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☆ Sony Honda Mobility could procure EV batteries from US, president says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

[1/4] Sony Honda Mobility's President Izumi Kawanishi poses during the Japan Mobility Show 2023 at Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo, Japan October 25, 2023. REUTERS/Issei Kato Acquire Licensing RightsTOKYO, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Sony (6758.T) and Honda's (7267.T) automotive joint venture could procure batteries for its new Afeela electric vehicle from the United States where Honda is building a factory, the president of Sony Honda Mobility told Reuters on Wednesday. Izumi Kawanishi made the comment on the sidelines of the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo, which opened to the press a day ahead of its official opening. Reporting by Daniel Leussink; editing by David DolanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Izumi Kawanishi, Issei Kato, Daniel Leussink, David Dolan Organizations: Sony Honda, Japan, REUTERS, Rights, Sony, Honda, Sony Honda Mobility, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Tokyo, Japan, United States

Expectations for persistently higher interest rates has led companies to alter plans as they eye 2024 warily. "EV demand next year could be lower than expectations," Lee Chang-sil, chief financial officer at South Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution (373220.KS) said on Wednesday, due to global economic uncertainty. GM on Tuesday said it would focus near-term EV efforts on meeting demand rather than hitting specific volume targets. If interest rates remain high or if they go even higher, it's that much harder for people to buy the car." Like many other industrial firms, carmakers hedge against commodity price swings, and with EV demand slowing, raw material prices have softened, including those used heavily in batteries.

Persons: Tesla, Aly, Lee Chang, Mary Barra, Elon Musk, Nidec, China's CATL, Ben Klayman, David Gaffen, Eric Onstad, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: REUTERS, Honda, EV, sil, South, LG Energy, General Motors, GM, Investors, Tech, Cox Automotive, European Union, Volkswagen, Fastmarkets, CME, U.S, Ford, EVs, Victoria Waldersee, Thomson Locations: Tesla China, Shanghai, China, KS, United States, Mexico, Detroit, New York, London, Berlin

☆ Honda, GM scrap $5 bln plan to co-develop cheaper EVs
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

A Honda logo is seen during the New York International Auto Show, in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., April 5, 2023. GM cited a joint statement that pointed to the projects the companies are still working on together in acknowledging the end of EV plan. A spokesman confirmed she was referring to the Honda EV partnership. The automakers had said the deal was for "affordable" EVs, including compact crossover vehicles, built using GM's Ultium battery technology. "After studying this for a year, we decided that this would be difficult as a business, so at the moment, we are ending development of an affordable EV," Honda CEO Toshihiro Mibe was quoted by Bloomberg as saying in an interview.

Persons: David, Dee, Delgado, Tesla, Honda, Mary Barra, Toshihiro Mibe, Cruise, Daniel Leussink, Gursimran, Ben Klayman, Mark Potter, David Holmes Organizations: New York, REUTERS, Rights, Honda, General Motors, United Auto Workers, U.S, Tuesday, GM, Honda EV, Bloomberg, Cruise, Thomson Locations: Manhattan , New York City, U.S, California, U.S ., . California, Japan, Tokyo, Gursimran Kaur, Bengaluru, Ben, Detroit

It’s a message ringing clear at the Tokyo Mobility Show, which will run through Nov. 5 at Tokyo Big Sight hall and where battery-powered electric vehicles are the star at practically every booth. Toyota Motor Corp.’s lean angular Lexus concept, set to go on sale in 2026, is an electric vehicle running on lithium-ion batteries. That is partly because of Toyota’s past success in hybrids, exemplified in the Prius, which have a gasoline engine in addition to an electric motor. In China, a third of vehicles sold are EVs. Nissan, an early EV maker among the Japanese with its Leaf going on sale in 2010, is showcasing four EV concept cars.

Persons: —, ” Takero Kato, China's BYD, Kato, Tesla, EVs, Joe Biden, BYD, ” Kato, Joshua Cobb, ”, Cobb, Alfonoso Albaisa, ” Albaisa, De Souza, “, John de Souza, ___ Yuri Kageyama Organizations: TOKYO, Toyota, Tokyo Mobility, Mazda Motor Corp, Honda Motor, Toyota Motor Corp, Journalists, General Motors Co, Ford Motor Co, Benz, Subaru, Lexus, International Energy Agency, BMI, SAIC, GM, EV, Nissan, “, Manufacturers, Mitsubishi Fuso, Daimler, Mitsubishi Locations: Tokyo, Japan, U.S, China, San Francisco

