'We are in the reverse gear and we are not there anywhere compared to the rest of the world'
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Sales of commercial vehicles rose 9.01 per cent to 51,000 units in December, SIAM said.
This year's edition, three years lost to the pandemic and scheduling, wore a distinctive shade of green, and, as would befit an era of technology shift from internal combustion engines to electric motors, had a clutch of high-technology exhibits and concepts. But the excitement of the expo's heyday was missing.
While hybrids, CNG and biofuels found favour in 2018 among many carmakers including Maruti Suzuki, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota and Honda, others such as M&M and Tata Motors have shown full faith in electric vehicles.
Skoda Auto, Volvo Cars and Daimler India Commercial Vehicles are not participating in the Expo.
The broader markets are trading inline with the larger peers with BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices up 1.5% each.
'Last year (FY21), we had about 1 million intimated claims for Covid.' 'This year (FY22), in six months, we got about 1.6 million claims.'
Five years after USA Cricket shared its plans to launch a domestic T20 tournament, the inaugural edition of the MLC kicked off having assembled an impressive array of investors.
Over 22 passenger and commercial vehicle makers and 18 two- and three-wheeler makers will take part amid proximate security.
It is immediately not clear how GST will impact the mass car market. Experts, however, say the level of tax on smaller cars will have to be at a differential to the sedans.
Speaking at the forum, Suzuki Motor Corporation (SMC) representative director and president Toshihiro Suzuki said, "Suzuki's future mission is to achieve carbon neutrality with small cars. "We will continue active investment in India to realise Self-reliant India (Atma-nirbhar Bharat)." Under the MoU, the company's wholly-owned arm Suzuki Motor Gujarat Pvt Ltd (SMG) will invest Rs 7,300 crore for the construction of a plant for BEV batteries at a land neighboring to SMG's existing plant by 2026.
Only a few thousand chargers dot the Indian landscape, some in working condition, others not, with some held hostage to the power supply vagaries of local utilities, reports S Dinakar.
Altigreen's hybrid engine will help make cars more fuel efficient and the air we breathe cleaner.
While consumers feel that petrol pinches directly, diesel hurts indirectly, as it is an input in almost all the goods and services we use.
as the FAME II deadline of March 31, 2024, nears, EV manufacturers are worried about their investments and future plans.
Sales of commercial vehicles were up 11.45 per cent to 56,840 units in December 2015.
Neeraj Prakash, MD, Shriram General Insurance, explains how new measures proposed in the Motor Vehicles Act can smoothen the lives of the insured and insurer and how the government plans to make more vehicles owners buy insurance.
The government has extended excise duty concessions beyond 30th June 2014 for a period of 6 months up to 31st December 2014.
Buses that run on battery, trucks that purr on LNG, and more from the stables of Tata Motors, Mahindras and Ashok Leyland. The Auto Expo 2018 had these and more.
Tata Motors, Hero MotoCorp, Ashok Leyland, M&M are up 3-6% on BSE.
Defence ministry incompetence hobbles development of battle-taxis for the Indian Army.
S&P Global Ratings on Wednesday said Indian banks face a systemic risk as the second COVID wave will impair the performance of financial institutions in the April-September period. Stating that economic recovery remains highly vulnerable to setbacks due to COVID, particularly if fresh outbreaks trigger new lockdowns, S&P said the banking sector's weak loans will likely remain elevated at 11-12 per cent of gross loans in the next 12 to 18 months. "The second wave has front-ended weakness in asset quality," said S&P Global Ratings Credit Analyst Deepali Seth Chhabria. "Financial institutions face a strained first half amid weak collections and poor disbursements."
'You need to have enough funds to maintain the primacy of public transport and it should not suffer because of lack of funds.'
The factory gate duty on SUVs stands at the reduced rate of 24 per cent as against 30 per cent.
At Rs 18,400 per share, value up 100 times since Lehman crisis
Markets snapped their 8-day winning streak.
The finance ministry on Sunday highlighted its achievements during the past six months, including the Jan-Dhan Yojana, Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana, and actions taken to curb black money.
Two in every five Celerios being sold by Maruti are now equipped with the AMT technology.
Around 23 per cent of all units sold by the company in the domestic market currently are diesel cars.
A record number of 85 products will be launched.
Analysts say Tatas could sustain their current pace of growth, provided the group's "cash cows", such as TCS and Tata Motors, continue to deliver.
If only you had thought ahead, you would have stocked snacks and biscuits, bread and cake, and vegetables suited for Amma or pondatti to make your favourite bajji and pakoda, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
Second body blow after diesel ban on engines of 2,000 cc and above in NCR.
The The Airports Authority of India is likely to procure two counter-drone systems worth Rs 9.9 crore in 2022-23, according to an official document.
It is advisable to stick to mid-caps with sustainable financial metrics rather than those offering the promise of faster growth.
An increase in sales across all categories in the automobile industry, has made need for higher working capital inevitable.
'If an investor is ready to stay put for the next five years, one can consider investing in mid- and small-cap funds, but through SIPs.'
One of the challenges on diesel engine is refinement.
Any unexpected expense can disturb the finely-balanced budget of middle-class individual. That's when a motor insurance policy comes as a saviour
Director Ali Abbas Zafar relies solely on Salman Khan's drawing power and offers nothing novel in terms of storytelling, feels Sukanya Verma.
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