
Indian state-refiner Bharat Petroleum Corp is re-attempting to charter a ship to load 700,000 barrels of Russia's Sokol crude oil this month, sources familiar with the deal said.

The Indian government has asked online retail giant Amazon to stop selling devices designed to disable car seatbelt alarms, transport minister Nitin Gadkari told Reuters, citing potential safety risks.

The main districts of Chinese tech hub Shenzhen shut down public transport and extended curbs on public activities as cities across China battled COVID-19 outbreaks that have dampened the outlook for economic recovery.

Oil prices rose on expectations that OPEC+ will discuss output cuts at a meeting on Sept. 5, though concern over China's COVID-19 curbs and weakness in the global economy loomed over the market.

Vision Fund's early-stage talks with GoMechanic are being held around a valuation of $600-700 million, with Malaysian sovereign fund Khazanah and existing investor Tiger Global also planning to invest in the $100 million funding round.

General Motors startup Cruise LLC said it had recalled and updated software in 80 self-driving vehicles after a June crash in San Francisco that left two people injured.

Paris's town hall decision to make gasoline-fueled motorcycles pay for parking kicked in this Thursday, triggering reactions from riders ranging from resignation to dissatisfaction.

Piedmont Lithium will build a lithium processing plant in Tennessee to supply the rapidly-growing electric vehicle (EV) industry.

Lucid filed for a new offering of up to $8 billion as the luxury electric-vehicle maker looks to beef up working capital at a time when supply snarls have crimped its production.

China has said that automakers must apply for licences to collect geographic data using sensors on their intelligent vehicles.

Musk has sent an additional letter of deal termination to Twitter Inc to include a recent whistleblower complaint.

Polestar's revenue nearly doubled in the first half of 2022 on soaring demand and it may have to raise its prices further if material costs continue to rise.

Bosch will invest more than $200 million to produce fuel cell stacks in its South Carolina facility, as the German auto supplier accelerates its transition to electrification.

World stocks were heading for a 3% loss on the week while the dollar hit 24-year highs against the yen for a second day ahead of key U.S. jobs data, as investors brace for aggressive rate hikes from the Federal Reserve.

Oil prices climbed on bets that OPEC+ will discuss output cuts at a meeting on Sept. 5, though fears of China's COVID-19 curbs and weak global growth continued to limit gains and a potential cap on the price of Russian exports loomed.
Taiwan looks forward to producing "democracy chips" with the United States, President Tsai Ing-wen told the visiting governor of the U.S. state of Arizona, Doug Ducey, the latest in a string of senior officials from the county to visit.

Operations at Barranquilla's port were suspended until the fire is fully controlled, authorities added.

Foreign players have cut fuel shipments to Hungary since the government capped the price of petrol and diesel at 480 forints ($1.22) per litre a year ago.

Wednesday's declines also followed three straight sessions of higher settlements on both crude benchmarks.

Russia may cut oil output by 5% to 7% in early 2023 as it responds to price caps, the RIA news agency cited Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak as saying.