Vehicles

Automobile retail sales up 14% in March; post 21% YoY growth in FY23

All vehicle categories, except tractors, post double-digit growth for March and the full financial year

Centre extends mandatory fitness testing of vehicles till Oct 2024

The government has extended the date of mandatory fitness testing through a registered Automated Testing Station (ATS) for heavy goods and passenger motor vehicles by 18 months to October 1, 2024. Earlier, the Road Transport and Highways Ministry (MoRTH) had said that fitness testing for heavy goods vehicles and heavy passenger motor vehicles through an ATS will be mandatory from April 1, 2023. However, in the case of medium goods vehicles, medium passenger motor vehicles and light motor vehicles (transport), the MoRTH had said the requirement will be made compulsory from June 1, 2024. "Now, in view of the present status of readiness of the Automated testing Stations (ATS) across the country, MoRTH has decided to extend the date for mandatory testing through ATS in respect of Heavy Goods Vehicles/Heavy Passenger Motor Vehicles, Medium Goods Vehicles / Medium Passenger Motor Vehicles and Light Motor vehicles (Transport) to 1st October 2024," the ministry said in a statement. An ...

Steelmakers press for higher auto contract prices after three quarters

Spot steel prices have been rising both globally and at home since December; a hike of over 12% in the domestic market would have been the basis of negotiations for the upcoming contracts

63 police stations don't have vehicle, 285 have no mobile phones: Govt

As many as 63 police stations in the country do not have any vehicle, 628 police stations do not have telephone connection and 285 police stations don't have a wireless set or mobile phone, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said there are 17,535 police stations operating in the country now. A total of 63 police stations don't have any vehicle, 628 don't have any telephone connection and 285 don't have a wireless set or mobile phone, he said in a written reply to a question.

Growth momentum in sale of passenger vehicles continues: Siam data

SIAM has said that BMW, Mercedes and Volvo Auto data is not available while Tata Motors data is only available for April-December

Mercedes-Benz to increase prices by Rs 2-12 lakh across models from Apr 1

Luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz India on Thursday said it will increase prices of its vehicles ranging between Rs 2 lakh to Rs 12 lakh across different models from April 1, to offset rising input costs specially the adverse impact of foreign exchange. This will be the second time in three months that the company is increasing prices of its vehicles. The ex-showroom price of the company's model range will increase by up to 5 per cent from April 1, 2023, the company said. Mercedes-Benz India Managing Director & CEO Santosh Iyer told PTI that the company has been tracking the Euro and the Rupee has depreciated against it in the past few months. "In October it (Euro) was around 78-79 (to a Rupee) and now it is at 87. It is really putting pressure and if we don't take this proactive step now, it will deteriorate our overall business model in India," he said. As a result, from April, prices of the company's A-Class limousine will go up by Rs 2 lakh and GLA SUV by Rs 7 lakh for the top-end

Process to scrap Delhi govt vehicles older than 15 years started: Officials

The Delhi government has started the process for scrapping its vehicles that are older than 15 years and sought their details and registration numbers, officials said on Thursday. In a meeting earlier this month, Delhi Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar had directed all departments to scrap government vehicles that were older than 15 years. He had asked the general administration department to ensure that the process is done according to the policy of central government. "The Delhi government onboarded on the national portal for establishing registered vehicle scrapping facilities," Delhi Transport Commissioner Ashish Kundra said in a tweet. The Centre has asked states and union territories for scrapping government vehicles older than 15 years, the officials said They said all such vehicles will not be able to remain operational as their certificate of registration will expire. Different departments have been asked to furnish details of such vehicles so that the next step can be take,

Consumers willing to pay premium for next vehicle amid inflation fears

Indian consumers are willing to pay a premium for purchasing their next vehicle despite fears of inflation, with a large portion of them looking at automobiles in the Rs 1,025 lakh price bracket

Adishwar introduces Benelli Bikes, launches new model of Keeway Superbike

Hyderabad-based Adishwar Auto Ride India (AARI) on Wednesday introduced the Italian bicycle brand Benelli Bike in India and also launched Superbike Keeway SR250 at Auto Expo 2023

Hyundai Motor India to increase vehicle prices from January 2023

Hyundai Motor India Ltd on Thursday said it will increase prices of its vehicles across models from next month citing rising input cost. The company joins the likes of market leader Maruti Suzuki India, Tata Motors, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Renault, Kia India and MG Motor, who have also made the year-end announcements to hike prices from next month to partially offset the impact of rising input costs. In a statement, Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL) said, "The company has continued to absorb rising costs, however (it) will now pass on a part of the input cost increase through a revision in prices across its model range." New prices for HMIL model range come into effect from January 2023, it said but did not elaborate the quantum of the proposed price hike. HMIL said it will "continue to make consistent internal efforts to minimise price impact to customers".

