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Japan's Sony, Honda jointly making EVs for delivery to US by 2026

A new electric car company that brings together two big names in Japanese business, Honda and Sony, officially kicked off on Thursday, with both sides stressing their common values of taking up challenges and serving people's needs. The electric vehicle from Sony Honda Mobility Inc. will go on sale in 2025, with deliveries coming first in the US in early 2026, and in Japan later that year, Chief Executive Yasuhide Mizuno told reporters. Pre-orders start 2025. In March, Sony Group Corp. and Honda agreed to set up the 50-50 joint venture, with the idea of bringing together Honda's expertise in autos, mobility technology and sales with Sony's imaging, network, sensor and entertainment expertise. Production will take place at a Honda plant in the US, but details such as pricing, platform and the kind of battery to be used were not disclosed. Production volume was also not given, but officials said this was a special model and not intended for massive sales. Mizuno, who is from Honda M

Tesla deliveries miss estimates in Q3, slowed by supply-chain snarls

It delivered a record 343,830 cars worldwide in the third quarter. Analysts had expected that nearly 358,000 vehicles would be shipped

Domestic PV sales see record jump in Sept with onset of festival season

The sales figures released by the top nine carmakers saw a jump of 89.6 per cent to 306,211 units

Car makers on road to pre-Covid profit as festival season sales soar

Maruti is operating at 95 per cent of its prodcution capacity

India-UK free-trade agreement: Carmakers object to sharp import duty cut

India's auto industry push for a phased duty reduction to protect interests

Tighter seat belt rules work better for rider safety than alarm: Carmakers

Intention is noble but won't help if passengers decide to ignore it, they say

Citroen C5 Aircross to get a facelift version; new to SUV launch on Sep 7

The interiors of the C5 Aircross facelift will have a new dashboard layout, a 10-inch infotainment touchscreen system, and an updated 12.3-inch instrument cluster

Maruti Suzuki open to partnerships to secure future supply chain: Chairman

"If required somewhere, we will get into a joint venture," said Bhargava, when asked what role Maruti would play in setting up and securing its future supply chain.

Incentivise alternative technology for small cars: Maruti Suzuki chairman

CNG, ethanol, bio gas could offer cheaper alternatives to EVs in the market for small cars

Amid demand for SUVs, Maruti launches new generation of small car Alto K10

New K10 will be sold alongside the Alto 800; it comes with both five-speed manual and automatic gear shift

Mahindra & Mahindra records 100,000 bookings for Scorpio-N within 30 mins

The company said that the bookings translated into an ex-showroom value of $2.3 billion

Volkswagen ropes in Porsche CEO Oliver Blume to lead as Diess steps down

Volkswagen Group chairman and CEO Herbert Diess is stepping down from his position at the company and will be replaced by Porsche CEO Oliver Blume

Hyundai says it has 'no evidence' of child labour at Alabama unit

Smart Alabama LLC, a wholly owned unit of the Korean automaker, employed immigrant workers as young as 12, Reuters reported Friday, citing family members of three underage workers

French carmaker Citroen debuts in India's mass car market with C3

Priced around Rs 5.7-8.05 lakh, the mini SUV will vie with the Punch, Magnite and Ignis

A backlog of 653,000 units: Carmakers stare at a long road to delivery

Year-on-year dispatches to dealers (counted as sales) declined during most of FY22

Auto firms to report muted Q1 earnings on high raw material prices

Analysts expect companies to fare better in the September quarter (Q2 FY23) as moderation in prices of raw materials starts having an impact

For battery makers of electric vehicles, it's go small or go home

In the quest for smaller batteries that charge extremely quickly, the startup firms are experimenting with materials like silicon-carbon, tungsten and niobium.

Toyota Kirloskar drives in first mass-market hybrid car in India

Japanese carmakers taking the hybrid route for cleaner mobility in India

Lord of the rings: Audi India head Balbir Dhillon on 'simplest business'

The first Indian executive to head the German luxury carmaker in the subcontinent, Dhillon has worked his way up the ranks, writes Pavan Lall

Maruti Suzuki betting on hybrids over electric vehicles in clean shift

India's shift to electric vehicles is also much slower than other major markets like China and the US even though PM has committed to making India a net-zero carbon-emitting nation by 2070