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Kia India eyes 10% growth in sales volume next year: MD & CEO Tae-Jin Park

Park, however, anticipates the overall domestic passenger vehicle (PV) sales in the industry to stay "flat" in 2024, as demand primarily exists for sport utility vehicles (SUVs)

Hero MotoCorp appoints Vivek Anand as CFO; Rachna Kumar as CHRO

The Company has appointed Vivek Anand as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Rachna Kumar as the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO)

Passenger vehicle wholesales grow 4% in November on robust demand: Siam

Domestic passenger vehicle wholesales rose by around 4 per cent year-on-year in November, driven by robust demand for utility vehicles, industry body SIAM said on Tuesday. Passenger vehicle dispatches from companies to dealers rose to 3,34,130 units last month, the best ever figure for the month of November, from 3,22,268 units in same month last year. Two-wheeler sales rose to 16,23,399 units last month, a growth of 31 per cent as compared to 12,36,282 units in November 2022. Similarly, three-wheeler dispatches also rose to 59,738 units last month, registering an increase of 31 per cent over 45,664 units in last November. "All segments of the automobile industry witnessed robust growth during the festival season which ended in the first part of November," Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) President Vinod Aggarwal said in a statement. Supported by strong economic growth, the automobile industry is optimistic in ending the year 2023 on a high note and expects the tr

Ola Electric registers Rs 2,782 crore revenue in FY23, losses down 43%

The Bhavish Aggarwal-led company said that it has set in motion a few initiatives for strong growth and profitability in the near future

Kinetic's high-speed e-scooter Zulu comes with battery subscription plan

The battery subscription model is claimed to have reduced the acquisition cost by over 35 per cent and offers significant savings on running costs

FAME subsidy needed for 3-5 years: Kinetic Green founder and CEO

Motwani spoke about the need to have subsidies under Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles (FAME) for three-five year

Festive season auto sales scale record high in 2023, up 19%, says FADA

Significant growth was observed in the two-wheeler, three-wheeler, commercial vehicle and passenger vehicle segments, with a rise of 21%, 41%, 8%, and 10%, respectively

Suzuki Motor's stake in Maruti Suzuki to rise to 58.19% from 56.48%

The board of Maruti Suzuki approved the allotment of 12,322,514 equity shares to Suzuki having a face value of Rs 5 each at a price of Rs 10,420.85 per equity share

Carmakers shift into overdrive with extended festival season deals

An industry source added that the sector is fearing lower sales in November and December

Over Rs 300 crore FAME-II subsidy stuck on Aadhaar card, RC mismatch

Auto companies, especially makers of electric two-wheelers, say that in such cases the government has been withholding the subsidy for months, without offering any resolution on the issue

PV wholesales touch all-time high for October even as car sales dip

The growth of the Passenger Vehicle (PV) segment is coming from the utility vehicles which clocked a Y-o-Y growth of 40 per cent to 198,356 units in October

GoMechanic 2.0: New Founders secure $6 mn funding from marquee investor

A brainchild of four friends -- Kushal Karwa, Amit Bhasin, Rishabh Karwa and Nitin Rana -- the original GoMechanic firm was founded in 2016

Electric three wheelers' sales pick up speed but a mixed bag overall

NITI Aayog FY26 goal: question marks on E2Ws, e-buses and passenger cars

Oct auto retail sales dip 8% due to Shraddh period; Navratri sales up 18%

Navratri of 2023 marked a milestone, with retail sales soaring by 18 per cent year-over-year, surpassing the figures of Navratri 2017

Tyre demand to remain robust amid positive environment: JK Tyre CMD

Demand for tyres in the domestic market is expected to remain robust going ahead as the automobile industry continues to scale new highs amid a positive economic environment, JK Tyre Chairman and Managing Director Raghupati Singhania said. In an interaction with PTI, the veteran industry leader said that robust Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth and the government's focus on infrastructure development, is expected to fuel growth for the automobile sector as well as the tyre industry. "We see that the domestic demand will continue to be robust due to the healthy macroeconomic factors as well as the investments in infra and of course, overall feel good economic environment that we are running through," he said. Elaborating on some positive factors, Singhania said freight availability remains consistent, helping the commercial vehicle segment. Besides, robust GDP growth and more disposable income is helping in the enhanced offtake of cars, he noted. "So, we foresee that car demand w

Maruti to boost flexibility in mfg to roll out vehicles as per mkt demand

Maruti Suzuki India is looking to bring in more flexibility in its production processes in order to produce vehicles as per the evolving market scenario, according to a senior company official. The country's largest carmaker is looking to strengthen the production of high selling utility vehicles while curtailing the roll out of the entry level cars. "Diverging demand patterns between utility vehicles and the small car segment is continuing. The company is working on increasing the flexibility in operations to produce vehicles as per the evolving market demand," Maruti Suzuki India Executive Officer Corporate Affairs Rahul Bharti said in an analyst call. He noted that the automaker has discovered that one of the reasons for the recent dip in the margins is because it was producing "some slow-moving cars". "And we did not have sufficient production capacity for the cars that had demand. If we had the flexibility of both, whether it is semiconductor supplies or in-house production, w

Hero MotoCorp rides on robust Q2 performance and better prospects

Markets give thumbs up to the two-wheeler major's performance, analysts bullish on stock

TPEM's Avinya series of vehicles will be manufactured at Sanand 2 facility

The Sanand 2 plant would be operational by the fourth quarter of FY24

Jaguar Land Rover, CVs take Tata Motors net profit to Rs 3,764 crore

During the quarter under review, the company's revenue from operations increased by 32 per cent to Rs 105,128 crore, up from Rs 79,611 crore during the July to September period of 2022-23

Three-wheelers dominate Indian roads, sales exceed 100K mark in Sept, Oct

This is a significant increase compared to the pre-Covid numbers of just 58,485 units in September and 63,042 units in October, 2019