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Vehicle registrations in January declines over 9% from last year

Vehicle registrations in January 2021 declined 9.66 per cent on a year-on-year (YoY) basis

Govt asks automakers not sell vehicles with downgraded safety standards

Road Transport and Highways Secretary Giridhar Aramane also noted that only a few manufacturers have adopted vehicle safety ratings system and that too used only for their high-end models

GM's China venture, PATEO files anti-monopoly complaint against Tencent

Tencent, GM and SAIC's joint venture SAIC-GM-Wuling did not immediately respond to requests for comment

Hyundai Motor, Kia take $8.5-billion hit after Apple deal called off

Hyundai is traditionally known for its reluctance to work with outsiders

Chinese regulators call in Elon Musk's Tesla over customer complaints

Tesla is building Model 3 electric sedans and Model Y sport-utility vehicles at its Shanghai factory

Two-wheeler makers plan to resume capital expenditure plans in FY22

This will come as a boost for the government, seeking private sector capex

Mahindra's Q3 net zooms 40% on robust tractor sales, cost control

Impairment booked on account of Ssangyong dented net profit

Over three dozen superbikes to be launched in 2021 to meet pent-up demand

Italy's Benelli plans one launch every 45 days, Ducati to deliver 12 models

Mahindra & Mahindra hints at hiking vehicle prices in Q1 next fiscal

The possible price hike might come due to rising commodity prices

Delhi government floats tender to set up 100 EV charging stations

The Delhi government on Friday floated a tender to set up 100 charging stations for electric vehicles across the city

Mahindra recalls 1,577 units of diesel Thar to replace faulty engine part

The automaker intends to replace a faulty engine part called camshaft

Bosch says Covid-19 pandemic, chip shortage to weigh on carmakers in 2021

Around 85 million vehicles will roll off assembly lines around the world this year, more than the 78 million units produced in 2020 but still below the 92 million cars produced in 2019

Hit by shortage, Volkswagen demands boost to Europe's chip sector

"We won't produce chips ourselves," Markus Duesmann, Volkswagen's board member in charge of research & development and head of luxury unit Audi, told Reuters

Maruti Suzuki pre-owned car unit True Value crosses 400,000 unit sales

Maruti Suzuki India is the country's largest carmaker

TVS Motor Company launches 'TVS iQube Electric' scooter in New Delhi

At present, charging units for the scooter are installed across seven locations in Delhi

Mahindra introduces XUV300 with new petrol automatic transmission

M&M further said the electric sunroof on the model will now be offered from mid variant onwards on both manual and automatic versions

Tesla to recall 134,951 US cars under pressure from auto safety regulators

The firm has agreed to recall Model S and Model X vehicles with touchscreen displays that could fail

TVS Motor Company launches new stop-and-go technology platform

The technology switches off the engine during idling and long transient stops

Bajaj Auto logs 8% rise in sales in Jan, two-wheeler export up by 30%

Domestic two-wheeler sales were marginally lower at 1,57,404 units as compared to 1,57,796 units in January last year, the company said

Hero MotoCorp reports 3.14% decline in total sales in January

Two-wheeler major Hero MotoCorp on Monday reported a 3.14 per cent decline in total sales to 4,85,889 units in January