Chatterjee informed that two new companies - MG Motor (with its Hector model) and KIA Motors (with its Seltos) started this year with 100 per cent use of Exide batteries
JLR is seeing an additional boost from strong demand for the recently launched Evoque and Defender
New product launches, better capital allocation and valuations are the other triggers
During the month, the Tata group flagship sold 18,580 units as compared to 7,316 units a year ago
This is the sharpest increase seen in the company's passenger vehicle sales in more than a year
Mahindra's passenger vehicle segment that includes the utility vehicles and passenger cars was a saving grace and helped offset some decline in the overall auto sales
Encouraged by demand pick-up in the past few months, most are going ahead with their planned investments and models
According to Crisil, the CV makers were already hit by new overloading norms and a slowing economy when the Covid-19 pandemic arrived
From the HQ, the clear message is that we have been affected by the Covid-19 situation and we posted our first-ever loss of almost a billion euros
Maruti suppliers double the inventory to ensure uninterrupted supplies
Currently, affected by an economic slowdown and the coronavirus-induced lockdown, both demand and production have been disrupted
Motorcycle sales were at 7,02,970 units as against 10,84,596 units in June 2019, down 35.19 per cent
The company had sold 1,37,545 units in the April-June quarter of 2019-20
As one of the many fallouts of the coronavirus pandemic on automobile industry, pre-owned vehicles and new small PVs may find increased preference in FY21
Ashok Leyland has reported zero sales of M&HCV in the month of April as against 8,918 units, in the same month a year ago
The development comes amid the current crisis, which has been described as the worst in a century
The domestic sales of Commercial Vehicles for Tata Motors declined 90 per cent in the month of March 2020, at 5,336 units compared to 50,917 units in March 2019
The move is aimed at securing "mutually beneficial strategic alliances" that provide access to products, architectures, power trains, new-age technologies, and capital
Vehicle sales across categories registered a decline of 19.08 per cent to 1,646,332 units from 2,034,597 units in January 2019, it said.
Given the ongoing global risk sentiment, investors are flocking to safe-haven asset classes and avoiding risky EM asset classes, said Maheshwari