The Toyota logo is seen on the bonnet of a newly launched Camry Hybrid electric vehicle at a hotel in New Delhi, India, January 18, 2019. India taxes EVs at just 5%, while the levy on hybrids is as high as 43%, just below the 48% imposed on petrol cars. Indian giants Tata Motors (TAMO.NS) and Mahindra & Mahindra (MAHM.NS) are backing EVs, while Toyota and Honda Motor (7267.T) want support for hybrids. Toyota has begun developing EVs while also championing hydrogen-powered cars, saying a "multi-pathway" approach is needed to solve the climate crisis. In its letter, Toyota also asks India to bring hybrid cars under a government incentive programme that offers discounts to buyers, a scheme now available only for EVs.

Persons: Anushree, Narendra Modi's, Modi's, Vikram Gulati, Gulati, Aayog, Sarita Chaganti Singh, Aditi Shah, William Mallard Organizations: Toyota, REUTERS, Tata Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra, Honda, EVs, Thomson Locations: New Delhi, India, DELHI, policymaking, Toyota's India

Toyota Motor Corporation's cars are seen at a briefing on the company's strategies on battery EVs in Tokyo, Japan December 14, 2021. The Japan Mobility Show, which opens on Thursday, comes at a critical moment for the domestic industry. Toyota (7203.T), the world's top-selling automaker, this year announced a strategic pivot to battery EVs, including plans to commercialise advanced batteries and adopt die-casting technology pioneered by Tesla (TSLA.O). Toyota's shift has helped silence criticism that it was too slow to embrace battery EVs. In contrast to the darkening outlook in Japan, data from the ASEAN Automotive Federation shows that the auto market in Southeast Asia has been growing.

Persons: Kim Kyung, Koji Endo, Daniel Leussink, David Dolan, Jamie Freed Organizations: Toyota, REUTERS, Companies, Japan, Japan Mobility, Tesla, Subaru, Mazda, Mitsubishi Motors, BYD, HK, BMW, Honda, SBI Securities, Nissan, Mitsubishi, Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, ASEAN Automotive Federation, EV upstarts, Thomson Locations: Tokyo, Japan, TOKYO, China, Southeast Asia, Thailand

☆ Nonunion Workers Are Playing a Big Role in the Autoworkers’ Strike
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Jack Ewing | More About Jack Ewing | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Executives at Ford Motor, General Motors and Stellantis, the parent of Chrysler, invoke nonunion automakers, many of them in the South, as a competitive threat that makes it impossible for them to meet striking workers’ demands for big raises, more generous benefits and better working conditions. “Toyota, Honda, Tesla and others are loving this strike because they know the longer it goes on, the better it is for them,” Bill Ford, the executive chair of Ford Motor, said in Michigan last week. “They will win, and all of us will lose.”The United Automobile Workers union sees such statements as an attempt to play workers off one another. It views the strikes, entering their sixth week, as a first step toward better pay for not only U.A.W. members but also the nonunion workers that it plans to recruit in the future.

Persons: Tesla, Bill Ford, “ Organizations: Toyota, Benz, Ford Motor, General Motors, Chrysler, Honda, United Automobile Workers Locations: Kentucky, Alabama, Texas, Detroit, Michigan

San Francisco Police vehicle is parked on the street near the visa office of the Chinese consulate, where local media has reported a vehicle may have crashed into the building, in San Francisco, California, U.S. on October 9, 2023. San Francisco Police Chief William Scott said the deceased suspect, Zhanyuan Yang, 31, was a Chinese national. According to police, Yang plowed his Honda sedan into the lobby of the consulate visa office around 3 p.m. The only weapons recovered from the scene, police said, were the knife and crossbow, which somewhat resembled a rifle. Police said two security guards inside the consulate initially restrained Yang until police arrived minutes later.

Persons: Nathan Frandino, William Scott, Zhanyuan Yang, Scott, Yang, Steve Gorman, Lincoln Organizations: San Francisco Police, REUTERS, Rights, Honda, Police, Thomson Locations: San Francisco , California, U.S, Calif, San Francisco, Chinese, Oakland , California, Los Angeles

☆ Toyota’s electric cars will adopt Tesla’s charging standard
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Peter Valdes-Dapena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Toyota has joined the growing list of automakers that have decided to switch to using Tesla’s charging standard. Beginning in 2025 all Toyota electric vehicles sold in the US will have charging ports designed to work with Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS), rather than the Combined Charging System plugs automakers in the US now use. Toyota’s announcement means that all of America’s best-selling automakers — Toyota ranks second only to General Motors in US sales — have agreed to switch to Tesla’s standard in the next few years. Tesla chief executive Elon Musk announced in November of last year that he was inviting other automakers and charging companies to adopt Tesla’s NACS. Major charging companies have announced they will offer both types of cables to service electric vehicles with either type of charging port.

