Swedish commercial vehicles major Volvo is eyeing long haul transportation segment in India with GST rollout expected to spur growth of the category.
Tata Motors and the world's largest automaker Volkswagen, are likely to give a concrete shape to their ongoing 'open-ended' talks for partnership at the Geneva Motor Show scheduled for next month. The two companies are understood to have been holding discussions for a while over the possibility of joining hands and finding synergies, keeping in view the technological developments such as autonomous driving and shared mobility along with stricter emission norms challenging the automotive industry.
Homegrown auto major Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) today reported 33.29 per cent increase in standalone profit after tax (PAT) at Rs 1,112.27 crore for the third quarter ended December 31 2016, driven by an exceptional income of Rs 363.78 crore on account of sale of investment in group firms.
General Motors has put on hold its investments on new models for the country as the US auto major undertakes a full review of its future product portfolio here. The company, had in 2015 announced plans to invest USD 1 billion to enhance manufacturing operations and roll out 10 locally produced models.
Inspired by natural phenomena such as insect swarming and bird flocking, scientists have developed a new technology that will improve the efficiency of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) by more than 30 per cent.
Bajaj Auto has said it will hike prices of its bikes by up to Rs 1,500 from January in order to partially offset the impact of rising input costs and upgrading of its entire portfolio to BS-IV emission levels.
Renault has opened China's first experimentation zone for self-driving cars in the country's central city of Wuhan. An electric autonomous driving (AD) car by Renault will operate on a two-km-long lakeside road in the Sino-French Wuhan Ecological Demonstration city in Wuhan.
Renault-Nissan have decided to scale down production at the Oragadam plant near Chennai, as it aims to optimise production. The manufacturing facility will now be operating in two shifts instead of three, while the alliance commented that the waiting period for its cars Kwid and redi-GO as production is more efficiently managed.
The National Green Tribunal has asked to government to frame an incentive policy for scrapping for older vehicles that have been banned from plying on the road. Reportedly the Centre was supposed to come out with a plan a year ago, which includes benefits in the purchase of new cars for owners who give up their old car.
Researchers have identified a glow-in-the-dark fluorescent dye which may be an ideal material for stockpiling energy in rechargeable, liquid-based batteries that could one day power cars and homes. The dye called BODIPY - or boron-dipyrromethene - shines brightly in the dark under a black light.
India has sought advanced environment-friendly technology from Germany to scrap old polluting vehicles and processing the waste generated by it, besides manufacturing cars to run on flex-fuel, the government today said.
Airbag helmets may reduce impact by as much as six-fold compared to traditional bike helmets, drop tests from as high as two meters have shown.
Mercedes-Benz is planning to introduce models with alternative fuels, including plug-in hybrids and full-electric vehicles in India by 2018. That is two years ahead of when the Indian government plans to levy stricter emission norms.
Automaker Daimler AG is aiming to expand its product portfolio in India as it plans to launch sub 9-tonne trucks from next year, which will be sold both in domestic and export markets.
A system of rules that allow vehicles to communicate with smartphones may be vulnerable to hacking, a new study suggests.
Petrol price has gone up by a Rs. 3.38 per litre and diesel by Rs 2.67 a litre, reversing a two-month declining trend.
Japanese automaker Mazda will recall 11,449 imported vehicles in China due to faulty lower control arm components, the country's top quality watchdog said on Friday.
Home-grown auto major Mahindra & Mahindra plans to enter new segments of commercial vehicles as it aims to be a full-range player in the said category in the next three years.
Under the partnership, those looking to operate Uber cars can buy Tata vehicles such as Indica and Indigo from Tata Motors and also get access to flexible and customised financing solutions.
Country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India will hike prices of its vehicles across models by up to Rs 20,000 from January.
