SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China's commerce ministry will meet industry bodies and automakers including BYD and Dongfeng Motor ( DNFGF ) to discuss an emerging trend of sales of used cars that were never driven, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said. The meeting is set for Tuesday afternoon, the person said, speaking on condition of anonymity. It follows last...

(Reuters) -Tesla's sales in Europe fell 49% in April from a year earlier, even as battery-electric sales rose by 27.8%, as the U.S. EV maker's upgrade of its Model Y shows little sign of improving the brand's tarnished image in the region. Overall car sales in the region remained roughly consistent with last year, falling just 0.3%, with the strongest...

SYDNEY, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Google agreed on Monday to pay a A$55 million ($35.8 million) fine in Australia after the consumer watchdog found it had hurt competition by paying the country's two largest telcos to pre-install its search application on Android phones, excluding rival search engines. The fine extends a bumpy period for the Alphabet-owned internet giant in Australia,...

May 27 (Reuters) - Southwest Airlines ( LUV ) will charge customers $35 for one checked bag and $45 for the second, bringing an end to the airline's free luggage policy, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. Passengers will be charged unless they hold the airline's credit card or have elite status, the report said. Reuters could not immediately...