The union minister for transport, Nitin Gadkari, has once again reiterated the government’s move to create a separate transport department. The minister recently expressed that his ministry could soon set up a separate transport department to reduce the burden currently borne by the ministry of Road, Transport and Highways, and cut down on red tapism. The new department would directly[Read More…]

Isuzu Motor India is known to have temporarily suspended production of its D-Max pick-up and MU-7 SUV at the Hindustan Motor plant at Chennai. Production, claimed industry sources, was suspended in December 2015, putting the count of Isuzu vehicles produced in December 2015 at zero. The company spokesperson is known to have said that they are entering into Phase-2 of[Read More…]

Bajaj Auto’s quadricycle Qute is being exported to 13 countries across the world. It is displaying the potential of penetrating new export markets according to Bajaj Auto officials. Its India launch is however held up by pending court litigations that have raised an objection to the launch of a quadricycle as a new vehicle segment all together. The litigations have[Read More…]

Cab aggregator Ola has come out with a new scheme for its enterprise customers called the Ola Corporate. The scheme would offer corporates the flexibility and ease of hiring an Ola cab, and as and when they would require it. Corporates would be able to make payments from their company’s centralised prepaid account. According to Ola sources, a centralised billing[Read More…]