With 16 lives lost due to road crashes in India every hour, 46 children dying every day, adding up to 400 deaths daily, highest in the world, many fatalities known to be under-reported, India leads the global pack albeit disturbingly. Apart from poor law enforcement as a major lacunae in the system, there are issues like blind spots , and[Read More…]

Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV) has introduced four new medium-duty trucks under the BharatBenz brand. The trucks, christened as ‘MD IN-POWER’, include the 914R, 1214R, 1214RE and 1217C. The 914R is powered by a 134 hp, 4-litre four-cylinder diesel engine mated to a six-speed manual transmission, and has a payload capacity of 6320 kg. Powered by the same engine, and[Read More…]

Axalta Coating Systems is celebrating 150 years of its existence in the coating industry. Carved out of the acquisition of DuPont’s Performance Coatings by the Carlyle Group in 2013, Axalta Coating Systems history can be traced back to Herberts, the original producer of Standox paint products. From catering to the European carriage manufacturers in the nineteenth century, to meeting the[Read More…]

Trivandram-based KPN Travels has pressed the new Mercedes-Benz luxury coaches built at the brand new plant of Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV), Chennai, into service. The Super High Deck (SHD) 2436 luxury coach is capable of seating up to 57 people in superior levels of comfort according to DICV sources, and happens to be just the right product to complement[Read More…]