks to a perfect combination of outright performance and versatility in addition to a level of driving pleasure and on-board comfort unparalleled on the market.

Capable of unleashing a massive 600 cv and sprinting from 0 to 200 km/h in just 10.8 seconds, the Ferrari Portofino is the most powerful convertible to combine the advantages of a retractable hard top, a roomy boot and"...

• Ninth edition of the annual TomTom Traffic Index provides detailed insights on live and historic road congestion levels in cities around the world

• 57% of countries included see increase in traffic congestion, while both Abu Dhabi (-1%) and Dubai (-2%) see decreases

• Global average congestion level is 29%, while Abu Dhabi’s is 10% and Dubai is 21%

• Drivers, city planners, automakers and policy makers can use the TomTom Traffic Index to help tackle traffic-related"...