Articles by: Ashish Bhatia

Cab aggregators and buses fail to figure in the GST final bill?

Cab aggregators and buses carrying more than 10 people have escaped cess under GST, claim industry sources. They cite the four bills for the proposed GST regime, which were recently introduced in the lower house of the parliament by finance minister Arun Jaitley. Introduced as money bills, which do not require the nod of the upper house of the parliament,[Read More…]

by May 11, 2017 News
Riding the Janbus

Riding the Janbus

The Ashok Leyland Janbus has played a cameo role in a Hindi movie, ‘Badrinath ki Duhania’, that was released in March 2017. A romantic comedy film, which was promoted as yet another in a series of such movies after ‘Humpty Sharma ki Dulhania’, which was released in 2014, the scene that features the Janbus is when the hero Badrinath (played[Read More…]

by May 11, 2017 Flashback
Delivery van concept to meet urban challenges

Delivery van concept to meet urban challenges

Ford has developed a delivery van concept that uses drones to deliver over the last 15 m, or from the kerb to the door. Story by: Team CV To cut down on traffic congestion, and the resulting loss in productivity in an urban environment, Ford has come up with a concept that combines delivery vans and drones to develop a[Read More…]

by May 11, 2017 World
Anti-runaway brakes from Renault

Anti-runaway brakes from Renault

Anti-runaway automated parking brakes aim at eliminating the risk of uncontrolled vehicle movement. Story by: Team CV Renault Trucks has introduced anti-runaway Automated Parking Brake (Anti-RAPB) to eliminate the risk of uncontrolled vehicle movements caused by human error when a truck is idling or static. The Anti-RAPB was developed by Renault Trucks’ engineering team at Lyon in close partnership with[Read More…]

by May 11, 2017 World