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The Indian government has asked online retail giant Amazon to stop selling devices designed to disable car seatbelt alarms, transport minister Nitin Gadkari told Reuters, citing potential safety risks.

The main districts of Chinese tech hub Shenzhen shut down public transport and extended curbs on public activities as cities across China battled COVID-19 outbreaks that have dampened the outlook for economic recovery.

Oil prices rose on expectations that OPEC+ will discuss output cuts at a meeting on Sept. 5, though concern over China's COVID-19 curbs and weakness in the global economy loomed over the market.

Vision Fund's early-stage talks with GoMechanic are being held around a valuation of $600-700 million, with Malaysian sovereign fund Khazanah and existing investor Tiger Global also planning to invest in the $100 million funding round.

Paris's town hall decision to make gasoline-fueled motorcycles pay for parking kicked in this Thursday, triggering reactions from riders ranging from resignation to dissatisfaction.

China has said that automakers must apply for licences to collect geographic data using sensors on their intelligent vehicles.

Musk has sent an additional letter of deal termination to Twitter Inc to include a recent whistleblower complaint.

Polestar's revenue nearly doubled in the first half of 2022 on soaring demand and it may have to raise its prices further if material costs continue to rise.