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,...

(Rho Motion corrects data on BYD in paragraph 9 to say it pays a 27% tariff on BEVs in the EU, not 27.5%) By Alessandro Parodi (Reuters) -Chinese carmakers including BYD and Chery are selling more plugin-hybrids in the European Union to avoid import tariffs on Chinese-made electric cars, data released on Friday showed. The two brands sold 3,269 and...

(Reuters) -Electric vehicle maker Polestar is recalling 27,816 cars in the United States over an issue with the rearview camera, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said on Friday. The NHTSA said the rearview camera image in the certain Polestar 2 vehicles may not display when the car is placed in reverse, increasing risk of a crash. As...

May 2 (Reuters) - Electric vehicle maker Polestar is recalling 27,816 cars in the United States over an issue with the rearview camera, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said on Friday. The NHTSA said the rearview camera image in the certain Polestar 2 vehicles may not display when the car is placed in reverse, increasing risk of...