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        <title><![CDATA[Port of Duqm handles 4,600 vehicles from COSCO RO-RO vessel for GCC markets]]></title>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 08:45:58 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Will a turnaround plan revive Volkswagen or merely delay its demise?]]></title>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 05:50:51 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Port of Duqm set to receive a large RoRo vessel]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Muscat: The Port of Duqm will soon receive one of the world’s largest RoRo vessels.The shipment from BYD will include 1,200 vehicles of which 200 are for the Omani market and 1,000...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:14:01 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Port of Duqm handles 34,000 Ro-Ro units in 2026]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Port of Duqm has recorded growth in its Ro-Ro operations, handling 34,024 Ro-Ro units through more than 20 vessel calls up to August 2026, according to a press release.Of the total...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 08:43:04 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Tesla and 8 others to address door safety]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The Chinese government announced its biggest car recall ever Friday, forcing nine automakers to address the dangers of retractable door handles popularized by Tesla particularly fo...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 07:14:33 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Port of Duqm handles 900 vehicles in single RoRo shipment]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Muscat: The Port of Duqm recently handled over 900 vehicles in a single shipment.The port received a roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) vessel carrying over 900 vehicles, demonstrating the sc...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 10:47:42 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Toyota ex-chief Okuda, pioneer of the Prius, dies at 93]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Tokyo: Former Toyota head Hiroshi Okuda, credited with championing the pioneering Prius hybrid and turning the Japanese automaker into a global titan, has died aged 93, the firm sa...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 05:49:48 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Toyota to post its 5th straight profit drop]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Toyota is forecast to post a fifth straight quarterly operating profit decline this week, hit by weaker vehicle sales and rising costs, as investors gauge the impact of last week's...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 09:24:18 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Carmakers go back to the ’80s with turbo engines]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Does hearing a “1980s rewind” on the radio give you a nostalgic kick while driving? Your modern car might be getting a power kick from another 1980s reprise, and you may not even r...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 05:29:06 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Japan earthquake prompts Toyota, Honda to halt plants]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Toyota said ​on Wednesday it would ​halt operations at three plants in southern Japan through Friday as it weighed the impact of an earthquake on suppliers and logistics, just hou...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 05:44:18 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How Volkswagen’s troubles were made in China]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Volkswagen has problems around the world, spurring it to announce Thursday that it would slash the number of models it offers by as much as half, but many of its troubles can be tr...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 07:05:47 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Ferrari’s first EV runs into backlash in Italy]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Many automakers have found it difficult to sell the public on electric vehicles, and Ferrari is no exception.Investors and car enthusiasts have panned the Luce, the Italian sports...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2026 07:19:39 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Tesla’s newest EV could jolt the trucking industry]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Tesla hasn’t had a blockbuster new product since the Model Y sport utility vehicle went on sale in 2020.But early reviews of the Tesla Semi, an electric heavy truck, suggest that i...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 09:06:51 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Strait of Hormuz blockade to boost EV demand]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Global sales of electric vehicles are likely to receive a boost from the war in Iran, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Wednesday, as persistently high oil prices enco...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 09:41:10 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RO 96 million Korean EV, battery plant planned in SEZAD]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Muscat: The Public Authority for Special Economic Zones and Free Zones (OPAZ) has signed an investment usufruct agreement with South Korean company EL B&T to establish an electric...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 09:01:53 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Toyota expects $4.3 billion hit from war fallout]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1189271/business/cars/toyota-expects-43-billion-hit-from-war-fallout]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[TOKYO: Toyota expects the fallout from the Iran war to cost ​it around $4.3 billion this financial year, ​the world's largest automaker said on Friday, in one of the biggest warnin...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 08:16:12 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The mighty engine that Jaguar built, and built Jaguar]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[With German bombs falling around them during World War II, Jaguar engineers on fire-watch duty atop the roof of the automaker’s factory in Coventry, England, planted the seeds for...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 07:17:07 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Mideast war revs up electric car demand in Asia]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Hanoi, Vietnam - Electric vehicle sales have jumped in Southeast Asia as cost-conscious buyers have poured into dealerships looking to dodge the fuel price spikes driven by the Mid...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 05:18:36 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Used EV sales jump in Europe as Iran war drives up petrol prices]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1186731/business/cars/used-ev-sales-jump-in-europe-as-iran-war-drives-up-petrol-prices]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Petrol price spikes triggered by the war ​in Iran are boosting used electric vehicle sales across ​Europe, online car platforms told Reuters, in an early sign that pain at the pum...