Persons: Toyota's, NATHAN LEACH, Elon Musk, Ford, Tesla, doesn’t Organizations: CNN, Toyota, — Toyota, General Motors, GM, Benz, Nissan, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Lexus, EV, CCS, Ford, Chrysler, Fiat, Volkswagen, Mazda, Subaru Locations: EVs, America

☆ Driver who crashed into Chinese consulate in San Francisco tried to stab a responding officer before being fatally shot, police say
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Veronica Miracle Aya Elamroussi | Veronica Miracle | Aya Elamroussi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

On Thursday, the San Francisco Police Department held a town hall where it addressed details about how the attack on the consulate unfolded. Before officers arrived on the scene, consulate security guards used pepper spray on Yang, police said. Released evidence photos show the crossbow and arrows in the back seat of the crashed car, though a motive remains unclear. According to released 911 calls, witnesses said there were roughly 30 people in the lobby when a car crashed into the consulate building. Last week, the Consulate General of China in San Francisco said in a statement the crash caused “serious damage” and put people in a life-threatening situation.

Persons: Zhanyuan Yang, Mr, Yang, ”, Mark Im, “ Mr, Sergii Molchanov, Sergii, Molchanov, ” Molchanov, Bill Scott Organizations: CNN, Honda, San Francisco Police, San Francisco Police Department, ” San Francisco Police, Police, Chinese Communist Party Locations: San Francisco, People’s Republic of China, China, Yang’s

☆ Honda, GM, Cruise plan to begin Japan driverless ride service in early 2026
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsTOKYO, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Honda Motor (7267.T) said on Thursday that it aims to set up a joint venture with General Motors (GM.N) and Cruise to begin a driverless ride service in Japan in early 2026. The three companies aim to establish the joint venture in first half of 2024 pending regulatory approval, the Japanese company said in a statement without providing financial details. Vogt said it was hard to say whether offering a driverless ride service in Tokyo posed a unique or distinct challenge for the company. The Japan service is planned to launch in central Tokyo, using dozens of Origins before expanding to a fleet of 500 vehicles, Honda said in its statement. The companies plan to later broaden the service to areas beyond central Tokyo, Honda said.

Persons: Rebecca Cook, Cruise, Waymo, Honda, Kyle Vogt, Vogt, Toshihiro Mibe, Daniel Leussink, Mariko Katsumura, Rocky Swift, David Dolan, Christopher Cushing Organizations: General Motors, REUTERS, Rights, Honda, Cruise, GM, Thomson Locations: Detroit , Michigan, U.S, Japan, San Francisco, United States, Tokyo, Austin

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco police are set to provide new details Thursday on their fatal shooting of a man who crashed a car into the Chinese Consulate earlier this month, including releasing new video from the incident. San Francisco police typically host such town halls within 10 days of fatal police shootings. It took place as San Francisco prepared to host next month’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, a gathering of world leaders from Pacific Rim nations. The San Francisco consulate has been targeted a number of times before. Among the most serious was a fire set by a Chinese man on New Year’s Day 2014 at the main entrance.

Persons: —, Zhanyuan Yang, Yang, Molchanov, Tony Xin Organizations: FRANCISCO, Consulate, Police, San Francisco, Associated Press, Chinese Communist Party, White, Economic Cooperation, Pacific, San Francisco Bay Area Locations: — San Francisco, San, San Francisco, Francisco, Asia, San Francisco Bay

☆ GM and Honda team up on autonomous ride service for Japan
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Peter Valdes-Dapena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —General Motors and Honda, along with Cruise — GM’s autonomous driving subsidiary — have agreed to create a driverless ride-hailing company in Japan. The company will use the Cruise Origin autonomous vehicle to give rides in Tokyo, Japan’s largest city. The Cruise Origin, an electric vehicle GM builds at a factory in Detroit, has no steering wheel, pedals or space for a driver. GM said it plans to build 500 of the vehicles for the Tokyo ride-hailing service, which is expected to be the first autonomous ride-hailing service in Japan, according to the companies. “The range of situations our [autonomous vehicles] have encountered is quite broad,” Voigt said, noting obstacles such as jugglers on the streets of San Francisco and donkeys in Austin.

