8+ hour, 5+ min ago  (327+ words) The Legislative Yuan's Internal Administration Committee yesterday approved a draft amendment to Article 23 of the Urban Road Act (), which would change Motor Vehicle Fuel Usage Fees to the "public road usage and maintenance fund." Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Lin…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago  (418+ words) Intel Corp is joining Elon Musk's long-shot effort to develop semiconductors for Tesla Inc, Space Exploration Technologies Corp and x AI, marking a surprising twist in the chipmaker's comeback bid. Intel would help the Terafab project "refactor" the technology in…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (394+ words) Two US senators on Thursday planned to introduce a bill that would ban the government from buying or operating humanoid robots made by Chinese firms. Tom Cotton of Arkansas, the third most-powerful Republican in the US Senate, and Chuck Schumer…...

3+ week, 8+ hour ago  (425+ words) Taiwan's economic activity in the first two months of this year continued to gain momentum, driven by the semiconductor and the information and communications technology (ICT) industries, an electricity consumption survey released by the Taiwan Research Institute () on Monday showed....

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (481+ words) Tesla is looking to buy equipment worth US$2. 9 billion for manufacturing solar panels and cells from Chinese suppliers including Suzhou Maxwell Technologies (), two people familiar with the matter said, as chief executive officer Elon Musk aims to add 100 gigawatts (GW)…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (417+ words) Experts at a forum in Taipei yesterday called on the government to use executive orders to counter Beijing's bid to flood the Taiwanese market with Chinese electric vehicles (EV) by exploiting legal loopholes. Taiwan National Security Institute board member Yang…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (350+ words) Yulon Nissan Motor Co (), the Taiwanese distributor of Infiniti vehicles, said yesterday that it would trim NT$300, 000 (US$9, 465) off the price of a limited number of QX60 2. 0t sport utility vehicles (SUVs) following Taiwan's decision to lower tariffs on US-made passenger cars....

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (673+ words) Taiwan would not have to ration power due to a shortage of natural gas, Minister of Economic Affairs Kung Ming-hsin () said yesterday, after reports that the Strait of Hormuz was closed amid the conflict in the Middle East. The government…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (417+ words) New vehicle sales in Taiwan plunged about 37 percent sequentially last month as the long Lunar New Year holiday and 228 Peace Memorial Day holiday cut short the number of working days, along with the lingering uncertainty over import tax cuts on…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (645+ words) Zimbabwe's ban on raw lithium exports is forcing Chinese miners to rethink their strategy, speeding up plans to process the metal locally instead of shipping it to China's vast rechargeable battery industry. The country is Africa's largest lithium producer and…...