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Nissan India opens bookings for its Magnite RED Edition

Nissan Motor India today announced the start of pre-bookings for the Nissan Magnite RED edition, which is scheduled to be officially launched on July 18 and will be available in three variants: Magnite XV MT RED Edition, Magnite Turbo XV MT RED Edition, and Magnite Turbo XV CVT RED Edition. Nissan Magnite, with over 100,000… Continue reading Nissan India opens bookings for its Magnite RED Edition

Volkswagen enters global battery business with PowerCo

Volkswagen, which is aggressively driving its e-mobility strategy, yesterday broke ground for its first cell factory in Salzgitter today in the presence of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Production will start in 2025. Responsibility for global battery business is to be held by the newly created company ‘PowerCo’. In addition to cell production, the new company… Continue reading Volkswagen enters global battery business with PowerCo

Pricol signs tech partnership with BMS PowerSafe

Francois Enez, Business Manager, BMS PowerSafe; Thomas Debuisser, CEO, BMS PowerSafe; Siddharth Manoharan, Chief Strategy Officer, Pricol ; Benoit Lalande, Technical Director, BMS PowerSafe. Pricol has announced an exclusive technology partnership with BMS PowerSafe, a French company that is a part of the Startec Energy Group, to manufacture Battery Management System (BMS) for electric vehicles… Continue reading Pricol signs tech partnership with BMS PowerSafe

Skoda Kushaq sells over 26,500 units in first year

The Skoda Kushaq launched on June 28, 2021 has completed a year of retail sales in the Indian market. Importantly, the SUV has made a mark in the hotly contested SUV segment with sales of over 26,000 units. As per Autocar Professional’s passenger vehicle sales analytics, the Kushaq has sold a total of 26,807 units… Continue reading Skoda Kushaq sells over 26,500 units in first year

M&M raises Rs 1925 crore for EV arm

The picture is representational The British International Investment (BII), the UK’s development finance institution and  Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) have executed a binding agreement to invest up to Rs 1925 crore each into a wholly-owned subsidiary of M&M that will be newly incorporated, the company said in a statement late on Thursday.   BII will invest… Continue reading M&M raises Rs 1925 crore for EV arm

‘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’