Bloomberg Twitter will relaunch its Twitter Blue subscription service for $8 per month on the web, the company said. Users will also get access on iOS for $11 per month to subscriber-only features, including the blue checkmark, the company said in a series of tweets. The days of being constrained to just 280 characters in a tweet may soon be …

  Bloomberg Mercedes-Benz Group AG has committed to manufacturing electric vehicles (EVs) in Thailand after signing an agreement to import its battery-powered cars — part of a government plan to bolster the Southeast Asian nation’s status as a clean automaking hub. The luxury carmaker will receive a slew of benefits including lower import duties and excise taxes for each fully electric …

  Bloomberg Stellantis NV plans to idle a Jeep-making factory in Belvidere, Illinois, citing challenges such as cost burdens due to the shift towards electrification of more models. The automaker said in a statement that the “difficult but necessary action,” effective Feb. 28, will result in layoffs of an unspecified number of workers, which will likely extend for more than …