Bloomberg Nissan Motor Co is planning to spend more than 130 billion yen ($1.2 billion) implementing new technologies that will make its global factories more efficient, less polluting and ready to produce next-generation cars such as electric vehicles. As part of its “Intelligent Factory Initiative,” Nissan has spent about 33 billion yen over the past two years installing advanced equipment ...

Bloomberg Automakers logged their weakest September sales in the UK since 1998 as the global shortage of semiconductors constrains production. Registrations plunged more than a third from a year ago to 215,312 cars, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. It’s a significant blow to the industry because September is typically the market’s second-busiest month of the year. ...

DUBAI / WAM The Dubai Airport Freezone Authority (Dafza) announced that its contribution to Dubai’s non-oil foreign trade for the first half of 2021 reached 11 percent. H1 trade in the free zone grew 34 percent from the same period last year to reach AED77 billion, with a trade surplus of AED6.2 billion. Imports recorded a growth of 44.5 percent ...