Page 3 - Automotive

Battery-powered vehicles to concept cars: Wild wheels at IAA Mobility Show

Auto brands were already questioning the relevance of car shows before the novel coronavirus arrived

Hyundai plays catch up in EV market with car that can cook dinner

It's part of a push by Hyundai to appeal to a younger audience as it plays catch-up in the EV market

Royal Enfield Himalayan gets Tripper navigation system among other upgrades

Priced Rs 201,314 (ex-showroom, Chennai) onwards, the Himalayan 2021 is currently available for bookings and test rides in India

Groupe PSA brings Eurorepar products to India, signs pact with GoMechanic

To launch range of multi-brand, quality automotive products for Indian independent aftermarket industry

Tata Motors domestic sales up 21.6% YoY in August to 35,420 units

This is the sharpest increase seen in the company's passenger vehicle sales in more than a year

Automotive aftermarket spending to fall 11% in FY21: Crisil report

According to the report, aftermarket automotive spends are typically driven by annual running and replacement frequency

M&M rejigs top management in automotive, farm equipment divisions

Homegrown auto major Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) on Monday announced a rejig of its top management in automotive and farm equipment sectors with its President for auto vertical Rajan Wadhera set to retire and step down from executive role. Announcing changes in the group corporate office as well as in auto and farm sectors, to be effective from April 1, 2020, the company said Veejay Nakra will be appointed as CEO of the auto division. He will have operating responsibility for passenger vehicles and entire commercial business with profit and loss accountability, except for product development process, M&M said in a statement. It further said Hemant Sikka will head the farm equipment sector, while R Velusamy will be appointed as the chief of Global Product Development (Automotive) and Vinod Sahay as Chief Purchase Officer of AFS (auto and farm sectors). Nakra, Sikka, Velusamy and Sahay will report to Rajesh Jejurikar, who will join M&M Board as Executive Director AFS from .

The ripple effect in the Indian auto industry

Will more MNC carmakers follow the footsteps of GM, which has decided to stop retailing in India?

Auto interior component maker IAC opens global engineering center in Pune

Center to focus on application development engineering to support Indian & global customers programs

Leading OEM selects Tata Elxsi's Autonomai for driverless car program

Autonomai platform provides carmakers & tier 1 auto suppliers with comprehensive & modular solution

Automated vehicles leading to sustainable development through IoT

Connected cars will help in heralding a new era of eco-friendly transportation

Piramal Finance invests Rs 565 in two auto component companies

It has invested Rs 275 crores and Rs 290 crores in RSB Group and Indoshell Mould, respectively

Mahindra unveils growth strategy for electric vehicles business

To invest in globally competitive EV technology, set up charging infrastructure & fleet operations

Talbros divests part of materials business assets to Interface Performance

Auto component firm has also entered into a raw material sourcing pact with the US-based Interface

Volvo Cars aims to double marketshare in India's premium segment by 2020

The Swedish car maker will start assembly operations in the country for its XC90 premium SUV in 2017

Minda Group forms JV with Taiwan's Tung Thih Electronic for auto parts

JV will set up greenfield facility in NCR to manufacture automotive electronics

South Korea's Kia Motors to invest $1.1 bn to set up facility in India

Facility is expected to begin production in 2019, with an annual capacity of 300,000 units

Suzuki, Toshiba & Denso plan to make auto lithium-ion battery in India

Three Japanese companies are expected to invest Yen 20 bn (about Rs 1180 crore) to set up a facility

Toyota to invest $1.33 bn for setting up automotive plant in Kentucky

This investment is part of Toyota's plan to invest $ 10 billion in the US over the next five years

Ford Motor plans to use 3D printing technology for making large auto parts

With light-weighting & personalisation in mind, Ford to use Stratasys 3D printer for this project