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The stalled discussions have meant that Apple has been considering Japanese battery makers and it sent a group of people to Japan this month.

Carrefour Sprint will offer a 15-minute grocery delivery service to Parisians exclusively via the Uber Eats mobile app from nine "dark stores" - shops closed to customers where workers prepare orders for delivery - operated by Carrefour's partner Cajoo.

Toyota has installed solar plants, developed its own recycling and waste management system, as well as conserved water at the Bidadi plant to achieve carbon neutrality.

General Motors and Ford reported lower profits Wednesday as a global semiconductor crunch dented sales, prompting both US auto giants to caution that shortages would persist into 2022.

Albemarle Corp and other traditional lithium producers say they have studied DLE technologies but feel they will not go mainstream until later this decade, given worries about high energy and water use.

The European Commission, the EU executive, in September proposed a European Chips Act covering research and production capacity, prompted by the chip shortage that has disrupted the auto industry, medical devices makers and telecoms providers.

In the third quarter VW 'lost some 600,000 vehicles that could not be delivered to customers compared to the second quarter', chief executive Herbert Diess said in a conference call.

The company report showed sexual assault reports on its platform had increased from around 1,100 in 2017 to some 1,800 in 2019.