Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
Japanese carmaker Honda on Tuesday cautioned that high interest rates and inflation would impact car sales in India this financial year, though said premium segment would manage a double digit growth. The company, that rolled out its next-generation Accord sedan after the model was discontinued a few months back, said …
A day after announcing a low-cost $2500 car in partnership with Bajaj, Nissan has chalked out plans to also go solo and introduce an entrylevel car in India by early 2010. The car, with 90% localisation, will be priced aggressively in the volume segment. "Nissan will compete in the entrycar …
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to stay the operation of a Calcutta High Court judgment upholding the acquisition of about 1,000 acres of land in Singur by the West Bengal government for the Tata Motors
DETROIT: Nissan Motor plans to sell an electric car in the United States and Japan by 2010, raising the stakes in the race to develop environmentally friendly vehicles. The commitment is the first by a major automaker to bring a zero-emission vehicle to the U.S. market. Nissan also expects to …
German carmaker Volkswagen and Japan's Sanyo Electric Co will jointly develop a lithium-ion bat tery to be used in hybrid and electric cars, the Nikkei Financial Daily reported on Sunday. Volkswagen will aim to start importing and using the battery in its hybrid and electric cars by 2012, the Nikkei …
Nano, Tatas' small car with a price tag of just $2,500, is already being viewed as a threat to the North America auto market even before its launch in India. With BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) nations set to overtake them in production this year, North American auto giants …
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to put any roadblock before the world's cheapest car Nano's planned rollout by the year-end though it issued notices to its producer Tata Motors and the West Bengal government following a petition challenging land acquisition. A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, Justice R.V. …
The Supreme Court today declined to stay the Calcutta High Court judgment upholding the acquisition of land in Singur by Tata Motors to manufacture Nano, the Rs 1 lakh car. Therefore, there is no court bar against continuing with the project. However, the apex court issued notices to the West …
Bajaj Auto Ltd (BAL) has decided to joine hands with Renault-Nissan to launch a small car in India by 2011. Rajiv Bajaj, Managing Director, Bajaj, and Carlos Ghosn, President and CEO, Renault, and President and CEO of Nissan, on Monday formally announced that they would form a joint venture company …
Targeting the Indi an four-wheeler market, Bajaj Auto Ltd (BAL) on Monday joined hands with Renault-Nissan to launch a small car in India by 2011 that will compete with Tata Nano. In a joint press statement on Monday, Mr Rajiv Bajaj, managing director, BAL, and Mr Carlos Ghosn, president and …
Tata Motors' small car Nano will roll out of the Singur factory during the latter part of calendar year 2008. A company official on Tuesday reiterated that the project was progressing according to schedule and the rollout of the Nano would commence from the company's Singur plant, that is located …
The joint announcement by Bajaj, Renault and Nissan about plans to develop and produce a new ultra low-cost passenger car finally puts to rest speculation about whether Mr Carlos Ghosn, President and CEO of the Renault-Nissan alliance, was being serious about taking up the challenge or whether he was just …
CLEAN CAR WARS HOW HONDA AND TOYOTA ARE WINNING THE BATTLE OF THE ECO-FRIENDLY AUTOS BY YOZO HASEGAWA, TRANSLATED BY ANTHONY KIMM WILEY, PAGES: 200; PRICE: $24.95 A FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE HAS BEEN TAKING PLACE in the auto industry since the 1960s and 1970s. The first was the birth of green …
TOKYO: Toyota Motor said Thursday that the slowdown in the U.S. economy would most likely cause its first annual decline in profit in nine years, and accelerate a shift by it and other Asian carmakers into emerging markets like China, Latin America and the Middle East. The emphasis toward emerging …
Metal costs, largely responsible for vehicle price hikes, will soon cease to pinch the automobile manufacturers' margins as they become increasingly aware of the benefits of using engineering plastic instead of metals in vehicles. Home-grown automotive players like Tata Motors, Ashok Leyland, Bajaj Auto, Hero Honda, TVS Motors and Maruti …
The domestic auto market is showing signs of revival thanks to the 4 percentage point cut (400 bps) in excise duty on cars and two-wheelers announced in February. April witnessed a jump of more than 17 per cent in the car segment, while sales in the utility vehicle segment rose …
Deals reflect intensifying competition in the US car market. As the credit crunch intensifies, carmakers are turning to an unusual way of moving vehicles off dealership lots: offering to throw in the petrol. In the UK, Fiat offers a payment-free period of nine months plus
Working for a larger car market share and stepping up sourcing of auto parts from India, Italian automobile manufacturer Fiat unfolded its plans to source auto parts worth at least 250 million euro (about Rs. 1,595 crore) from the country by 2010 besides launching the CNG variant of its bread …
