Its been over four months after the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) put an electric bus acquired from a Chinese company on trial. Industry sources claim that a DTC report has pegged its operational and maintencance cost to be lower than that of a CNG bus. A CNG bus is claimed to cost Rs.18.54 per km as compared to an electric[Read More…]
Automated inspection and certification centres for motor vehicles will soon be set up at Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, and Kurnool according to industry sources. It is part of Ministry of Road Transport and Highway’s (MoRTH) plan to build such centers in all the states and union territories for rigorous inspection of vehicles. The automated centers are expected to serve as technical centers[Read More…]
Apollo Tyres has decided to invest a majority of its Rs.1700 crore planned budget in the Chennai facility. At the Chennai facility, the company plans to increase the capacity of truck and bus radials to 12000 units. According to Gaurav Kumar, Chief Financial Officer of Apollo Tyres, the company expects the Chennai plant to start aligning with the production plans[Read More…]
Cab aggregator Uber has rolled out two new features aimed at reducing a rider’s dependence on the Uber application. The features, ‘Dial an Uber’ and ‘Request a Ride for others’ come out at a time when ride hailing services are majorly app. driven. In case of the feature ‘Dial an Uber’, users can access Uber’s services in select cities without[Read More…]
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