People are seen outside the Tesla showroom ahead of its opening in Mumbai, India on July 15, 2025....

KUALA LUMPUR: After a plunge in sales in June and July due to the restrictions under the Movement Control Order( MCO), the Malaysian Automotive Association( MAA) has turned more optimistic for August as showroom in many states are allowed to open. The MAA, whose members have around 1, 300 dealers throughout the country, said on Monday it expected August sales to be higher compared with July as key states such as Selangor and Kuala Lumpur could reopen. However, the MAA said the showrooms had to f

It has attacked clothing and other brands that express concern about reports of forced labor and other abuses in Xinjiang.... Tesla on Friday announced the opening of its showroom in Urumqi, the Xinjiang capital, and said on its Chinese social media account," Let's start Xinjiang's all-electric journey!... Activists and foreign governments say some 1 million Uyghurs and members of other mostly Muslim minorities have been confined in detention camps in Xinjiang....

“ Elon Musk and Tesla must close this new showroom and cease what amounts to economic support for genocide.” Who are the Uyghurs, and what’s happening to them in China?... American companies have come under mounting pressure, both from Western organizations and consumers and from the Chinese government, to take a side on issues including Taiwan and the persecution of Uyghurs. Tesla announced Dec.... 31 that it opened a showroom in Xinjiang, where many of the region's Uyghurs have been detained

Chinese officials reject accusations of abuses and say the camps are for job training and to combat extremism.... Other foreign auto brands including Volkswagen, General Motors and Nissan Motor Co. have showrooms in Xinjiang operated by the automakers’ Chinese joint-venture partners.... VW also operates a factory in Urumqi....

Nearly two years after launching production of its electric pickup trucks and SUVs in downstate Normal, Rivian is planning to open its first showroom in Chicago. California-based Rivian has leased a 5, 160-square-foot space at 871 N. Rush St.in the Gold Coast, called Space, where consumers and the EV-curious can kick the tires on the automaker’s inaugural R1T and R1S models. Advertisement Rivian’s Chicago showroom is set to launch in September, following a similar opening in New York City last m

The Merchandise Mart’s furniture showrooms have made it a center of the design world for generations. But there’s a new challenger to the nearly 100-year-old Mart.... The Mart has also signed big lease deals with Motorola Mobility, Allstate and W.W. Grainger and brought in high-tech users such as business incubator 1871. Today, just one-third of its space is occupied by showrooms.... That’s still much bigger than Fulton Market’s roster of design and furniture tenants, and Weiss said he doesn’t

Tesla is ramping up efforts to open showrooms on tribal lands where it can sell directly to consumers, circumventing laws in states that bar vehicle manufacturers from also being retailers in favor of the dealership model.... “ It is just surprising that it took this long, because Tesla had really tried, along with Lucid and Rivian," she said, referring to two other electric carmakers.... “ Anything that puts more electric vehicles on the road is a good thing for the public.” Brown noted that

Tesla is ramping up efforts to open showrooms on tribal lands where it can sell directly to consumers, circumventing laws in states that bar vehicle manufacturers from also being retailers in favor of the dealership model.... “ It is just surprising that it took this long, because Tesla had really tried, along with Lucid and Rivian," she said, referring to two other electric carmakers.... “ Anything that puts more electric vehicles on the road is a good thing for the public.” Brown noted that

The man seemingly did not recognise that customers must pick up their items when at the gigantic warehouse at the end of each store, and instead hauled large units around the building.... It came to the UK-specifically Warrington in Cheshire-in 1987. There are now 22 stores in the UK, including five in London.A new branch in Hammersmith, London, will open later this year....