Companies like Yamaha Motor India, Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India, Suzuki Motorcycle India and TVS Motors are all geared up to launch bikes to shake-up Bajaj's stronghold -- the 150-250-cc segment
Demand for passenger vehicles has been driven by new models, especially in the SUV category with the likes of Maruti Vitara Brezza and Hyundai Creta clocking good numbers
During May, Maruti Suzuki's domestic car sales were up 2.59 per cent at 87,402 units as against 85,190 units in the same month last year.
No mention of cab aggregators in GST bills
The market breadth ended weak on the BSE with 2,086 shares declining and 893 shares advancing.
On Reva, Mahindra says electric cars are an innovation that can disrupt the automobile sector.
Metals, auto and banking shares were in the limelight in this session; the FMCG pack, however, ended lower.
E-vehicles may face pollution hurdle with hazardous batteries. One lithium-ion battery has a potential to poison the whole water aquifer of Delhi.
Sensex plunges 322.39 points to over 1-month closing low of 27,797.01; Nifty tumbles 97.55 points to 8,340.70.
Market watchers believe Tata Motors' move to upgrade the Nano is a right decision.
Car sales in India surged by 12.87 per cent in December.
High-end mid-sized sedans, comfy SUVs and entry-level luxury models steal their show.
You can make all the speeches you want, you cannot argue against 39 straight months of slowing, observes Aakar Patel.
Cruising comfortably in the 70s, Royal Enfield sputtered to a stop in the 90s, before its comeback in the first decade of the 21st century.
Markets were left high and dry last week, as the 'Monsoon Effect' played havoc on trader sentiment.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday hiked tax on petrol and diesel, raised import duty on gold, levied additional surcharge on super rich and brought a tax on high value cash withdrawals as she sought to spur growth with reduction in corporate tax and sops to housing sector, startups and electric vehicles.
During April, Maruti Suzuki India's domestic car sales were up 2.72 per cent at 86,481 units, as against 84,188 units in the same month last year.
Ciaz, the mid-sized sedan, was launched in October 2014.
'Now is the time for India to course correct and for the government also to course correct,' says businessman Mangesh Khatri.
Sensex ends 134.91 pts down at 28,709.87; Nifty falls 44.70 pts at 8,712.05.
Aseel Al-Hamad declared the start of a new era for Saudi women in motorsport on Sunday as she prepared to drive a Formula One car around the French Grand Prix circuit in front of thousands of fans.
The 30-share Sensex closed down 114 points at 28,622 and the 50-share Nifty ended down 37 points at 8,686.
In the age of robots and automation, skills such as people management, coordination and negotiations will be relevant, says Babita Shekhar.
The strong domestic growth for new vehicle sales during 2008-12, which witnessed a compounded annual growth rate of 14 per cent, led to an increased inventory of used cars, thanks to trade-ins.
Renault says that one of the reasons why its sales look muted when compared to its peers is its limited reach.
A series of flip-flop on policies and a non-existent charging infrastructure are the biggest challenge in achieving the target of selling 6-7 million hybrid and electric vehicles by 2020.
High price, combined with the decision to go only for diesel and position it as a crossover, resulted in its limited success
From farmers to cement, steel, logistics, transportation and automobiles, the back-end is struggling to get going due to the liquidity crisis.
The conversion from ownership to taxi hiring services is gaining ground.
In this industry, a company's strategy needs to be adaptable in order to keep up with the pace of change.
'Hathras, Muradabad, Trichur, Salem, Madurai, Aligarh and Kanpur are cities where we are expecting and in some cases have seen new buyers come from.'
Hemlatha Annamalai and P Bala's Ampere Vehicles makes e-vehicles in Coimbatore.
Reasons include include dropping out of education, raising children and family pressure
'The government has said it has kept its powder dry to fight the true battle against the debilitating influence of the pandemic.' 'The release of the shocking economic data this week should act as the fuse for using that powder now.' 'Further delays will make the battle that much harder,' notes Shreekant Sambrani.
Model 3 received 180,000 orders worldwide.
Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari puts them out of the ambit of Motor Vehicles Act; experts say some regulation, licensing and driver training will be necessary
Former President A P J Abdul Kalam kindly answered rediff.com's questions for an exclusive interview.
A review of key pronouncements he made in his first Independence Day Speech on August 15, 2014.
She added 148 workers from Maruti Suzuki had been imprisoned for two years without bail, on charges of killing a plant manager.
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