DETROIT: General Motors’ Cruise autonomous vehicle unit says it will pull the human backup drivers from its vehicles in San Francisco by the end of the year.

BEIJING: Japanese automaker Nissan Motor said on Thursday its sales in China fell 2.4 per cent in August from a year earlier, while rival Toyota Motor and Honda Motor sales surged in the world’s biggest auto market.

SHANGHAI: Chinese entrants in the race to put autonomous vehicles on the road are bringing “robotaxis” online in hopes that a hired-car format can be the key to unlocking wide acceptance of the futuristic technology.

FRANKFURT: BMW said it expected an operating profit for the full year even as Covid-19 coronavirus lockdowns pushed the carmaker to a second-quarter operating loss as deliveries of luxury cars fell 25 per cent during the period.

Kota Kinabalu: Six lucky employees of a Sabah-based company, TCT Group, have been awarded with an imported BMW each as a reward and recognition for their hard work, loyalty, dedication and huge contributions.