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 07:03:52 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In Kentucky, people blame Ford for lost factory jobs]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ELIZABETHTOWN— The electric vehicle battery factory that Ford Motor and a South Korean company opened on 1,500 acres of Kentucky farmland last year was the biggest thing, economica...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 05:31:42 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[US carmaker Ford reports heavy losses]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[New York - Ford closed the last quarter with heavy losses of$11.1 billion, according to results released by the US car giant on Tuesday.The decisive factors were the restructuring...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 07:11:59 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Toyota names new CEO, hikes profit forecasts]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[TOKYO: Toyota has named a new CEO to "accelerate" decision-making, the Japanese auto giant said on Friday as it hiked its profit and sales forecasts for the current fiscal year des...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 17:36:24 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Stellantis plunges on $27 billion bill for EV pullback]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Tesla reported a steep decline in annual profit Wednesday as it cut car prices to try to fend off growing competition from established automakers like Volkswagen and newer rivals f...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[India to slash tariffs on cars to 40% in EU trade deal]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[India plans to slash tariffs on cars imported from the European Union to 40% from as high as 110%, sources said, in the biggest opening yet of the country's vast market as the two...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 04:37:34 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Sony Honda unveils prototype EV]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Sony Honda Mobility unveiled its new prototype ‌electric vehicle at the CES trade show in Las Vegas on Monday, even as most U.S. automakers hit the brakes on EVs.**media[3248110]**...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 05:21:51 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Tesla car sales dropped 9% in 2025, falling behind China’s BYD]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Tesla has lost its status as the world’s biggest seller of electric vehicles after Congress and President Donald Trump eliminated the federal tax credits that had encouraged Americ...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[SINOTRUK hosts successful 2025 Global Partner Conference]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[No1 ranking truck company in the Middle East outlines expansion plans, targets $1 billion in overseas aftermarket revenueSINOTRUK, the Chinese state-owned manufacturer of heavy-dut...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 10:58:30 +0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Tesla on Tuesday unveiled new versions of its two most popular models that will sell for around $5,000 less than previous versions.The new Model Y will sell for $40,000, and the Mo...]]></description>
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            <media:title>Tesla Motors' Model Y Standard car is seen in this handout picture</media:title>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2025 05:56:54 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Jaguar faces a prolonged shutdown after a cyberattack]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Jaguar Land Rover, Britain’s largest carmaker, said its production would remain halted until at least Oct. 1 because of a cyberattack that has disabled many of its systems for week...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2025 05:44:51 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[China is sending its world-beating auto industry into a tailspin]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[CHENGDU: On the outskirts of this city of 21 million, a showroom in a shopping mall offers extraordinary deals on new cars.Visitors can choose from some 5,000 vehicles. Locally mad...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2025 07:39:12 +0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[MUNICH — German carmakers are using their home-field advantage at Europe’s largest auto show this week to present new models designed to rival their Chinese competitors and attract...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2025 05:31:57 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Ford recalls 1.9 million vehicles over faulty rear-view camera]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - Ford is recalling 1.9 million vehicles worldwide due to faulty rear-view cameras, the latest in a series of callbacks over the issue, the automaker said Tuesday.The re...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2025 14:01:05 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Tesla taps Samsung for AI6 Chips in $16.5 billion deal]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Seoul - Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Monday that tech giant Samsung Electronics will provide his company with its next-generation AI6 chips, following the South Korean firm's announcem...]]></description>
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            <media:title>An aerial view shows cars parked at the Tesla Fremont Factory in Fremont, California</media:title>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2025 05:35:55 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Tesla to sell Model Y cars in India, starting at $69,770]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Tech billionaire Elon Musk&#39;s Tesla has priced its Model Y at about $69,770 in India, the highest among major markets, its website showed, as the electric carmaker geared up to...]]></description>
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            <media:title>People are seen outside the Tesla showroom ahead of its opening in Mumbai, India, July 15, 2025. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2025 05:44:32 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Electric Vehicles died a century ago. Could that happen again?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[BURBANK, Calif. — More than a century before Tesla rolled out its first cars, the Baker Electric Coupe and the Riker Electric Roadster rumbled down American streets. Battery-powere...]]></description>
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            <media:title>The front of a 1928 Auto Red Bug, an open-air two-seated electric vehicle manufactured by the Automotive Electric Service Corporation, in the exhibit “Alternating Currents: The Fall and Rise of Electric Vehicles,” at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, April 29, 2025. (Maggie Shannon/The New York Times)</media:title>
