Featured UK raises export support amid trade pressures Aya El Sayed Apr 13, 2025 0 Britain announced on Sunday it will boost its export finance support by £20 billion ($26 billion) to help…
Featured Eurozone investor morale slumps to 18-m low – Sentix Aya El Sayed Apr 7, 2025 0 Investor confidence in the eurozone plunged in April to its lowest level since October 2023, as new US tariffs…
Featured Jordan’s Zarqa exports surpass JD48m in August Aya Anwar Sep 1, 2024 0 Jordan's Zarqa saw its commercial exports, primarily driven by re-exports, surpass JD48 million in August 2024,…
Featured New Zealand-EU free trade pact to take effect May 1st Aya Anwar Mar 25, 2024 0 New Zealand announced on Monday that a free trade agreement with the European Union will become effective on May 1,…
Featured Hyundai, Kia expect 2% rise in auto sales in 2024 Sama Mousa Jan 3, 2024 0 South Korea's Hyundai Motor Co and its affiliate Kia Corp said on Wednesday they expect their combined global sales…
Tech/AI Honda withdraws vehicles to fix seat belt problem Norhan Adel Mar 15, 2023 0 Japanese carmaker, Honda has announced on Wednesday that it is withdrawing a half-million vehicles from the…
Money S&P expects Egypt’s foreign reserves to fall to $37 billion by June-end amid… Ahmed Ali & Yomna Yasser Apr 19, 2020 0 Rating agency S&P has forecast on Friday Egypt’s foreign exchange reserves - including gold – would decline to…
Featured Nearly 320,000 cars to be gas-run in Egypt at FY2020-end: source Mahmoud Shaaban Jul 24, 2019 0 Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) is planning to transfer nearly 320,000 cars to operate in natural gas…
Tech/AI Volvo Cars to cut costs as trade war dents profits Amwal Al Ghad English Jul 18, 2019 0 Volvo on Thursday announced plans to cut fixed costs by 2 billion Swedish crowns ($214 million), becoming the…
Industry & Trade Custom duties on cars, buses add 772 mln pounds to Egypt’s coffers Yomna Yasser Feb 4, 2018 0 Total custom duties and the value added tax, among other duties, collected on cars, buses, and their spare parts in…
Industry & Trade Honda Egypt recalls auto models over airbag defects Yomna Yasser Jan 25, 2018 0 Honda Egypt, in collaboration with Consumer Protection Agency (CPA), started Wednesday recalling several models of…
Industry & Trade Egypt suspends customs deductions on EU-imported cars in 2018 aya salah Dec 28, 2017 0 Egypt suspends the application of the annual cuts on tariffs of vehicles imported from the European Union in…
Industry & Trade Egypt’s customs tax of imported cars to fall by 80% next January Yomna Yasser Dec 12, 2017 0 Head of Egypt’s Customs Authority Magdy Abdel Aziz said Sunday that the customs tax on cars, which currently…
Industry & Trade Egypt to start lowering tariffs on EU cars in January 2018 Yomna Yasser Dec 5, 2017 0 Egypt will lower tariffs next January 2018 on cars imported from EU countries, Al-Ahram Arabic news website…
Industry & Trade Toyota: Committed to hydrogen cars despite potential ‘game changer’ EV battery Yomna Yasser Oct 26, 2017 0 Toyota Motor Corp said its solid-state battery technology under development could be a “game changer” for electric…
Industry & Trade China looks at ending sales of gasoline cars Yomna Yasser Sep 11, 2017 0 China is joining France and Britain in announcing plans to end sales of gasoline and diesel cars. China's industry…
Industry & Trade 2017 auto exports hit $69 mln in seven months: Egyptian minister Yomna Yasser Sep 10, 2017 0 Egypt’s auto exports have registered $69 million until July 2017, compared to $129 million in 2016, Minister of…
Industry & Trade All new Jaguar Land Rover cars to have electric option from 2020 Yomna Yasser Sep 7, 2017 0 All new Jaguar Land Rover cars will be available in an electric or hybrid version from 2020, Britain’s biggest…
Tech news Apple, Tesla ask California to change proposed self-driving car test policy nada nasser Apr 29, 2017 0 Apple Inc urged California to toughen up its proposed policy on testing self-driving cars, a move that would result…
Tech news Apple self-driving car testing plan gives clues to tech program Yomna Yasser Apr 23, 2017 0 Apple Inc outlined a plan to train operators of self-driving cars in documents submitted to California…
