Soon after the Chandigarh administration increased Value Added Tax (VAT) on fuel and automobiles, the battery-operated vehicles have been exempted from VAT in Chandigarh. Previously, the authorities had been charging VAT on battery-operated vehicles like on other vehicles at 13.20 per cent. The decision is claimed to boost people’s purchase of battery-operated vehicles over the diesel and petrol variants. Santosh[Read More…]

Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) is expected to launch its premium pickup range in January 2016 in a bid to consolidate its leadership in the Small Commercial Vehicle (SCV) space. The premium range has been named ‘Imperio’. Pravin Shah, President & Chief Executive (Automotive), M&M said Imperio would target the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and that it would come good[Read More…]

In a bid to strengthen its presence in the cold chain logistics sector, Eicher Trucks and Buses has introduced a series of new reefer trucks in the Pro 1000 and Pro 6000 series category. The trucks include the Pro 1059XP reefer, Pro 1110XP reefer and Pro 6025 reefer. They come with an option of 14 ft., 20 ft. and 24[Read More…]

Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV) has began delivering the Mercedes-Benz luxury coach, the Super High Deck (SHD) 2436. The first set of buses were handed over to KPN Rajesh, owner, KPN Travels, at the DICV Bus plant in Chennai. KPN Travels is a luxury coach operator in South India with a fleet size of over 330 intercity buses. With 61[Read More…]