Currently Super Carry is being retailed through 162 new commercial outlets in 140 cities across 25 states.
The IRF said fog lights and automated vehicle lights that switch on due to poor natural light or fog, or during low-visibility conditions, could reduce the risk of collisions.
Clear water bodies dotted with 10,000 seaplanes, 'floating cities' in the form of ocean cruises and electric vehicles zipping on dedicated highway lanes -- that's the future as envisioned by Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari. For the 'go-getter' minister at the helm of affairs to overhaul the country's infrastructure, India has the potential to realise all this and much more.
Toyota Kirloksar Motor Vice-Chairman said consumers should be given freedom to make a logical choice, and manufacturers enough leeway so that they can produce what the consumer wants.
The consultant has been tasked with evaluating all options, including clean technologies like electric (vehicles) and hydrogen (fuel cells).
The Centre is targeting a fully electric fleet for public transport, including buses, taxis and auto-rickshaws under the second phase of FAME India scheme.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) will be signed with the automobile manufacturer in presence of Lt Governor Anil Baijal and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at the LG office.
Aiming double digit sales growth for 2018, the company has also lined up at least four new product launches for next year, by when it will locally assemble 90 per cent of its products sold here.
India's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki said today that government incentives will be needed to make electric vehicles (EVs) affordable as the country moves towards the eco-friendly solution for mobility. The company, which plans to launch its first EV in India by 2020, also said it will conduct a study to find consumer insights to prepare for the journey.
The paper has been brought out in line with the government's vision of 100 per cent electric for public mobility and 40 per cent electric for personal mobility by 2030.
Over the past six years, Honda has expanded from one to four plants with 11 assembly lines with an installed capacity of 6.4 million units a year, and tripled their network reach.
Today, automobile along with automobile component industry is one of the key drivers of India's economic growth, contributing 7.2 per cent to the GDP.
Toyota aims to sell more than 5.5 million electrified vehicles, including more than 1 million zero- emission vehicles - battery electric vehicles (BEVs), and fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) by around 2030.
The 'Being Human Foundation' of Salman Khan, an avid cycler himself, is in talks with e-cycle manufacturers for a tie-up.
Currently, under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime, small petrol cars with engine capacity less than 1200cc attract 1 per cent cess, while diesel cars with engine capacity of less than 1500cc attract 3 per cent cess, on top of the 28 per cent tax.
In order to safeguard its position in the country, the company also plans to continue with the development of traditional internal combustion engines.
Hero Electric are looking at multiple locations in the country but would prefer to be either in the West or South India because it is easier to cater to the markets there, plus they are also looking at exporting to international markets.
Union Roads Minister Nitin Gadkari today said the government will be soon announcing a policy which calls for 15 per cent blending of methanol in petrol to make it cheaper and also reduce pollution. "In the upcoming Parliament session, I am announcing a policy of blending 15 per cent methanol in petrol,"
Mahindra Electric is working with SsangYong to electrify some of their products, the company's CEO Mahesh Babu said. The company will be producing electric components and powertrains for SsangYong vehicles which will be shipped to the South Korean company.
The Maharashtra government today accorded administrative approval to the Versova-Bandra sea link (VBSL) project, eight years after the state cabinet committee on Infrastructure (SCCI) cleared it. In a Government Resolution, the state has pegged the project cost to be around Rs 7,502 crore and its length is estimated to be about 17.17 km. The SCCI had cleared the project on August 18, 2009.
