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TVS Motor Company launches new motorcycle 'TVS Raider' in 125cc segment

The new motorcycle will compete with the likes of Bajaj Pulsar 125 and Honda CB Shine SP

India's lagging automobile stocks face risk of festival season fizzle

Below-normal monsoon rains that have impacted rural demand and the risk of an impending third coronavirus wave are posing a challenge for Indian vehicle makers

PLI scheme will accelerate commitment to new technologies: Automakers

The scheme will contribute towards reducing carbon emissions and oil imports with local manufacturing

MG Motor unveils Astor; enters highly competitive mid-size SUV segment

MG Motor India on Wednesday marked its entry into the highly competitive mid-sized SUV segment in the country, with the unveiling of its all-new model -- MG Astor.

Force Motors unveils all new version of Gurkha SUV; deliveries in October

Force Motors on Wednesday unveiled the all-new version of its sports utility vehicle Gurkha with deliveries expected to begin from October 15.

Ford's India factory workers seek government help to safeguard jobs

Factory workers at Ford Motor Co's southern Indian plant near Chennai city have sought the state government's help to safeguard jobs that will be lost once carmaker stops production, workers said

Madras HC quashes order increasing speed limit to 120 kmph on highways

The Madras High Court has set aside a notification of the central government, fixing 120 kmph as the speed limit for vehicles plying on highways

Ford employees stage protest, demand Tamil Nadu govt's intervention

A section of employees at the manufacturing facility of Ford India staged a protest against the decision of the US-based company to close factory and sought intervention of the Tamil Nadu government

Kia Sonet crosses 100,000 cumulative sales mark in less than one year

Kia India on Tuesday said its compact SUV Sonet has crossed one lakh cumulative sales mark in less than one year of its launch in the market.

Maruti Suzuki Swift crosses 2.5 million cumulative sales milestone

The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Tuesday said its premium hatchback Swift has crossed 25 lakh cumulative sales milestone in over 16 years of its launch in the country.

China is on course to build the best cars in the world for the right price

China pays relatively low wages and has millions of skilled workers steeped in the nation's strong manufacturing culture.

This battery idea from 1970s could help EVs take lead in auto industry

Sodium-based batteries aren't going to take electric cars any further than lithium can, but materials needed to make them are widely available.

From Ford Motor to Harley-Davidson, why US automakers stalled in India

Failure to read the market and taxes favouring small cars made some of the most storied names in the global automobile industry fail in the world's fifth-largest market

Skoda Auto plans to set up 30 'compact workshops' pan-India by this year

The firm announced its plans to set up 30 'compact workshops' pan-India by this year for providing periodic maintenance and servicing requirements to its customers in the domestic market

Ola Electric's Futurefactory to be run entirely by as many as 10,000 women

This will make it the world's largest women-only factory and the only all-women automotive manufacturing facility globally

Paytm launches India's first FASTag-based facility at Delhi Metro parking

Paytm has enabled a UPI-based payment for two-wheelers entering the parking site, thereby digitising the entire parking payments

BMW drives in new trims of X5 with price starting at Rs 77.9 lakh

German luxury carmaker BMW on Monday said it has launched the new variants of its premium SUV X5

Tata Motors drives in CNG version of Tata 407 at Rs 12.07 lakh

Tapping into the benefits of CNG, the vehicle offers profits of up to 35 per cent over the diesel variant, Tata Motors said in a statement.

Ola's two-wheeler facility Futurefactory to be run entirely by women

Electric scooter maker Ola Electric on Monday announced that its two-wheeler manufacturing facility called Ola FutureFactory set up in Tamil Nadu will be run entirely by women.

Electric carmaker Tesla pushes its full self-driving Beta v10, says report

This is a version that CEO Elon Musk called "mind-blowing"