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Ola Electric's Futurefactory to be run entirely by as many as 10,000 women

This will make it the world's largest women-only factory and the only all-women automotive manufacturing facility globally

Paytm launches India's first FASTag-based facility at Delhi Metro parking

Paytm has enabled a UPI-based payment for two-wheelers entering the parking site, thereby digitising the entire parking payments

BMW drives in new trims of X5 with price starting at Rs 77.9 lakh

German luxury carmaker BMW on Monday said it has launched the new variants of its premium SUV X5

Tata Motors drives in CNG version of Tata 407 at Rs 12.07 lakh

Tapping into the benefits of CNG, the vehicle offers profits of up to 35 per cent over the diesel variant, Tata Motors said in a statement.

Ola's two-wheeler facility Futurefactory to be run entirely by women

Electric scooter maker Ola Electric on Monday announced that its two-wheeler manufacturing facility called Ola FutureFactory set up in Tamil Nadu will be run entirely by women.

Electric carmaker Tesla pushes its full self-driving Beta v10, says report

This is a version that CEO Elon Musk called "mind-blowing"

Chip shortage: What caused it and how will this impact you & industry?

In this podcast, we discussed why there is a semiconductor shortage and what are its impact

Semiconductor chip shortage may keep Maruti Suzuki's margin in check

Declining trend in royalty payment unlikely to cushion the fall

BMW, Daimler may keep up prices even after chip shortage crisis

Automakers Daimler and BMW are planning to limit the volume of premium models they ship even as chip shortages wane across the industry

Escorts confident of double-digit growth in tractor sales in FY22

Escorts Ltd is confident of clocking a double-digit growth in tractor sales in 2021-22, having registered good volume in the first quarter, according to a senior company official.

Govt asks Tesla to start production before tax concessions given: Report

The heavy industries ministry has asked Tesla to first start manufacturing its electric vehicles before any tax concessions can be considered, govt sources said

Ford Motor ceasing production in India leaves its workers high and dry

Company in talks with automakers to sell Chennai plant, says TN govt official

Centre asks Tesla to share manufacturing, investment plan in India

But the relation has to be reciprocal. India should gain in terms of investment, employment," the official said

Maruti Ciaz crosses sales milestone of 300,000 units since launch

Car market leader Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (MSIL) on Friday said its mid-size sedan Ciaz has crossed the cumulative sales milestone of 3 lakh units since its launch in 2014.

Fresh investments in motown may cross $4 bn; auto firms in talks with govt

Some 13 auto firms have been in talks with govt for setting up business in India

Semiconductor shortage effect: Auto wholesale dip 11% in August, says SIAM

The total wholesales across categories, excluding commercial vehicles, declined to 1,586,873 units last month, compared to 1,790,115 units in August 2020.

Ford in talks with another auto firm for Chennai unit handover: TN govt

Last year, Ford was in talks with Ola and M&M for contract manufacturing or for sale of both plants. It isn't clear whether the current talks are with the same companies or not

Ford to stop making vehicles in India amid mounting losses and poor sales

Ford had been rethinking its India operations even before it had initiated discussion with Mahindra & Mahindra in 2019

Ola Electric defers e-scooter sale to September 15 due to website glitch

The company will be notifying buyers via email and push notifications about the window to purchase the scooter

Jio-bp partners with BluSmart to set up EV charging infra in India

BluSmart, through its all electric fleet, provides zero-surge and zero-tailpipe emission ride-hailing service in the Delhi NCR