Order of the High Court of Rajasthan in the matter of Deepak Acharya Vs Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited dated 05/03/2025. The Rajasthan High Court has admitted a petition challenging installation of a Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) petrol pump near a crematorium and high-tension line. The NOCs to establish the …
After months of uncertainty, the Energy Department is beginning to lend money from a $25 billion loan program to develop fuel-efficient cars. Ford Motor Company, Nissan Motor Company and Tesla Motors are slated to get the first round of loans. Energy Secretary Steven Chu is scheduled to make the announcement …
Pankaj Doval | TNN New Delhi: It may have entered bankruptcy protection in the US, but General Motors still has ambitious plans for India. The auto major is planning to develop a small car which will be its cheapest globally, at a possible price tag of under Rs 2 lakh. …
No single technology will triumph in the pursuit of a "greener" auto industry. Instead, the future will include a mix of cars powered by electricity, hydrogen fuel cells and biofuels, according to the world's biggest car makers. Gathered together at a hydrogen and fuel cells conference in Vancouver this week, …
The tough U.S. fuel economy standards announced by President Barack Obama on Tuesday represents a bonanza for companies that supply hybrid technology and other gas-conserving components needed to meet the new benchmarks. Potential winners range from established suppliers such as BorgWarner Inc, Honeywell International Inc and Johnson Controls Inc to …
President Barack Obama announced the first national standard for greenhouse-gas emissions from automobiles and tougher fuel mileage standards that mark the most sweeping new regulation of the industry in decades. The plan represents an
By LOUIS UCHITELLE Published: May 17, 2009 General Motors is engaged in negotiating a reorganization that could increase vehicle imports from its plants in Mexico and Asia while closing factories and cutting the work force in the United States. That approach drew a sharp rebuke from the United Automobile Workers …
New Delhi: Given the state of the global and domestic economies, and the fate that has befallen many of their international counterparts, automobile manufacturers in India are grateful to see fiscal 2008-09 come to an end. However, they are much more concerned about the future. However, Maruti, the undisputed leader …
Sutanuka Ghosal KOLKATA RIDING on the success of its small car brands, Spark and U-VA, General Motors (GM) will launch another small car priced at Rs 4 lakh by the end of calendar 2009. This new global product from the GM stable will have a 50% indigenisation component. In India, …
GM India has won the second prize in the automobile manufacturing sector at the National Energy Conservative Awards 2008 for energy conservation at its manufacturing facility in Gujarat. P Balendran, V-P, said,
By Jui Chakravorty Das NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chastised by Congress and lampooned by comedians for flying private jets to Washington while asking for taxpayer money, the chief executives of U.S. automakers have learned a lesson: drive, don't fly. As the CEOs of General Motors Corp, Ford Motor Co and …
PASSENGER-VEHICLE SALES in China fell for a second month in a row in September, dropping 1.4% from a year earlier to 552,800 vehicles and heightening worries about a demand slowdown. Sales of passenger vehicles in the January-September period rose 11.4% to 5.1 million units, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers …
General Motors is cutting production at most of its 10 manufacturing plants in Europe in a stark sign of the growing toll the credit crisis is taking on demand in the real economy. GM said on Tuesday it was halting production or cutting shifts at the plants for between 10 …
U.S. AUTO SALES continued to slump in September despite customer incentives and falling gas prices, with Ford Motor Co. posting a 35% drop. Hyundai Motor Co. and Volkswagen AG also reported sharp declines in the U.S. "Consumers and businesses are in a very fragile place," Ford marketing executive Jim Farley …
Why US auto makers are seeing red over a new law on green cars Going green is some- thing US auto makers will have to get used to. As per the new Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards passed by the House of Representatives in the Congress, every car in the …
SHANGHAI: A sharp drop in first-half profit at the biggest Chinese carmaker underlined how slowing economic growth and higher .fuel prices are putting the brakes on the Chinese auto sector. SAIC Motor, which runs major manufacturing joint ventures with General Motors and Volkswagen, said Saturday that net profit fell 28 …
TRAVERSE CITY, Michigan: General Motors said Thursday that it had "essentially finished" designing its first plug-in hybrid car, the Chevrolet Volt, and would have production-ready prototypes within 10 days. The automaker still has considerable work to do on the car's lithium-ion battery and other technology in the two years before …
General Motors (GM) India has signed an agreement with the Gujarat government to train students of the Tarsali Industrial Training Institute (ITI). According to the agreement, GM India will develop and provide technical courses on automotive technology through Tarsali ITI. "There is considerable shortage of trained manpower in automotive sector. …
Manufacturers Likely To Hike Prices On Rising Input Costs, Higher Excise Duty Chanchal Pal Chauhan NEW DELHI THE ride is set to get rougher for car buyers, with manufacturers gearing up to hike prices for the third time this year. According to car companies, the two hikes this year were …
