The Corona Virus outbreak in China has led to restrictions on movement of people and business activities in many provinces of China, in order to control the spread of virus. The closure of factories in China may affect Indian industries, which import components, intermediaries and raw materials from China like …
Oil Ministry Wants To Introduce BS III, But Transport Min Seeks More Time New Delhi: The Union Cabinet is likely to consider a proposal to defer the introduction of cleaner fuels for vehicles at its meeting on Thursday. Despite a roadmap laid down under the auto-fuel policy, the move to …
JAPANESE automobile major, Yamaha is planning to make India the hub to manufacture premium motorbikes for global markets. Last year the company registered a threefold increase in two-wheeler exports from India driven largely by the growing international demand for high-end bikes.
Vadodara/Anand: A brand new Nano car, which was on its way to Vadodara from Ahmedabad, caught fire on national highway (NH) 8 in Anand district on Wednesday noon. The incident took place at a spot near Boriyavi village on the national highway around 3 pm. The car was part of …
Pune, once a city of bicycles, is now the automobile city and the presence of leading automobile manufacturers is only one side of the story. According to the Regional Transport Office (RTO), the last decade has seen the number of vehicles in the city growing by no less than 10 …
Narayan Lakshman Washington DC: New standards for carbon dioxide emissions from automobiles have been announced by the Obama administration, even as President Barack Obama came in for criticism from environmental groups for authorising a major offshore oil-and-gas drilling expansion. At the announcement of the drilling project Mr. Obama said,
JOHN M. BRODER The federal government took its first formal step to regulate global warming pollution on Thursday by issuing final rules for greenhouse gas emissions for automobiles and light trucks. The move ends a 30-year battle between regulators and automakers but sets the stage for what may be a …
Maruti, Hyundai, M&M;, Tata Motors, General Motors, Ford, Fiat & Hero Honda Post Record Annual Sales SALES of cars and two-wheelers continued to rise in March despite recent price hikes and partial rollback of stimulus package, helping market leaders Maruti Suzuki and Hero Honda to record sales in 2009-10. Hyundai …
Upbeat on India: The Renault Nissan Chief Executive Officer, Mr Carlos Ghosn, duringan exclusive interaction with The Hindu group of publications in Chennai on Thursday. -S.R. Raghunathan Our Bureau Chennai, March 18 The ultra low-cost car that the joint venture of the French car major Renault and Bajaj is working …
Karunanidhi opens assembly line of Renault-Nissan plant CHENNAI: The State government is formulating a policy on automobiles and components and it will be ready soon, Deputy Chief Minister M.K. Stalin said on Wednesday. Participating in the inauguration of the plant of Renault Nissan Alliance at Oragadam near here, Mr. Stalin, …
Says Delhi Deserves Better, Talks Of Battery-Run Alternative In Future New Delhi: It may not happen in the next few months or even in the next few years, but chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Wednesday announced in Delhi assembly that the truant autorickshaws have to go. Writing them off as …
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Wednesday announced in the state Assembly on Wednesday that her government wants to phase out auto-rickshaws from the Capital.
Hero Honda scouting for land in Himachal for fourth plant Hero Honda, the largest two-wheeler manufacturer worldwide, may look to set up its fourth plant in the hill State of Himachal Pradesh. Sources in the Himachal Pradesh Government told Business Line that in the last one month a team from …
Co To Roll Out Compacts, Drive In All Models ALAN Mulally, the 64-yearold messianic chief executive of Ford Motor Co, aims to realise in India the dream of his company
On May 30, 1896, Cosmopolitan sponsored a race of horseless ca-rriages in New York. In it were four Duryeas, a Booth Rogers and, from Paris, an Armstrong. After a parade of the participants, the race began. One Henry Wells of Springfield, Massa-chusetts, was driving a Duryea motor wagon when he …
Speed Breaker: Rise In Prices, Cost Of Financing May Slow Growth Our Bureau NEW DELHI CAR sales in the country hit a new high in February with thousands speeding up their purchase on fears of a stimulus withdrawal leading to higher taxes in the Union budget. But carmakers and analysts …
Geneva: Japanese autocar giant Nissan announced on Tuesday that it was in talks with Ashok Leyland for developing a small car for the global market that could be priced at around $4,500-5,000 (about Rs 2.25 lakh-2.50 lakh).
