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Recovery tracker: Mobility on the rise, vehicle registrations up 8.7%

Railways showed a moderation in freight growth numbers

Govt mandates vehicles' fitness testing via automated stations from 2023

The government has made fitness testing of vehicles through Automated Testing Stations (ATS) mandatory in a phased manner starting April next year.

Govt seeks to change rules related to vehicles' fitness testing

The government proposed certain amendments in eligibility criteria for setting up an automated testing station to check vehicles' fitness, rules to enable testing outside state of registration

Shriram Automall India auctions over 7,900 pre-owned vehicles, assets

SAMIL Utsav is a one-of-its-kind phygital format auction, conducted by the platform every year on February 26, the company said in a statement

Recovery tracker: Retail and recreation visits at record high as cases drop

Improvement in traffic, power generation and other indicators; daily Covid-19 case load below 25,000

Gadkari asks automakers to start producing flex-fuel vehicles in 6 months

The minister pointed out that flex fuel vehicles are capable of running on a combination of 100 per cent petrol or 100 per cent bio-ethanol and their blends

Vehicle registration across segments drops 2.7% YoY in November: FADA

The fall was a sharper 20% when compared with the pre-pandemic period

Carmakers stare at nearly 500,000 units of booking backlog, and counting

Chip shortage disrupts production plans

What are Bharat-series vehicle registration plates? Decoded

If you are planning to move to a different state and happen to own a vehicle, you need not fret about paperwork. Now there is the BH-series vehicle registration. Let's understand how it works

Vehicle scrapping rules allow single window clearance for setting up ATSes

An ATS may be owned or operated by a person including any individual, or company, or association, or body of individuals, or a special purpose vehicle, or state govt

Road length rises 17% to 6.39 mn km, registered vehicles 41% in 2015-19

The number of registered vehicles in India rose by 41 per cent to 296 million in 2019 from 210 million in 2015, according to the Road Transport and Highways ministry data

Madras HC quashes order increasing speed limit to 120 kmph on highways

The Madras High Court has set aside a notification of the central government, fixing 120 kmph as the speed limit for vehicles plying on highways

Madras HC withdraws its order on bumper-to-bumper insurance cover

The judge hoped and trusted the lawmakers would look into this aspect and examine the need for suitable amendment in the Act relating to wide coverage of vehicles so as to protect the innocent victims

Bumper-to-bumper cover for new vehicles not mandatory: Madras HC

The court modifies the order it had passed in August mandating bumper-to-bumper cover

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

Amid pandemic blues, first time buyers make a comeback in the car market

A strong preference for personal mobility due to pandemic has prompted buyers who relied on shared mobility, public transport in pre-Covid years, to buy their own vehicles

TVS enters factory customisation, makes BTO debut with Apache RR 310

TVS BTO platform will empower the customers to customise and personalise their vehicles when making a purchase, which will be built directly at the factory as per their requirement.

Government introduces new registration mark for personal vehicles

A vehicle bearing this registration mark will not require a new registration mark when the owner of the vehicle shifts from one state to another

States to be asked to give up to 25% road tax rebate under scrappage policy

The Centre will soon ask state governments to provide up to 25 per cent rebate on road tax for vehicles that are purchased after scrapping old vehicles under the new proposed scrappage policy

Delhi govt waives custody charges on impounded vehicles till Sept 30

The Delhi government on Monday waived custody charges till September 30 on vehicles impounded by the Transport Department and the traffic police, providing relief to hundreds of vehicle owners in city