40% of all vehicles sold will be electric by 2030, says Bain & Co report

Report estimates that 4-5 million EVs will be sold across segments in 2026

15-yr-old govt vehicles will be scrapped, policy sent to states: Gadkari

Union transport minister Nitin Gadkari has said that state govts have been told to scrap 15-year-old vehicles plying on the roads

Pre-owned segment likely to narrow value gap with new cars by FY27: Study

Shift to UVs from sedans, vans, and small cars to drive the trend

COP27: Over 200 stakeholders to accelerate zero-emission transportation

A2Z Coalition's partners also work on the acceleration of zero-emission medium and heavy duty vehicles

No extension on curbs on plying of BS-III, BS-IV vehicles: Delhi govt

The Delhi government has decided not to extend the curbs on plying of BS-III petrol and BS-IV diesel vehicles in the capital in view of the improvement in air quality, according to officials. The restrictions on plying of these vehicles was in place till November 13 as part of the curbs under Stage 3 of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP). The Delhi government's Transport department reviewed the situation on Monday and decided that the curbs will not be extended, sources said. "Considering the recent improvement in the air quality in NCT of Delhi, the restrictions imposed for plying of BS III petrol and BS IV diesel LMVs (four wheelers) in the jurisdiction of NCT of Delhi are hereby revoked with immediate effect till further orders. "The department will closely monitor the AQI level in the NCT of Delhi and directions will be reviewed accordingly," read the official order issued by the department on Monday. During a review meeting last week, the transport department had decided

Google, Renault Group to build 'software defined vehicle' for the future

The companies will develop a set of onboard and offboard software components that are dedicated to the SDV and will grow synergies and use cases related to the group's "Move to Cloud'' strategy

Over 8,400 old vehicles impounded, jump of 188% witnessed so far: Data

Over 8,400 old vehicles have been impounded so far this year, an increase of almost 188 per cent from last year, according to official data. In 2018, the Supreme Court had ordered that plying of diesel and petrol vehicles older than 10 years and 15 years respectively is banned in Delhi, adding that the vehicles violating the order will be impounded. The Transport department of the Delhi government has launched a major crackdown on polluting vehicles plying on the roads of the national capital. The data showed that 8,444 old vehicles were impounded in 2022-23 for plying on roads in violation of the apex court directions as against 2,931 in 2021-22. The data stated that 23,212 vehicles were found plying without a Pollution Under Control Certificate (PUCC) in 2022-23 as opposed to 29,570 vehicles in 2021-22. In 2022-23, 60,36,207 PUCC were issued as against 42,25,946 in 2021-22, the data showed.

Half of PM 2.5 pollution in Delhi around Diwali was from vehicles: Report

Vehicular emission contributed half of PM 2.5 pollution from local sources in Delhi during the Diwali week between October 21 and October 26, according to the latest assessment by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). It said that when pollution concentrations from all sources -- local, NCR and beyond -- are added, Delhi's vehicles account for nearly 17 per cent of total PM2.5 concentration. But, according to CSE's indicative data, vehicles' daily share of pollution varied between 49.3 per cent and 53 per cent during the week of Diwali. "The vehicular contribution was followed by household pollution (residential) at 13 per cent, industries at 11 per cent, construction at 7 per cent, waste burning and the energy sector at 5 per cent each, and road dust and other sources at 4 per cent each. This observation is consistent with the trends evaluated during the previous winter in Delhi," principal programme manager at CSE's Clean Air and Sustainable Mobility unit Vivek Chattopadhya

Registration of electric passenger, motor vehicles doubles this year

Driving growth is Tata Motors, with 25,795 registrations, against 10,200 last year

Recovery tracker: Decline in railway freight numbers, air traffic

Vehicle registrations and power generation is higher than before