The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee, visited the Ashok Leyland Driver Training Institute (DTI) at Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh, recently. The president was informed of the initiatives Ashok Leyland is taking to train drivers by taking him on a tour of the institute. The President was shown the modern equipment, including a simulator, and infrastructure that is used to train drivers.[Read More…]
Brent crude oil reached USD 55.16 per barrel level recently. It is the highest level reached since 2015, and is being attributed to Russia, Kazakhastan and a few other countries. These countries, it is being claimed, have agreed to voluntarily cut their output. If crude oil prices keep rising, for motorists (CV operators especially) in net oil importing countries like[Read More…]
Conceptualised by Frost & Sullivan to recognise Indian manufacturing capability and global competitiveness, the India Manufacturing Excellence Awards (IMEA) 2026 edition was held at Mumbai recently. Looked upon as a platform to identify future ready factories in India, the thirteenth edition of IMEA, Hyundai Motor India Limited, Chennai, was awarded ‘Indian Manufacturer of The Year’. Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd –[Read More…]
Volvo Group Trucks Technology (GTT) and Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to undertake research and development in future automotive technologies. The initiative, said Jan-Ove Östensen, VP – Advanced Technology & Research, Volvo Group, will demonstrate his group’s commitment to continually work with academic institutions to innovate, and to strengthen industry-academia collaboration globally. Volvo[Read More…]
Pace Setter ZF Drives Forward Change with Innovative and Flexibile Implementation 
SIAM Deliberates on Policy Reforms for Automotive Taxation 
SIAM Highlights India’s Biofuel Push at 2025 Conference 
Refurbishing Industry Is Bouncing Back 
Decarbonisation and Digitalisation 
