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Tesla hopes to deliver the first vehicles from its new Berlin factory in December, but volume production will take longer to achieve, Chief Executive Elon Musk said at a festival held at the site on Saturday.

Taiwan's TSMC and Japan's Sony Group Corp are considering jointly building a chip factory in Japan, with the government ready to pay for some of the investment of about 800 billion yen ($7.15 billion).

Tata Motors, the country's largest commercial vehicle manufacturer by volume, has announced installing complete electric vehicle charging infrastructure at the BEST (BrihanMumbai Electric Supply and Transport) bus depot, in Worli, Mumbai.

Tata Motors Group's total wholesales for Q2 FY2022 stood at 2,51,689 units. Compared to Q2 FY2021, the company witnessed a growth of 24 per cent, but against Q1 FY2022 Tata Motors registered a growth of 17 per cent.

CEO Elon Musk's announcement during the No. 1 EV maker's annual meeting on Thursday puts an exclamation point on the shift in the U.S. auto industry's center of gravity - and also highlights the tensions it could create.

Compared to August 2021, Jeep India witnessed a month-on-month (MoM) growth of 13 per cent in September 2021, selling 1377 vehicles in the country. At the same time Jeep India more than doubled its Year-on-Year (YoY) sales, with an increase of 144 per cent.

Nitin Gadkari said that the speed limit on national highways may soon see an upward revision and the bill will soon be presented in Parliament to increase the speed limit on Indian roads.

The initiative aims to support women from COVID-19 affected families by creating supportive conditions to maintain their livelihood.