Persons: Cruise, Honda, General Motors Cruise, Kyle Voigt, Voigt, ” Voigt Organizations: CNN —, Motors, Honda, —, Cruise, GM, General Motors, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Traffic, Administration Locations: Japan, Tokyo, Japan’s, Detroit, California, San Francisco, Phoenix, Austin, United States

☆ For Bill Ford, ‘Every Negotiation Is a Roller Coaster’
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Neal E. Boudette | More About Neal E. Boudette | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

As a 25-year-old junior executive at the car company that bears his last name, William Clay Ford Jr. had a bracing introduction to labor negotiations when a union official demanded that he stand up and vouch that he was made of the same stuff as his great-grandfather Henry Ford. Mr. Ford, now the company’s executive chairman, harked back to the moment in an interview this week about how he and his company are navigating one of their most difficult labor negotiations in decades. The United Automobile Workers union has shut down three Ford plants, including its largest, and other plants and distribution centers at General Motors and Stellantis, which owns Chrysler. He has referred to the companies as “the enemy,” and has said the union is fighting “corporate greed” and standing up to the “billionaire class.”In a speech this week, Mr. Ford said the strikes were helping nonunion automakers like Tesla, Toyota and Honda. Mr. Fain responded that workers at those companies were future U.A.W.

Persons: William Clay Ford Jr, Henry Ford, Ford, harked, Shawn Fain, Fain Organizations: United Automobile Workers, General Motors, Chrysler, Toyota, Honda

[1/5] Bill Ford, executive chairman of Ford Motor Company, speaks at their Rouge Visitor Center in Dearborn, Michigan, U.S. October 16, 2023. "We can stop this now," Ford said of the strike that expanded last week to shut down the Kentucky Truck plant. The UAW's walkout at Kentucky Truck, Ford's largest and most profitable assembly operation globally, "harms tens of thousands of American workers," Ford said. On Friday, UAW President Shawn Fain accused Ford of trying to game the talks with inadequate offers and insisted Ford sharply boost compensation. On Thursday, a senior Ford executive said the automaker was "at the limit" of what it can spend on higher wages and benefits for the UAW.

Persons: Bill Ford, Jeff Kowalsky, Ford, Henry Ford, Shawn Fain, Jim Farley's, Fain, Farley, Harley Shaiken, Stellantis, Joseph White, David Shepardson, Ben Klayman, Franklin Paul, Grant McCool, David Gregorio Our Organizations: Ford Motor Company, Rouge Visitor, Ford Motor Co, REUTERS, Acquire, Rights, Monday, United Auto Workers, UAW, Ford, General Motors, Chrysler, Toyota, Honda, Kentucky, University of California, GM, Thomson Locations: Dearborn , Michigan, U.S, Rights DEARBORN , Michigan, Kentucky, University of California Berkeley, Dearborn

☆ In rare move, Ford chairman calls on UAW to make a deal and end 'acrimonious' talks
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Ford, who has been a part of UAW negotiations since 1982, pleaded with union members and leaders to work with the company, instead of against it, to reach a tentative deal to "end to this acrimonious round of talks." Such comments by the great-grandson of company founder Henry Ford are uncharacteristic during contract talks with UAW. Ford, ahead of speaking on stage, told reporters he wanted to "elevate" the conversation about the contract negotiations. This should not be Ford versus the UAW," Ford said. "It should be Ford and the UAW vs. Toyota and Honda, Tesla, and all the Chinese companies that want to enter our home."

Persons: Bill Ford, Ford, Henry Ford Organizations: Ford Motor, United Auto Workers, UAW, Ford, Toyota, Honda Locations: Mich, Detroit

☆ Bill Ford calls on UAW to 'stop this now'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Vanessa Yurkevich | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Bill Ford, the executive chair of Ford Motor Company, made his first public comments since negotiations began with the United Auto Workers union and the Big Three automakers. He called on the UAW to “stop this now,” and bring an end to talks. But I will never consider our employees as enemies,” Ford said Monday at Ford’s Rogue Center in Dearborn, Michigan. “This should not be Ford versus the UAW. Ford said the company made a record offer to the UAW, and the strike against Kentucky Truck Plant harms tens of thousands of Americans including dealers, workers and suppliers.

