Volkswagen AG is claimed to be deliberating upon separately listing its truck business, which consists of Scania, MAN and the Volkswagen brand of CVs. It was in February 2014, that the German major hired Andreas Renschler (ex-Daimler) to integrate the heavy goods vehicle operations of Scania and MAN divisions, and combine these with Volkswagen commercial vehicles. According to industry sources,[Read More…]

National Automotive Testing and R&D Infrastructure Project (NATRiP) is in the process of designing seven state of the art automotive design and testing centres at Manesar, Bangalore, Rai Bareli, Silchar, Indore, Pune and Chennai. The centres, according to those in the know of the development, will be operational by December 2016. Sanjay Bandopadhyay, CEO, NATRiP, at a seminar on ‘Road[Read More…]

Forging an alliance with Bharat Forge and General Dynamics, Tata Motors has bid for the USD 11 billion Future Infantry Combat Vehicle (FICV) project of the Defence Ministry, and is confident of bagging it. Tata Motors is also known to have announced that it meets the requisite criteria on the back of its technical strength, the size of its Indian[Read More…]

A leading manufacturer of electric two and three wheelers in Japan, Terra Motors has launched Y4Alfa e-rickshaw at a price of Rs.1.3 lakh. Powered by a Terra battery unit, which gives a range of 100 km on full charge, the e-rickshaw, weighing 380 kg, can accommodate five people including the driver. The battery, priced close to Rs.27,000, is made in[Read More…]