Top Indian Automobile Industry News & Updates - 07 Sep 2023,Thursday
🏢 Industry
📝 CARS24 launches innovative eChallan service for online payment of traffic challans
📝 TCS wins $1 billion deal with Tata Sons-owned British carmaker JLR
📝 Cabinet approves viability gap funding of ₹3,760 cr for battery energy storage systems
📝 Foxconn planning to make EVs in India; Tamil Nadu on radar
📝 Every major semiconductor industry has a design centre in India: AMD India’s Jaya Jagadish
📝 India's EV safety conference aims to bolster ecosystem
📝 India at G20 likely to push for green development pact
📝 Chinese automaker SAIC looks at local co-drivers to navigate India market
📝 India's second-largest carmaker Hyundai is betting big on a fuel others are abandoning
📝 Car sales may hit 1 million in festive period
📝 Passenger vehicle inventory high in showrooms on hope of good festive sale
📝 Heavy industries' ministry scraps human safety tests for EV batteries
📝 Mahindra Thar 5-door may face tough competition from this affordable Mercedes-Benz powered SUV, spotted testing
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🎤 Interviews & Features
📝 2023 Tata Nexon facelift review: Smoothen out rough edges
📝 Honda Elevate variants and features explained
📝 Smart Vehicle Access: A touchscreen key that ups your car’s ‘smart’ quotient
📝 In Conversation with Martin Ulharik, Tata’s Design Chief: Redesigned 2023 Tata Nexon & Electric Future
📝 Karnataka will emerge as leading hub for semiconductor ecosystem: Priyank Kharge
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🚗 Cars / SUVs
📝 MG Motor launches Astor 'Blackstorm' limited edition starting at INR 14.48 lakh
📝 Toyota Century luxury SUV breaks cover: Gets a V6 hybrid engine
📝 Maruti Suzuki geared for re-rating amid rising UV sales
📝 Renault India's new community program offers loyalty rewards, cash benefits
📝 Tata Nexon Facelift vs Maruti Suzuki Brezza vs Hyundai Venue vs Kia Sonet: Specs comparison
📝 ICC World Cup 2023: Mahindra and Mahindra to sponsor cricket world cup in India
📝 Honda Amaze, City gets costlier: Check new prices and the variants affected
📝 2023 Hyundai i20 bookings open at dealership level: Design, features, expected price
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Electric-Cars / SUVs
📝 Tata Nexon EV facelift to make debut tomorrow: Key changes expected
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🚗 Luxury Cars
📝 Mercedes-Benz launches new MAR 20X 3S outlet in Madurai
📝 2024 Audi Q8 facelift debuts at the Munich Motor Show
📝 New-gen Mini Cooper Electric makes global debut– gets higher range
📝 Volvo Car India calls for long-term stable policies to drive luxury vehicle sales
📝 Volvo expects a good festival season for Indian auto industry
📝 Kallenius sees India as a key growth engine for Mercedes-Benz
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⛟ Commercial Vehicles
📝 Delhi's green push: 800 e-buses now on Capital's roads, 8K by 2025 target
📝 Delhi Transport Corporation inducts 400 Tata Starbus EV
📝 At 75, Ashok Leyland shifts to top gear on EV business in India, overseas
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🏍 2/3 Wheelers
📝 Suzuki Motor inks pact with NDDB, Banas Dairy to set up biogas plants with INR 230 cr investment
📝 TVS launches Apache RTR 310 starting at INR 2.43 lakh
📝 TVS Apache RTR 310 launching : What to expect?
📝 Jawa 42 Bobber teased once again, will launch on September 7th
📝 TVS Motor eyes European market with launch of new Apache RTR 310 bike
📝 Royal Enfield Bullet 350 vs Classic 350: Which 350 cc motorcycle should you get?
📝 Harley-Davidson X440 deliveries to begin from October: Test rides underway
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🚲 Electric 2/3 Wheelers
📝 Ather Energy raises INR 900 cr from Hero MotoCorp, GIC
📝 ‘India is primed for success in electric two-wheelers’
📝 Swiggy partners Sun Mobility to power over 15,000 delivery electric bikes
📝 Ultraviolette F77 sets new record for maximum distance covered by an e-motorcycle. Details
📝 Electric two-wheelers push for DBT under FAME 3 subsidy scheme to consumers
📝 Temasek leads $140 mn funding in Ola Electric
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🌇 Allied Industries
📝 Higher replacement demand to drive tyre volume up 6-8% this fiscal: CRISIL Ratings
📝 Grid battery storage projects get INR 3,760 crore support
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🌢 Fuels, Lubricants & Charging Stations
📝 Govt may cut petrol, diesel price by INR 3-5 a litre around Diwali
📝 Oil nears $90 for first time in 2023, reduces chances of a petrol, diesel price change in India
📝 India's August fuel demand up 6.5% year on year
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💸 Finance & Insurance
📝 Kinetic Green partners with Axis Bank to offer financing solutions for E2Ws
📝 Magenta Mobility secures debt financing from SIDBI for EV deployment in Delhi NCR
📝 Key factors to consider while taking a used car loan – Check interest rates
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📖 Magazines News
📝 Mercedes confirms smaller G-Class SUV
📝 Audi Q6 e-tron SUV interior previews new design theme
📝 MG Astor Blackstorm edition launched at Rs 14.48 lakh
📝 Toyota Century SUV breaks cover
📝 Skoda Superb to make comeback soon; unofficial bookings open
📝 TVS Apache RTR 310 launched at Rs 2.43 lakh
📝 Hero, GIC to invest Rs 900 crore in Ather
📝 Tata Nexon facelift review: Bestseller thoroughly updated
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📰 International News
📝 Toyota says plant shutdown last week due to server malfunction
📝 WAE Tech launches ultra-high performance hydrogen fuel cell electric architecture, EVRh
📝 Stellantis says 24 of its engine types can run on e-fuels
📝 German suppliers welcome Chinese EV makers' European plans
📝 Russian carmaker Avtovaz sets up auto industry-focused bank
📝 German automakers in 'darkest moment' speed up EV transition
📝 BMW to partner with Amazon, Qualcomm for smart, autonomous cars
📝 Mercedes-Benz showcases its first three-axle truck, and Setra S 11 at ‘Schöne Sterne’ Mercedes Festival
📝 Accelera by Cummins, Daimler Truck and PACCAR plan JV to localise battery cell production in US; to invest USD 2-3 bn
📝 First funding tranche for Verkor battery gigafactory near complete
📝 Carmakers fail privacy test, give owners little or no control on personal data they collect
📝 Siemens to invest USD 30 million to train U.S. EV charger technicians
📝 EV broken? Finding a technician to fix it may take a while
📝 Unit of South Korea's Solus to build Canada copper foil facility as part of EV battery push
📝 Bankrupt Lordstown Motors proposes zero payment for Foxconn shares
📝 What is green hydrogen and why is it touted as a clean fuel?
📝 US says 52 million air bag inflators should be recalled over rupture threat
📝 Tesla sues Xiaomi-owned Chinese firm over technology secret infringement
📝 New-gen Mercedes-Benz E-Class All-Terrain is a high-riding offroad-worthy station wagon, debuts at IAA 2023 in Munich
📝 China's 'father of EVs' urges cooperation on EV scaleup
📝 'ECB should keep raising rates as long as needed'
📝 Tesla suppliers say carmaker expects 2026 or 2027 Mexico production start
📝 UAW chief: Union to strike any Detroit automaker that hasn't reached deal as contracts end next week
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