Employees of Toyota Motor Corp. work on the assembly line of Mirai fuel cell vehicle (FCV) at the company's Motomachi plant in Toyota, Aichi prefecture, Japan, May 17, 2018. Picture taken May 17, 2018. REUTERS/Issei Kato Tokyo (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp on Thursday said it plans to set up a facility
Month: May 2018
Uber ends Arizona self-driving program following fatality
San Francisco (Reuters) - Uber has shut down its self-driving car operation in Arizona two months after a fatal crash involving one of its vehicles, the company said on Wednesday. Uber Technologies Inc. is not shuttering its entire autonomous vehicle program, a spokeswoman said, adding that it will focus on limited
How Namibia will Double Air Traffic in 10 Years
Namibia's Walvis Bay International Airport The airport is expected to have expansions in key, specific areas like the check-in hall, security screening points, arrivals hall and the luggage handling areas. The traffic volumes at the Hosea Kutako International Airport are expected to double in the next 10 years due to an increase
Rwanda Gets International Aviation Safety Certificate
The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) yesterday awarded Rwanda with a certificate in recognition of the country's improved competencies in overseeing and managing safety and security in the aviation sector. The president of ICAO Council, Dr. Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu, handed the certificate to the Minister for Infrastructure, Claver Gatete, on the
DHL acquires Colombian warehousing company, expands Latin American presence
Suppla operates in five regions and covers in 25 cities in Colombia with 4,500 employees. The acquisition is enabling DHL Supply Chain to gain a competitive footprint in Colombia, a country with increasing competitiveness ranking and a favorable environment for foreign investment. DHL Supply Chain acquired Colombian company Suppla Group, a provider
Uber pulls up in Japan with taxi-hailing service
FILE PHOTO: Uber's logo is pictured at its office in Tokyo, Japan, November 27, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo. TOKYO (Reuters) - Uber Technologies plans to launch its first taxi-hailing pilot service in Japan that will connect passengers to other taxi providers, as it seeks to expand in the country where the
VW recalls 11,000 Audi cars in Russia: watchdog
FILE PHOTO: An Audi logo is pictured during the Volkswagen Group's annual general meeting in Berlin, Germany, May 3, 2018. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia’s standards agency said on Tuesday it had been informed about the voluntary recall of 11,003 Audi cars sold since last year. The watchdog said the reason for
Leasing industry maintains upward trend, grows by 14.5% in 2017
Nigeria’s outstanding lease volume increased to N1.44trillion in 2017 from N1.26trillion the previous year, representing a growth of 14.5 percent, according to a recent report released by the Equipment Leasing Association of Nigeria, ELAN. The report listed relative stability in the macroeconomic environment, increasing lease demand, new entrants into the leasing
Rehabilitation of Ikorodu-Sagamu road begins
The Federal Government of Nigeria has commenced the rehabilitation of the 30.4-kilometre road linking Lagos State to Sagamu town in Ogun State. This is a major access road for trucks and tankers evacuating petroleum products from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation’s depot in Mosimi. The project was awarded to Arab Contractors and
China’s first airplane developed by private firm completes production
A pilot gets off an airplane GA20 during its debut in Nanchang, capital of east China's Jiangxi Province, May 21, 2018. The single-engine propeller-driven GA20 is a fixed wing four-seat civil utility aircraft, whose intellectual property is independently owned by a private enterprise Guanyi Aero. The plane rolled off the