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National Highways network to be expanded to 200,000km by 2024: Nitin Gadkari

The government is set to implement and accelerate work on India’s National Highways in a manner that will expand the existing NH network by 43% – from the existing 140,000km to 200,000 kilometres – by the year 2024. Importantly, implementation of the Bharatmala project and green highways will reduce logistics costs by 3% of the… Continue reading National Highways network to be expanded to 200,000km by 2024: Nitin Gadkari

Visteon to double India workforce, invests in young talent

Global technology company Visteon Corporation recently welcomed the first class of its pioneering RISE program, an early career program offering young engineers a unique opportunity to develop their engineering skills in a dynamic real-time work environment.  These efforts support the company’s plan to further strengthen presence in India by doubling its workforce amongst cities — Bangalore, Chennai,… Continue reading Visteon to double India workforce, invests in young talent

Fisker explores production ramp up as Ocean eSUV sells out

Electric carmaker Fisker Inc has is considering a ramp up of production for its all-electric Ocean SUV. The EV maker has said that that current Fisker Ocean production numbers of 50,000 per year may expand in 2024 due to strong consumer demand from across the world. Fisker will commence production of the Ocean SUV on… Continue reading Fisker explores production ramp up as Ocean eSUV sells out

Schaeffler’s autonomous mobile robot wins top Red Dot Design award

Schaeffler, the global automotive and industrial supplier, has won the Red Dot: Best of the Best award for its Dual EXtendable (DEX), the Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR) project in the Red Dot Design Award under the Design Concept category. DEX was designed to reimagine the dexterity and intelligence of autonomous mobile robot (AMR) platforms and… Continue reading Schaeffler’s autonomous mobile robot wins top Red Dot Design award

Tata Tech eyes key role in Foxconn’s EV ecosystem

Tata Technologies which recently joined the Foxconn-initiated MIH or ‘mobility in harmony consortium’ is looking forward to playing an important role in bringing together all the four pillars of collaboration — light weighting, vehicle architecture, software and autonomous — so as to benefit the entire electric vehicle ecosystem says Sonal Ramrakhiani, President Sales and COO, … Continue reading Tata Tech eyes key role in Foxconn’s EV ecosystem

Daimler opens training centre in Cuttack

Daimler India Commercial Vehicles has  inaugurated a BharatBenz Regional Training Center (RTC) in Cuttack, Odisha, its second centre after the first it launched in Chennai four years ago. DICV hopes to open two more in the Northern and Western region of the country by December 2022.  The new RTC, is a partnership between BharatBenz, the state’s… Continue reading Daimler opens training centre in Cuttack

Skoda releases official sketches of all-electric Vision 7S concept

Having issued teaser sketches of the interior earlier this month, Skoda Auto today has released sketches of the all-electric seven-seater Vision 7S concept car’s exterior. These front and rear sketches of the car reveal further details of the new design language as well as preview the study’s body. The sketches show a powerful SUV featuring… Continue reading Skoda releases official sketches of all-electric Vision 7S concept

Audi India to hike prices by up to 2.4% across model range

German luxury carmaker Audi has announced a price hike of up to 2.4% across its model range in India. Audi India says, “The price hike is a result of rising input and supply chain costs and will come into effect from September 20, 2022.” This will be the company’s second price hike this year, having… Continue reading Audi India to hike prices by up to 2.4% across model range

Lamborghini speeds up recycling and upcycling

Sustainability is now a mantra for most automakers and Italian super sports car manufacturer Lamborghini is no different. Sustainability is a pillar of Automobili Lamborghini’s corporate strategy. Resource-efficient upcycling and recycling play a particularly important role in this. The Italian super sports car manufacturer helps conserve natural resources and avoid CO2 emissions that would otherwise accrue… Continue reading Lamborghini speeds up recycling and upcycling