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Delhi govt may incentivise vehicle retrofitting under EV Policy 2.0: Gahlot

Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot on Thursday said the Electric Vehicles Policy 2.0 will look at incentivising retrofitting of vehicles considering its high cost.

Kia India to hike Seltos, Carens prices by up to 2% from Oct: Official

The company had last hiked prices in April this year as it upgraded its portfolio to conform to Real Driving Emission (RDE) norms, he said

Volvo to end diesel car production by 2024, to become all-electric carmaker

Sales of diesel models have declined rapidly in Europe since Volkswagen's emission-cheating scandal.

Hyundai's dealers most satisfied, Maruti at number 2: Fada survey

Kia, which topped the survey in 2022 and 2021, slipped to fifth place in this year's assessment

Auto dealers' satisfaction improves, policy concerns remain: Fada

Commercial Vehicle (CV) dealers were the most satisfied with 778 points, followed by mass market four-wheeler (4W) dealers at 769 points and two-wheeler (2W) dealers with 763 points

Delhi plans to make document submission for overage vehicles faceless

Another official said the Transport Department is almost ready with the fine points of the initiative and the file will be submitted to Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot

SMEV writes to Gadkari, seeks unified policy of road tax exemption for EVs

In a letter to the Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari, SMEV said a consistent and favourable policy environment is essential to accelerate the shift towards electric mobility

Rising ownership costs to hurt commercial vehicle volume growth: Fitch

The ratings agency said increasing regulatory requirements, elevated inflation and high interest rates have pushed up the ownership costs, thereby weighing on purchase decisions

Indian auto sector to see 70-80% rise in demand for apprentices: Report

The anticipated boom in apprentice recruitment can be attributed to the auto sector's robust performance, which is influenced by macroeconomic factors and positive industry sentiments

Ola's Bhavish has thrown his might behind e-motorcycles: How serious is he?

Not surprisingly, Aggarwal's rivals are less than charitable towards him and, though they won't come on record while saying this, dismiss Aggarwal's e-motorcycles as "another of his teaser campaigns"

Hurdles in biofuel use: Few vehicles, weak ethanol-blended petrol rollout

Last week, Union Ministers had called for quick adoption of biofuels in the transportation sector

Lower tax on imported EVs will help test India market: Audi official

Dhillon said that the India arm is in talks with the German parent to initiate assembling "some" of its electric cars locally, but declined to provide details on timeline or potential models

Citroen C3 Aircross launched at an introductory price of Rs 9.99 lakh

Strap: The C3 Aircross is powered by a 1.2-litre turbo-petrol engine that returns 110hp and 190Nm of peak torque which comes mated with a six-speed manual gearbox

Toyota on track to hit record sales in India helped by Suzuki partnership

Toyota's India business has been the biggest beneficiary of its global partnership with Suzuki which allows the two Japanese carmakers to share technology and vehicles

Electric cargo three-wheeler vehicle Greaves Eltra launched: Details here

Greaves Eltra provides a power capability of 9.5 kW at peak performance and also integrates a 10.8 kWh battery pack

60-day PV stock not a worry ahead of 'bumper' festival season: Fada

FADA calculates the festival season from the first day of Navratri to 15 days after Dhanteras

Govt not planning to levy any tax on diesel vehicles: Nitin Gadkari

Earlier this week, the road, transport and highway minister's remarks regarding the need to levy 10 per cent tax on diesel-run vehicles to help cut emissions had generated lots of controversy

Tata Motors to open exclusive electric vehicle sales network under Tata.ev

Launches facelift Nexon EV and Nexon ICE at competitive pricing

Auto dealers should also open vehicle scrapping facilities: Nitin Gadkari

He also noted that India is encouraging use of alternate fuel and biofuel and pointed out that the government is working to make India the largest manufacturer of green hydrogen

Tata Nexon facelift launched at an introductory price of Rs 8.10 lakh

In a segment first feature, Tata Nexon's instrument cluster also shows navigation-related information apart from on the touchscreen