Tech news Canadian man charged in Yahoo hack loves fancy cars, parties Yomna Yasser Mar 19, 2017 0 The Canadian charged in connection with a massive hack of Yahoo accounts that the United States says was a Russian…
Egypt News Egypt’s Hurghada to host Soma Bay solar car competition Yomna Yasser Mar 18, 2017 0 Egypt's Hurghada governorate will host its first ever edition of the Somabay Egyptian Solar Challenge (SESC) where…
International News Chinese firms ordered to pay Disney, Pixar $194,000 for copying ‘Cars’ Noha Gad Dec 31, 2016 0 A Shanghai court ordered two Chinese firms to pay Walt Disney Co and Pixar more than 1.35 million yuan ($194,440)…
Tech news Uber removes self-driving cars from San Francisco roads Ghada Ismail Dec 22, 2016 0 Uber Technologies Inc has removed its self-driving cars from San Francisco streets, halting the autonomous…
Tech news China to set communication standard for driverless cars after 2018: official Ghada Ismail Dec 21, 2016 0 China will revisit in 2018 the standards for vehicle-to-vehicle communication that are vital for driverless cars…
Tech news Uber fires back at California DMV in self-driving car row Ghada Ismail Dec 17, 2016 0 Uber Technolgies Inc on Friday again defied a demand by California regulators that the ride-services firm apply for…
Tech news Fiat Chrysler partners with Amazon to sell cars online Ghada Ismail Nov 19, 2016 0 Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) said it has teamed up with U.S. internet giant Amazon to start selling cars online…
Tech news BMW, Baidu joint venture on self-driving cars breaks down Ghada Ismail Nov 19, 2016 0 German automaker BMW and Chinese internet giant Baidu will end their joint research on self-driving cars,…
Tech news BMW targets 100,000 electric car sales in 2017 Ghada Ismail Nov 14, 2016 0 BMW wants to boost sales of electric cars by two-thirds next year to 100,000 vehicles as the luxury automaker is…
Tech news OUSTA wins award of best technical project in the Arab world for 2016 Ghada Ismail Nov 13, 2016 0 OUSTA, a company specialised in the transportation of individuals in passenger cars through a mobile application,…
Industry & Trade Honda planning new China car factory for 2019 start Noha Gad Oct 18, 2016 0 Honda Motor Co (7267.T) plans to build a new factory in China that will produce passenger cars from 2019, boosting…
Tech news IBM sees tipping point at hand for industrial Internet Ghada Ismail Oct 4, 2016 0 Plugging computer sensors into factories, cars, shops and offices to help them operate more smartly on the…
Tech news Amazon launches new portal to help car buyers Ghada Ismail Aug 25, 2016 0 Amazon.com on Thursday launched Amazon Vehicles, an online platform for users to research on cars, auto parts and…
Industry & Trade Auto sales in Egypt to sag to 200,000 cars in 2016- Giza Chamber Noha Gad Aug 24, 2016 0 The total amount of automotive sales in the Egyptian market is expected to sag in 2016 to 200,000 cars. Chairman of…
Industry & Trade European Opel Astra tops best-selling cars in Egypt aya salah Jul 26, 2016 0 Opel Astra maintained its position leading sales of European cars in Egypt between January and May, registering…
Industry & Trade Private car sales in Egypt mount to $1.3bn in first 5 months of 2016 aya salah Jul 26, 2016 0 The private cars market sold 58,600 units in the first five months of this year, amounting to sales of 12.2 billion…
Tech news Top U.S. vehicle safety regulator backs self-driving cars Ghada Ismail Jul 21, 2016 0 The top U.S. auto safety regulator said the government will not abandon efforts to speed the development of…
Egypt News Egypt’s value added tax set at 14pct, to be tackled in parliament aya salah Jul 20, 2016 0 The rate of Egypt’s long-delayed Value-added tax (VAT) has been set at 14 percent instead of the previous rate of…
Tech news Germany to demand ‘black box’ in autonomous cars Ghada Ismail Jul 19, 2016 0 Germany plans new legislation to require manufacturers of cars equipped with an autopilot function to install a…
Tech news Audi favors electric cars, services in new strategy: sources Ghada Ismail Jul 19, 2016 0 Audi will boost spending on digital technologies and electric cars over the next decade, sources at the German…