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‘CKD plants like India’s help us learn flexible manufacturing’

With the eventual move to electric mobility, a big challenge that faces legacy car makers is how and when to switch over their production plants to making electric cars. With markets around the world going electric at different stages – some even a decade later – global carmakers need to produce both ICE vehicles and… Continue reading ‘CKD plants like India’s help us learn flexible manufacturing’

Bridgestone Tyres’ business model aims at offering customer-centric solutions 

Bridgestone, a leading tyre manufacturer is fast evolving itself to become a mobility solution provider instead of remaining as just a tyre maker, says Rajarshi Moitra, chief commercial officer at Bridgestone India.  He elaborated saying that with changing consumer behaviour, business models are evolving rapidly too making it imperative for organisations to be adaptive and agile. ”… Continue reading Bridgestone Tyres’ business model aims at offering customer-centric solutions 

Great Wall’s exit signals curtains for Chinese OEMs

The Great Wall pavilion at the Auto Expo 2020 Two and half years after US carmaker GM struck a deal with Great Wall Motors (GWM) of China to sell the Talegaon plant, the Chinese company has apparently thrown in the towel, and asked the handful of employees it hired to leave. This effectively means the… Continue reading Great Wall’s exit signals curtains for Chinese OEMs

Toyota opens company-owned used car outlet

The TUCO in Bengaluru is the first of many planned Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) has opened a new pre-owned car outlet – Toyota Used Car Outlet (TUCO) – in Bengaluru. Instead of being a dealer facility, this pilot showroom is a company-owned outlet, located on the Bangalore-Mysore highway. TUCO has been incorporated under TKM’s existing… Continue reading Toyota opens company-owned used car outlet

TVS dials premium biking, launches 225cc Ronin at Rs 149,000

In an effort to target young motorcyclists looking for a premium riding experience, TVS Motor Co today launched the Ronin neo-retro motorcycle. The latest TVS is priced from Rs 149,000 (ex-showroom, India) for the base variant through to the Base Plus (Rs 156,000) and Mid (Rs 169,000-Rs171,000).  The retro-styled, scrambler-cum-cafe racer features a round headlight with… Continue reading TVS dials premium biking, launches 225cc Ronin at Rs 149,000

Continental, Karnataka government sign MoU for investments worth Rs 1,000 crore

Continental has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Karnataka for planned FDI investments to the tune of around Rs 1,000 crores in the state. The proposed investment is towards furthering the growth of its Research & Development organisation, Technical Center India (TCI), which is expected to employ about 6000 people. The… Continue reading Continental, Karnataka government sign MoU for investments worth Rs 1,000 crore