The year 2017 is set to be yet another challenging year for the Indian commercial vehicle industry. Story by: Bhushan Mhapralkar The month of October 2016 was a good month for the Indian CV industry. M&HCV sales grew 16.92 per cent with the sale of 25,934 M&HCVs as compared to 22,181 units sold in the corresponding month last year. LCVs[Read More…]
Auman EST, produced by Beijing Foton Daimler Automotive Co., Ltd. (BFDA), a 50: 50 joint venture between Daimler AG and Foton Motor, has won the Chinese Truck of the Year 2017 award. A jury comprising of transport operators, engineers, and Commercial Vehicle Magazine (China) journalists selected the truck for the title. The selection criteria calls for the truck to be[Read More…]
Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC’s) rolled out a new city bus service called ‘Aapli Bus’ (your bus) in December 2016. As part of the initiative, NMC comissioned 20 new buses. They were flagged off by Nitin Gadkari, Minister for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping, and Devendra Fadnavis, Chief Minister of Maharashtra. Five of these buses run on ethanol. The rest of[Read More…]
FRP Institute, which specialises in the promotion of composites, has announced its alignment with the Government of India’s (GoI’s) ‘Make in India’ initiative. At a conference in Mumbai, the institute highlighted the advantages FRP offers in diverse sectors including automobiles. It highlighted the use of FRP in commercial vehicles, buses and reefer trucks apart from ballistic armour, vehicle armour and[Read More…]
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