Mercedes-Benz
German-Chinese Smart car brand to enter Malaysia, Thailand with electric vehicles
Smart Automobile, a joint venture of Chinese carmaker Geely and Germany’s Mercedes-Benz headquartered in Hangzhou, plans to sell China-built, Smart-badged electric vehicles in Southeast...
Mercedes to expand car battery production in Thailand
German car builder Mercedes-Benz announced on March 14 that it will invest around €100 million ($123 million) jointly with its Thai partner Thonburi Automotive...
Laos’ Communist leaders say goodbye to their luxury cars
The government in Laos will hold a bidding session in February to sell off its fleet of German luxury cars used to chauffeur the...
Thai, Japanese firms to build car plants in Myanmar
Car companies from Japan and Thailand are now planning to build car and spare part factories in Myanmar, according to the Union of Myanmar...
Nissan to build car factory in Myanmar
Japanese auto maker Nissan will invest more than $ 200 million for an auto factory construction project to be built on 100 acres of...
Thailand loses auto investments to Indonesia
Indonesia has become increasingly successful in its bids to woo away investments of global car companies from Thailand.
Honda opened its second car-manufacturing factory in...
Latest
Garuda halves debt, believes profitability in sight
Indonesia’s national carrier Garuda Indonesia has halved its debt and achieved comparable cuts to aircraft leasing costs in negotiations with creditors, according to a...
Stories of the week
Indonesia to start construction of new capital in August
Indonesia’s government will start construction of the first government buildings at its new capital Nusantara in August, the country’s minister of public works and...