Top Indian Automobile Industry News & Updates - 09 March 2026,Monday
🏢 Industry
Rising commodity costs may drive up prices of auto, durables
A spike in commodity costs, worsened by the ongoing war in West Asia, may force automotive and durable firms to consider price hikes in April, executives that FE spoke said. This may come at a time when urban demand is beginning to stabilise for both categories, following GST price cuts initiated in September, which led to a sales boost for companies.
📝 Rising petrol prices vs EV ownership: What buyers should know
📝 Government may scrap NOC for inter-state vehicle transfers
📝 DGT, Bajaj Auto sign pact to train youth in advanced automotive manufacturing
📝 Uber makes foray into intercity bus ticketing starting from India
📝 The real EV growth story is coming from Tier-2 and Tier-3 India
📝 Hyundai’s ₹45,000 crore bet puts Chennai at centre of growth cycle
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🚗 ICE Car/SUV
Why the Thar just can’t shake off its growing association with reckless driving
A family vacation turned into tragedy on February 23 when a rented Mahindra Thar SUV slammed into a Hyundai i20 in Assagao, North Goa, killing a 65-year-old Bhopal man.
📝 How IIT Kanpur helped shape the new Renault Duster
📝 Renault Group Modular Platform: a game changer for Renault?
📝 Mahindra XUV 7XO Women’s Edition teased ahead of official debut
📝 Toyota Glanza, Urban Cruiser Taisor and Hyryder offered with discounts of up to ₹45,000
📝 Toyota Rumion gets more affordable with new variant: Price, features
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Electric Car/SUV
Why Tata hasn’t yet introduced one-pedal driving, except in the Harrier EV
One-pedal driving, or full regeneration, is a beautiful technology in EVs – the car comes to a complete stop as soon as you take the foot off the accelerator pedal, mimicking the traditional braking action.
📝 Mahindra reopens bookings for BE 6 Batman Edition electric SUV
📝 Lotus unveils X Hybrid EV platform to debut with upcoming electric SUV
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🚗 Luxury
EU likely to use FTA quotas for premium cars as ‘testbed’ for India manufacturing
The European Union is likely to use the limited-volume export quotas secured under the newly-concluded free trade agreement (FTA) with India to test the country’s premium car market before committing to investments in local manufacturing facilities, senior official sources have said.
Women on the luxe highway
Just figure this out. Up to 60% of car purchase decisions in India are now influenced by women. And when it comes to luxury car sales, they contribute about 11-15%—a figure that is rising steadily. Powered by rising aspirations, greater financial autonomy and demand, they are not only driving a fundamental shift in power and preference in the automotive space but also redefining what luxury mobility means in modern India.
📝 Luxury car leasing reshapes CXO perks as companies rethink executive benefits
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⛟ Commercial Vehicles
Need relaxation of auto PLI criteria to enable EV start-ups participation: Euler Motors
Euler Motors calls for relaxation of auto PLI criteria for EV startups
📝 SML Mahindra CV sales rise 15% to 1,415 units in February
📝 PMPML ridership drops in 2025 as bus fleet shrinks, delays hit expansion plans
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🎤 Interviews & Features
Nissan Gravite review: Made for Bharat, not for Tokyo
When you think of Nissan, you think of the GT-R (Godzilla of the automotive world), the Patrol (true rival to the Toyota Land Cruiser), the Leaf (world’s first mass-produced electric car), the Sunny (the Caaaaar), and the Qashqai (sparked the global crossover craze).
Truly majestic! JSW MG Motor’s Majestor
To the full-size SUV market, a new ‘it’ machine has arrived — JSW MG Motor’s Majestor. Compared to MG’s own Gloster, Majestor trumps in all aspects.
📝 5 most luxurious MPVs in India that money can buy
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🏗 Construction & Agriculture
📝 SANY India backs first all-women excavator operator training batch at NAC Hyderabad
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🏍 EV/ICE Two Wheelers
📝 Breaking barriers in MotoGP: Inside Aprilia Racing’s AI-driven data strategy and women in motorsport tech
📝 Telangana govt considering providing EV scooters to female college students: CM Reddy
📝 Hero stays on top as India’s two-wheeler sales hit 17 lakh units in February
📝 ZELO Electric Knight+ Rani Edition launched at ₹69,990
📝 Triumph Scrambler 400 X gets free accessories worth ₹13,500
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⚙ Components
Clean fuel confusion prompts part-makers to chart tech-agnostic path
Auto component makers are pitching powertrain-agnostic portfolios as the best way to address uncertainty about which technologies will dominate roads amid the shift away from combustion engines.