            <media:text>The front of a 1928 Auto Red Bug, an open-air two-seated electric vehicle manufactured by the Automotive Electric Service Corporation, in the exhibit “Alternating Currents: The Fall and Rise of Electric Vehicles,” at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, April 29, 2025. (Maggie Shannon/The New York Times)</media:text>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2025 06:02:03 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Karwa Motors launches new products]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Duqm - Karwa Automotive Company (Karwa Motors), through its factory in the Special Economic Zone in Duqm (SEZAD), has launched its latest product for logistics, military, and publi...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[China’s global exports are just getting started]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[BEIJING — For decades, the world’s largest car factory was Volkswagen’s complex in Wolfsburg, Germany. But BYD, the Chinese electric carmaker, is building two factories in China, e...]]></description>
                        <pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2025 06:36:39 +0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[LONDON — Jaguar Land Rover, the British luxury automaker, said Saturday that it paused shipments to the United States in April, days after President Donald Trump’s auto tariffs wen...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Autos lead market losses after Trump&#039;s latest tariffs salvo]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A plunge in automakers hit Asian and European equities on Thursday after Donald Trump announced painful tariffs on all imported vehicles and parts as he presses hardball trade poli...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2025 09:12:00 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Trump announces 25% tariffs on foreign-built vehicles]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[US President Donald Trump has announced steep tariffs on auto imports and parts, provoking threats of retaliation from trading partners ahead of further promised trade levies next...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2025 07:43:22 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why do SUVs look like trucks again?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Before the world heard of “sport utility vehicles,” they were called trucks: Jeeps, Land Rovers, and Fords, many born as military vehicles, as square-jawed and capable as a drill s...]]></description>
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            <media:title>Jessica Hart, an Australian model and founder of LUMABeauty, and her Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen, a prized AMG G 63 version from the makers performance division, at Elysian Park in Los Angeles, Jan 21, 2025. (Alex Welsh/The New York Times)</media:title>
            <media:text>Jessica Hart, an Australian model and founder of LUMABeauty, and her Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen, a prized AMG G 63 version from the makers performance division, at Elysian Park in Los Angeles, Jan 21, 2025. (Alex Welsh/The New York Times)</media:text>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2025 08:09:25 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How Trump’s tariffs could reorder Asia trade]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[HONG KONG — As President Donald Trump uses tariffs as a weapon in his quest to even the score on trade with the world, Asia is emerging as target No. 1. And it’s not just because o...]]></description>
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            <media:title>A Honda dealership in Osaka, Japan, on Dec. 25, 2024. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)</media:title>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 22 Feb 2025 06:35:02 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Karwa Motors contributes RO2.5 million to local purchases]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Muscat: Karwa Motors said in a statement that the total value of local purchases since the start of its commercial operations amounted to more than RO2.5 million, enabling Omani co...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 15 Feb 2025 10:20:16 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Nissan may call off merger talks with Honda]]></title>
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            <media:title>Makoto Uchida, President and CEO of Nissan Motor Corporation, and Toshihiro Mibe, Director, President, and Representative Executive Officer of Honda, attend a joint press conference on their merger talks on December 23, 2024. </media:title>
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        <description><![CDATA[MUSCAT, JAN 8Oman-based EV Technology (a subsidiary of Sur International Investment Group) has partnered with GO TO-U, a global leader in smart EV charging solutions, to transform...]]></description>
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            <media:title>This strategic collaboration aims to redefine the EV charging ecosystem with advanced technology and innovative solutions, fostering greater efficiency, convenience, and sustainability.</media:title>
            <media:text>This strategic collaboration aims to redefine the EV charging ecosystem with advanced technology and innovative solutions, fostering greater efficiency, convenience, and sustainability.</media:text>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jan 2025 16:24:48 +0400</pubDate>
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            <media:title>Suzuki Motor Corp Chairman, Chief Executive Osamu Suzuki greets during his visit to Gujarat, India. - Reuters File</media:title>
            <media:text>Suzuki Motor Corp Chairman, Chief Executive Osamu Suzuki greets during his visit to Gujarat, India. - Reuters File</media:text>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 27 Dec 2024 16:08:01 +0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Japanese automakers Honda and Nissan are discussing a possible merger, in a bid to share costs and help themselves compete in a fast-changing and increasingly competitive industry....]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Dec 2024 05:38:31 +0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[TOKYO - Japanese auto giants Honda and Nissan said Monday they aim to list a new holding company in August 2026 as the pair announced they are entering talks on a merger. &quot;Sha...]]></description>
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            <media:title>Makoto Uchida, president and CEO of Nissan Motor, and Toshihiro Mibe, Honda Motor president and CEO, attend their joint press conference in Tokyo</media:title>
            <media:text>Makoto Uchida, president and CEO of Nissan Motor, and Toshihiro Mibe, Honda Motor president and CEO, attend their joint press conference in Tokyo</media:text>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 23 Dec 2024 06:18:18 +0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Japanese auto giant Honda and its struggling rival Nissan will reportedly begin talks on a merger to boost their strength in electric vehicles, where Chinese brands are racing ahea...]]></description>
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            <media:title>The emblem of Japanese automaker Nissan Motor is seen at a showroom in Yokohama. — AFP File</media:title>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 20 Dec 2024 17:41:32 +0400</pubDate>
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