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Tech Mahindra CEO C P Gurnani's pay rises 189% to Rs 63.4 cr in FY22

Tech Mahindra managing director and chief executive CP Gurnani's remuneration for FY22 jumped 189 per cent to Rs 63.4 crore, the fifth-largest IT exporter said on Wednesday. In its annual report for the fiscal, Tech Mahindra said Gurnani's remuneration, including salary, stock compensation benefits and post-employment benefits was Rs 21.9 crore in the year-ago period. Among Gurnani's peers, TCS chief Rajesh Gopinathan saw a 26 per cent rise in his compensation to Rs 25.75 crore in FY22, while Infosys' Salil Parekh witnessed a 43 per cent jump to Rs 71.02 crore. Gurnani's salary was 1,188.74 times the median salary of Rs 5.27 lakh in Tech Mahindra. The median salary declined by 1.04 per cent during the fiscal. Shareholders of the company will be voting on a proposal to re-appoint Gurnani for over one year at the company's forthcoming AGM, the annual report said. The current term of Gurnani, who has been at the helm since 2012, expires in August and will be retiring on December 19,

Bajaj Auto to buy back shares worth Rs 2,500 crore at Rs 4,600 each

Two-wheeler giant Bajaj Auto to take back 5.43 mn shares at Rs 4,600 a piece

TVS to bet on electric vehicles; to come up with 5-25-kW products

TVS Motor Company is coming up with multiple products in the two- and three-wheeler segments

Are you planning to buy a car? Check out their NCAP ratings here

The Global NCAP crash-tests cars and rates them according to their safety levels. Here is what it found.

How the economic crisis in Sri Lanka is affecting Indian businesses?

Sri Lanka's economy is in a free fall. But some spillover of the Lanka crisis is hurting Indian businesses too, like the auto sector. We try to gauge the overall effect of the crisis on India

About 50% of Ford's Chennai employees agree to restart production: Official

Unions refute claim, say only 350-odd employees are heading back to shopfloor

EVs catching fire because of 'mad rush' to get into business: Rajiv Bajaj

'Upstarts and not start-ups have entered the sector'

Carmakers feel chip crisis easing as global economic growth slows

Mercedes Benz AG, Daimler Truck Holding AG, and BMW AG are among carmakers now getting enough of the high-tech components to produce at full capacity after experiencing crippling outages for months

Mahindra & Mahindra to launch fully electric version of XUV 300 in Q1 2023

Home-grown auto major Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) on Monday said it is planning to launch the fully electric version of its XUV 300 SUV in the market in the first quarter of next year. The company also announced that it will unveil its electric vehicle business strategy, 'Born Electric Vision' of EV concept in August this year. The Mumbai-headquartered company has recently partnered with Volkswagen to explore the use of the latter's modular electric drive matrix (MEB) components that can be used in its electric cars. MEB electric platform and its components allow car manufacturers to build their portfolio of electrified vehicles, quickly and cost-effectively. "We will be launching the electric version of XUV 300, which we hope to have in the first quarter of the next calendar year," M&M executive Director Rajesh Jejurikar said at a media conference on Monday. He said that though it is called the electric version of XUV 300, it is a 4.2 meter in length vehicle and not sub-4 ..

When it comes to EVs, raising funds seems easier than building them

Stocks of EV upstarts, from New York-listed, Chinese firms such as Nio, Xpeng and Li Auto to their American peers Rivian Automotive and Lordstown Motors, have lost their sheen in recent weeks

Hindustan Motors plots a comeback; talks on for JV with European co for EVs

MoU signed, due diligence expected to start soon and conclude in 2-3 months; project will start two-wheelers and then add four-wheelers

Maruti shareholders approve appointment of Hisashi Takeuchi as MD and CEO

The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Tuesday said its shareholders have approved the appointment of Hisashi Takeuchi as Managing Director and CEO. In a regulatory filing, the auto major said 99.89 per cent of votes polled through a postal ballot were in favour of the appointment of Takeuchi as MD and CEO. Similarly, 93.10 per cent of votes polled favoured the appointment of Kenichi Ayukawa as a whole-time Director designated as Executive Vice Chairman till September 30, 2022. The company's board in its meeting held on March 24 this year had appointed Takeuchi as the MD and CEO with effect from April 1, 2022, consequent to the completion of the term of Kenichi Ayukawa on March 31, 2022. Takeuchi joined Suzuki Motor Corporation (SMC) in 1986. With vast experience in the international operations at SMC as well as in overseas markets, he had been on the Board of Maruti Suzuki since July 2019, as Joint Managing Director (Commercial) since April 2021.

Tata Motors shares jump over 8% after narrowing of net loss in Q4FY22

The stock jumped 8.30 per cent to Rs 403 on the BSE; at NSE, it zoomed 8.31 per cent to Rs 403.25 apiece

MG Motor India crosses 100,000 cumulative sales mark in nearly 3 yrs

MG Motor, which started selling its vehicles in India with the launch of Hector SUV in June 2019, currently has a portfolio including the electric SUV, ZS EV, premium SUV Gloster and compact SUV Astor

Real estate, auto companies to bear the brunt of interest rate hikes

Niranjan Hiranandani, managing director of Hiranandani Group, said the RBI had to ensure that inflationary pressure on the individual did not get exacerbated by higher rates on home loans

TVS Motor April sales rise 24% to 295,308 units; exports increase 6%

TVS Motorcycle sales grew by 4%, from 133,227 units in April 2021 to 139,027 units in April 2022

Hyundai Motor total sales decline 5% in April; exports up to 12,200 units

Hyundai Motor India on Sunday reported a 5 per cent decline in total sales at 56,201 units in April 2022.

Skoda Auto India sales zoom over five-fold to 5,152 units in April

Skoda Auto India on Sunday said its sales surged by over five-fold in April to 5,152 units compared to 961 units in the year-ago period.

Rising input costs, supply chain woes headwinds: MG Motor India prez

Increase in raw material costs and semiconductor prices, coupled with supply chain disruptions could become headwinds for the auto industry, says MG Motor India President Rajeev Chaba

Mercedes-Benz India posts 26% rise in sales at 4,022 units in FY 22Q1

Mercedes-Benz India on Friday reported a 26 per cent jump in sales at 4,022 units in the first quarter of 2022, riding on robust demand for both its SUVs and sedans