Bharat Forge stock rides global truck demand rebound, defence spend boom
📝 Pune auto hub Chakan–Talegaon accounts for 80% of city’s warehouse leasing
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🌇 Allied Industries
Tensions in West Asia to impact Indian, other steel markets: BigMint
📝 Ceat expands workplace policies focused on women employees
📝 Sunsure Energy signs solar PPAs with Daeseung Group firms in Tamil Nadu
📝 Customer-specific AI Is Defining the next era of Automotive Ecosystem
📝 Portronics launches Tune Prime wireless CarPlay and Android Auto adapter at ₹11,999
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🌢 Fuels, Lubricants
Indian Oil books crude cargoes loading from Red Sea port of Yanbu: Report
Top Indian refiner, Indian Oil Corp, has booked some oil cargoes for loading from the Red Sea port of Yanbu, a company source said on Saturday.
India's 250 million barrel buffer and supply diversification ensure fuel stability: Report
New Delhi: India currently maintains a combined energy buffer of over 250 million barrels of crude oil and refined petroleum products, equivalent to approximately 4,000 crore litres, according to a government report.
Over 30 million barrels of Russian crude headed to India amid Hormuz disruption
Around 33 million barrels of Russian crude are expected to be unloaded for India this month, signalling a pickup in purchases by Indian refiners following the recent US waiver that allowed transactions involving Russian cargoes already at sea, according to data from commodity analytics firm Kpler.
Will petrol, diesel prices rise in India amid US-Iran war? Here's what government said
According to central government sources, on Saturday, March 7, petrol and diesel prices in the country will not rise as India’s energy stock position is doing better. While speaking to ANI, the government sources said India has increased 10% of its crude oil imports from sources other than the Strait of Hormuz.
Oil soars above $100 as Iran war forces more production cuts
Crude oil prices surpass $100 a barrel as Iran war impedes production
West Asia crisis: US waiver unlocks stranded Lukoil, Rosneft oil for India
India taps alternative crude oil supplies as West Asia conflict drags on
📝 Russia to keep crude export data to India confidential, says Kremlin
📝 'Petrol, Diesel prices will not increase': Govt on choked Strait of Hormuz, energy supply to India
📝 ‘Indians had been very good actors’: US ‘allows’ India to resume Russian oil buys to cool prices
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🌍 Emissions/Environment
Delhi AQI slips to 'poor' category as pollution levels rise again
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💸 Finance & Insurance
Numeros Motors ties up with Royal Sundaram for rider insurance cover
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📖 Magazines
📝 Mahindra XUV 7XO turbo-petrol AT real-world fuel economy tested, explained
📝 Honda Dio 125 price and variants explained
📝 5 Things to know before buying a Royal Enfield Hunter 350
📝 Renault 'mini Duster' compact SUV to launch in 2027 with hybrid, EV powertrains
📝 2 reasons to buy the Range Rover Velar and 2 to skip it
📝 Hero Destini 125 price and variants explained
📝 Badge-engineered twins: Which cars sold more in 2025?
📝 Mahindra XUV 7XO turbo-petrol AT real-world fuel economy tested, explained
📝 Maharashtra proposes double green tax on older vehicles
📝 JSW-MG Motor readying new Astor, ZS EV replacement
📝 MG IM6 SUV to launch in India this year under Select retail channel
📝 Renault Duster’s RGMP and CMFB platform differences explained
📝 5 things to know before buying the Ather Rizta S 2.9kWh
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📰 International
📝 Ford recalls 1.74 million of its cars over rearview display issues
📝 China warns of global chip shortages as Nexperia dispute escalates again
📝 BYD debuts second-gen blade battery with 5-minute flash charge
📝 Tesla wins labour dispute at German factory
📝 SK Battery America to cut nearly 1,000 jobs at Georgia plant as EV demand softens
📝 US to host self-driving safety forum with Waymo, Zoox and Aurora CEOs
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