In Q1 FY ‘19 the vehicle wholesales (including exports) of Tata Motors grew 59 percent to 176,868 units with broad-based growth across the entire portfolio on a low base. In the domestic market M&HCV trucks grew 111 percent, ILCV trucks 73 percent, SCV & Pick-Ups 57 percent and CV Passenger 31 percent and passenger vehicles […]
By APA BUREAU: India’s commercial vehicle industry is on the growth track. Modernisation of highways, formulation of decisive regulations, strict implementation of existing norms and rapid progress in the economy are set to have positive impact on the industry. Commercial vehicle manufacturer, VE Commercial Vehicles (VECV), a joint venture between the Volvo Group and Eicher […]
By T Murrali Ashok Leyland, the second largest Commercial Vehicle (CV) manufacturer in India, has been on the growth track for the past several months. Its comfortable order book position and the technological edge in meeting the BS-VI emission norms from 2020, make the next couple of years even more promising. Still the company faces […]
APA Bureau Tenneco Automotive India is introducing global ideas for cleaner air, smoother, quieter and safer transportation. Its exhaust after-treatment technologies wring out maximum fuel efficiency from engines and its NOx reduction technologies treat effectively the resulting high NOx. “Apart from improving fuel economy, this also helps in extending oil change intervals, and in reduced maintenance and service […]
By T Murrali Mahindra Truck and Bus Division (MTBD), part of the USD 20.7 billion Mahindra Group, has been making rapid strides in the commercial vehicle (CV) segment since its inception. From a fledgling player, MTBD has reached the number three position in certain segments of the Indian heavy commercial vehicle industry. MTBD has evolved […]
By T Murrali: Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Pvt Ltd (DICV), the wholly-owned subsidiary of the German company Daimler AG, is providing variety of solutions globally through its parent company. Earlier the company manufactured trucks only for India, and then started exporting CKDs followed by components. Now it is systems and transmissions that would be followed […]
By T Murrali: The Indian Commercial Vehicle sector has ended the first quarter of 2018-19 with a robust double-digit growth of 51.55 percent at 230,095 units. The medium and heavy vehicle segment posted 83.59 percent at 89,027 units and light commercial vehicles moved up by 36.51 percent to 141,068 units. This quarter’s (April-June) high growth […]
By T Murrali: On the World Environment Day on June 5, 2018, Mahindra Electric inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Auroville, an experimental township established in 1968 in Puducherry/Tamil Nadu, to pilot India’s first integrated sustainable mobility ecosystem for a community. Now they will work with IISc (Indian Institute of Science), Puducherry Smart City […]
By APA Bureau: The Ahmedabad and Sanand regions in Gujarat are converging into a major automotive hub in India. Car manufacturers like Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors, Ford India, and two-wheeler companies Hero MotoCorp and Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India have big production facilities in Gujarat. Still the region lacks component suppliers, adequate logistics and supply […]
By T Murrali: It was rather an unusual day at the headquarters of Bosch Group in Gerlingen, near Stuttgart, in Germany; the annual press briefing began not with the traditional presentation of its financials but with the research priorities that form the bedrock of its present and future business. The main theme of the media […]