Persons: Bill Ford, Ford, ” Ford, Tesla, ”, Shawn Fain, ” Fain Organizations: CNN, Ford Motor Company, United Auto Workers, Big Three, UAW, Monday, Ford, Toyota, Honda, ”, Plant, Kentucky Locations: Dearborn , Michigan, Kentucky, Louisville

[1/5] Bill Ford, executive chairman of Ford Motor Company, speaks at their Rouge Visitor Center in Dearborn, Michigan, U.S. October 16, 2023. "We can stop this now," Ford said of the strike that expanded last week to shut down the Kentucky plant. UAW President Shawn Fain replied with a statement warning Ford that the union could "close the Rouge" with a strike. The UAW's walkout at Kentucky Truck, Ford's largest and most profitable assembly operation globally, "harms tens of thousands of American workers," Ford said. On Friday, Fain accused Ford of trying to game the talks with inadequate offers and insisted Ford sharply boost compensation.

Persons: Bill Ford, Jeff Kowalsky, Ford, Shawn Fain, Fain, We’ve, Henry Ford, Jim Farley, Harley Shaiken, Shaiken, Stellantis, Joseph White, David Shepardson, Ben Klayman, Franklin Paul, David Gregorio, Grant McCool Organizations: Ford Motor Company, Rouge Visitor, Ford Motor Co, REUTERS, Acquire, Rights, Monday, United Auto Workers, UAW, Ford, General Motors, Chrysler, Detroit Three, Anderson Economic Group, AEG, Toyota, Honda, U.S, Kentucky, University of California, GM, Thomson Locations: Dearborn , Michigan, U.S, Rights DEARBORN , Michigan, Kentucky, American, Stellantis, East Lansing , Michigan, University of California Berkeley, Dearborn

☆ Ford says Tesla is 'loving this strike' as it pleads for a deal with the UAW
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Nora Naughton | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

"Toyota, Honda, Tesla, and others are loving this strike," Bill Ford said Monday. Analysts have already said Tesla is winning the UAW strike. "Toyota, Honda, Tesla, and others are loving this strike because they know the longer it goes on, the better it is for them. But a fresh analysis released by the bank's analysts Monday found that, with Kentucky Truck down, the UAW strike has now cost Ford an estimated $517 million to GM's estimated $507 million. AdvertisementAdvertisementOne analyst called the UAW's strike a "nightmare scenario" for the Detroit Three, whose electric vehicle business models would be "torpedoed" by the UAW's demands.

Persons: Bill Ford, Ford, Tesla, —, Henry Ford, Stellantis, Ryan Brinkman, Shawn Fain, Fain, Dan Ives Organizations: Toyota, Honda, Kentucky, UAW, Service, United Auto Workers, Ford, Detroit, GM, Kentucky Truck, JPMorgan, General Motors, Wall Street Locations: Detroit, Kentucky

☆ Bagnaia wins Indonesia GP as Martin throws away championship lead
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/5] Ducati Lenovo's Francesco Bagnaia celebrates after winning the MotoGP race at the Mandalika International Street Circuit in Kuta, Lombok, Indonesia, October 15, 2023. Antara Foto/Wahyu Putro A via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsMANDALIKA, Indonesia, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Ducati's Francesco Bagnaia battled heroically from 13th on the grid to win a thrilling Indonesia Grand Prix in Mandalika on Sunday, as he reclaimed the lead in the riders' championship after Jorge Martin crashed out. Bagnaia crossed the line 0.306 seconds ahead of Aprilia's Maverick Vinales in second, while Yamaha's Fabio Quartararo, the 2021 world champion, finished third. Champion Bagnaia is back on top of the riders' standings with 346 points, with Martin (328) in second and VR46 Racing's Marco Bezzecchi (283) in third. After Martin crashed, Vinales was briefly in the lead but Bagnaia kept up his aggressive riding, slowly and steadily gaining ground on the Aprilia rider before blowing past him in the 20th lap.

