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Tag: Autos VinFast
VinFast hands over first electric SUVs, eyes US deliveries
10 September 2022
HAIPHONG: Vietnamese carmaker VinFast today began handing its first batch of 100 all-electric sport utility vehicles (SUVs) to local customers, with US deliveries of the vehicle du...
VinFast hiring 8,000 additional employees to boost productio...
05 August 2022
HANOI: Vietnam's VinFast is looking to hire 8,000 more employees for its electric-vehicle plant in Vietnam as it ramps up production to deliver its first battery-powered SUVs to th...
Vietnamese Tesla challenger to stop making petrol-powered ca...
16 July 2022
SINGAPORE: Vietnamese electric vehicle maker Vinfast said it will stop making petrol-powered autos by the end of August, four months earlier than previously planned as it ramps up ...
Vinfast could eventually offer an electric pickup, says exec
26 June 2022
DETROIT: Vietnamese electric vehicle startup Vinfast could eventually enter the electric pickup truck market, a top US executive said recently. Vinfast, a unit of Vietnam's Ving...
Vietnam's VinFast to shift legal HQ to Singapore ahead of fi...
24 May 2022
HANOI: Vietnam's VinFast is shifting its legal and financial headquarters to Singapore as the fledgling electric vehicle (EV) maker readies for a potential public listing and the f...
Vinfast plans to conquer European market from Germany
20 January 2022
HANOI/FRANKFURT: Vinfast plans to build a new factory in Germany to help it conquer the continental market. It is now the second car company this decade to use Germany as a brid...
Vietnam car maker VinFast to build US battery plant as it go...
07 January 2022
SAN FRANCISCO: Vietnam's VinFast plans to build electric vehicle battery cells and packs in a new US manufacturing complex, its global chief executive told Reuters, as the company ...
VinFast CEO Lohscheller quits, Vingroup vice chairwoman take...
28 December 2021
HAI PHONG (Vietnam): Michael Lohscheller, the German CEO of VinFast, has resigned from the company. No details were provided by VinFast on Monday except that he stepped down for...
Vietnam's VinFast eyes start of US deliveries in late 2022, ...
15 October 2021
HANOI: Vietnamese automaker VinFast will begin taking pre-orders in the US market for its VF e35 and e36 electric SUVs in the first half of 2022 and expects to begin delivering the...
Vietnam's VinFast starts operations in North America and Eur...
12 July 2021
HANOI: Vietnam's first domestic car manufacturer, Vinfast, said today it has started operations in North America and Europe, joining a crowded field of players seeking to woo custo...
Vingroup to close VinSmart electronics unit to focus on EVs
09 May 2021
HANOI: Vingroup JSC is shuttering its electronics devices unit VinSmart just months after exporting smartphones to the US as it ramps up production of electric vehicles. The clo...
Vietnam's VinFast reports customer to police after 'untrue' ...
04 May 2021
A Lux A2.0 rolling off the assembly plant in Hai Phong City. — Reuters HANOI: Vietnamese car maker VinFast has reported one of its customers to the police over comments he made on...
Vinfast debuts RM124,000 electric SUV
24 March 2021
HANOI: Vietnamese automaker VinFast is taking pre-orders for its first electric vehicle (EV) model VF e34 priced at VND690 million (RM124,000), the company said today. Customers...
Foxconn and Vietnam's VinFast explore partnership
19 March 2021
TAIPEI/HANOI: Vietnam’s largest conglomerate Vingroup said today its car unit was in early stage talks with Taiwan’s Foxconn about working together and that any partnership formed ...
Vietnam’s richest man plans electric car plant in US
02 March 2021
HANOI: Vietnamese electric-vehicle startup Vinfast plans to open a US factory after setting up a 50-member San Francisco research office as it prepares for California automobile sa...
VinFast global showroom design competition comes with total ...
25 January 2021
HO CHI MINH CITY: Vietnamese car maker VinFast is looking at international talents to design its smart vehicle showrooms to be built globally. The "VinFast Global Showroom Desig...
VinFast introduces three electric SUVs
22 January 2021
HANOI: Vietnam's homegrown auto brand Vinfast, has announced a new milestone by offering three electric sports utility vehicle (SUV) models with partial self-driving capabilities. ...
VinFast is fifth best-selling brand in Vietnam
14 January 2021
HANOI: Vietnam's homegrown auto brand Vinfast sold 29,485 cars in 2020 to become the country's fifth best-selling marque. Ahead of Vinfast in the auto market share were Hyundai,...
VinFast's all-electric bus gets deployed in Vietnam
21 October 2020
HANOI: VinFast, Vietnam's first automaker, has announced that it has successfully tested its first environmentally-friendly electric bus. Posing with a green and black livery wi...
Vingroup refocuses on cars, tech and real estate
11 September 2020
Labourers producing ventilators amid the spread of Covid-19 at Vsmart factory of Vingroup outside Hanoi last month. — Reuters HANOI: Vietnam's Vingroup is considering selling cont...