The slowdown in the car market is affecting the launch plans of car companies. Italian automotive major Fiat India Automobile (FIA) will launch its new mid-size sedan Linea in December instead of October due to the poor sentiment prevailing in the market. Its second launch Grande Punto has also been pushed back and will now […]
Power storage manufacturer Luminous Power Technologies, part of SAR Group, will be launching its electric scooter ‘Lectrix’ next month and aims to sell about 23,000 units by next year.
Luminous Power Technologies Founder and CEO Rakesh Malhotra said the company has already completed test runs of its e-scooter, the research for which took about two years. […]
Kochi, Kerala-based Tolins Tyres Pvt Ltd, manufacturer of re-treading material, is set to introduce LCV tyres.
The Rs 150-crore company will initially launch light truck nylon tyres and will later introduce truck tyres in the market, Mr K.P. Varkey and Mr K.V. Tolin, Chairman and Managing Director, respectively, of the company said at a press meet. […]
Armed with a $500-mn investment outlay, Ford Motors has set early 2010 as the target to launch a small car in India, start its new engine-making unit and double the assembly line capacity, a top official said here.
The US-based giant will also unveil its refurbished Ikon by next month to expand its range of offerings […]
Launching its most important model into a falling car market, Volkswagen is betting the look and feel of its Golf VI can win over discriminating hatchback buyers, in the absence of revolutionary advances under the hood. Learning from the mistakes that beset the last Golf�s rollout late in 2003, VW expects easier assembly, improved economies […]
India`s Eicher Motors and joint venture (JV) partner, Swedish truck-maker Volvo, are planning to launch two new heavy-duty commercial vehicles in couple of years, reports Economic Times.
The joint venture, called VE Commercial Vehicles (VECV) includes Eicher`s commercial vehicles business along with its engineering components and engineering solutions businesses, besides Volvo`s India truck sales and distribution […]
British sports car maker Lotus has unveiled a new model that runs on biofuel, and can do up to 84mph (135km/h) over snow and ice.
The Concept Ice Vehicle (CIV) is a one-seater that has been installed with a supercharged motorbike engine, and can operate in temperatures as low as minus 72C (minus 98F). […]
Tata Motors launched the new generation of its flagship passenger car Indica on Saturday. The new model called ?Indica Vista?? 3.8 m long and 1.7 m wide ? is larger than the existing Indica and has more interior space than the original one. The car will initially be available in seven variants across 170 dealerships […]
Two-wheeler maker Hero Electric is planning to introduce an electric passenger car in the India by 2013, besides introducing battery driven three-wheeler.
The company has also firmed up plans to expand its product portfolio in e-bikes by launching two more products in the high-speed category during the current financial year and also venturing into solar energy […]
Bangalore-based EKO Vehicle Private Limited is all set to launch its second product, EV 60 electric scooter, and said it would commence export of battery-operated two-wheelers to the US market from January.
The pollution-free EV 60 is priced at Rs 39,600 and slated for launch next month, the company’s Chairman Anil Ananthakrishna told reporters here. […]