Persons: Ducati, Francesco Bagnaia, Antara, Jorge Martin, Bagnaia, Aprilia's, Vinales, Yamaha's Fabio Quartararo, Martin, Marco Bezzecchi, Pramac Racing's Martin, Pramac, Johann Zarco, Pecco, it's, Quartararo, Gresini's Fabio Di Giannantonio, Red Bull, Brad Binder, Jack Miller, Luca Marini, Binder, Marc Marquez, Aadi Nair, Muralikumar Organizations: MotoGP, Circuit, REUTERS Acquire, Aprilia, Red, Red Bull KTM, Gresini Racing, Thomson Locations: Kuta, Lombok, Indonesia, Mandalika, Bengaluru

☆ Ducks look to end 14-game skid in home opener vs. Hurricanes
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-15 | by ( Field Level Media | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

October 15 - The Anaheim Ducks will bring a 14-game regular-season losing streak into their home opener on Sunday night against the Carolina Hurricanes. Anaheim dropped a 4-1 decision to the defending Stanley Cup champion Vegas Golden Knights in their season opener on Saturday night in Las Vegas. Anaheim finished with a league-worst 58 points last season, 53 fewer than the Western Conference winning Golden Knights. "Our growth is going to be measured over the course of the year and how we take a step as a team. But the Hurricanes still managed to get the extra point on Jordan Martinook's goal in the ninth round of the shootout.

Persons: Greg Cronin, Cronin, They're, We've, Ryan Strome, Strome, Sebastian Aho, Teuvo Teravainen, Pheonix Copley, Anze Kopitar's, Jordan, Rod Brind'Amour wasn't, Brind'Amour, we've Organizations: Anaheim Ducks, Carolina Hurricanes, Anaheim, Stanley, Vegas Golden Knights, The Ducks, Columbus Blue Jackets, NHL, Western Conference, Golden Knights, Ducks, Metro Division, Carolina, Los, Honda Center, Kings ., Hurricanes, Kings, Thomson Locations: Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Carolina, Kings . Los Angeles, Orange County, Angeles

SHANGHAI (AP) — American Solheim Cup player Angel Yin shot a 7-under 65 on Saturday to move into a share of the third-round lead at the LPGA Shanghai tournament. Yin was tied with Maja Stark, who had a one-stroke lead after two rounds. Yin and Stark, who shot 70, had 12-under totals of 204 on the Qizhong Garden Golf Club course in the LPGA’s first return to China since 2019 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Pavarisa Yoktuan of Thailand bogeyed her final hole for a 69 and was a shot back in third place. Yin's 65 was her best 18-hole score since the third round of the 2021 Honda LPGA Thailand.

Persons: Angel Yin, Yin, Maja Stark, Stark, Danielle Kang, ”, “ I’m, ” Yin, ___ Organizations: SHANGHAI, —, Solheim, LPGA Shanghai, United, Thailand Locations: China, Thailand, United States, Swedish, Asia, South Korea, Malaysia, Japan

☆ He Went Out for Tacos and Came Back With a Historic Honda
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( A.J. Baime | Photographs Rozette Halvorson For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Honda, Mitsubishi Corp sign pact to optimise use of EV batteries
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] Honda's electric vehicle (EV) e:NP2 is displayed at the Auto Shanghai show, in Shanghai, China April 18, 2023. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsTOKYO, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Japanese automaker Honda Motor (7267.T) and trading house Mitsubishi Corp (8058.T) have signed a pact to explore new businesses using electric vehicle (EV) batteries, the companies said on Thursday. "Honda will not only sell EVs, but take a proactive approach to energy management, where EV batteries will be utilised as an energy source," its chief executive, Toshihiro Mibe, said in a statement. Honda will begin sales of the EV model in Japan in 2024. The deal would eventually pay off in lower electricity bills for customers and better use of battery material, the companies said.

Persons: Aly, Honda, Toshihiro Mibe, Satoshi Sugiyama, Clarence Fernandez Organizations: Auto, REUTERS, Rights, Honda, Mitsubishi Corp, EV, Thomson Locations: Auto Shanghai, Shanghai, China, Japan, EVs

☆ Marquez to join Gresini Racing team after Honda exit
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

But I'm also sure that the whole Team Gresini will help me a lot," he added. Marquez, who joined the Repsol Honda team in 2013, won the last of his six championships in 2019, finishing 151 points clear of his nearest rival. He will join his brother Alex, who has impressed since he made the switch from LCR Honda to Gresini ahead of the 2023 season. "This is a historical moment for the Gresini Family," Gresini boss Nadia Padovani Gresini said. "The fact that Marc Marquez chose to race with us in the upcoming season is absolutely fantastic and I'm extremely happy to be able to make it official."

Persons: Honda, Marc Marquez, Issei Kato, Marquez, it's, I'm, Gresini, Alex, Nadia Padovani Gresini, Rohith Nair, Muralikumar Anantharaman, Peter Rutherford Organizations: Prix, MotoGP, Gresini Racing, Ducati, Honda, Repsol Honda, Thomson Locations: Motegi, Japan, Bengaluru

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