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Land Rover design chief Gerry McGovern awarded OBE ‘for services to automotive design’

Land Rover design chief Gerry McGovern has been recognised as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2020 New Year’s Honours List. The British firm’s design director has helped shape a major overhaul of Land Rover’s range, with a key role in developing key models such as the Range Rover Evoque… Continue reading Land Rover design chief Gerry McGovern awarded OBE ‘for services to automotive design’

Renault India to launch new compact SUV in second-half 2020

Between April-November 2019, Renault India has more than doubled its UV market share to 4 percent. New compact SUV, set to debut in 2020, will further rev up demand. (Representational image) Renault India, which is gradually upping the ante in the SUV market with its recently launched seven-seat Triber, is plotting new moves to accelerate… Continue reading Renault India to launch new compact SUV in second-half 2020

Tata Motors partners Prakriti E-mobility for EV taxi in New Delhi

Tata Motors today announced a partnership with Prakriti E-Mobility to deploy 500 Tigor EVs in New Delhi. Prakriti E-Mobility is an EV based taxi service co-founded by Nimish Trivedi, Vikas Bansal and Rajeev Tiwari. Prakriti E-mobility will deploy the Tigor EVs on its app-based platform EVERA, which will serve in Delhi/NCR, reinforcing its commitment to service… Continue reading Tata Motors partners Prakriti E-mobility for EV taxi in New Delhi

Quick Ride registers 22 lakh new car-pooling users in 2019

Bangalore-based ride-sharing startup company Quick Ride has reported 22 lakh new registrations across  Bangalore, Delhi-NCR, Chennai, Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, Kerala, and Kolkata in 2019. Quick Ride claims that ever since it began in 2015, it has registered a total user base of 3.2 million users.  As per reports, Quick Ride has witnessed a  4x growth in… Continue reading Quick Ride registers 22 lakh new car-pooling users in 2019

Renault India plans e-mobility drive from 2021, one new ICE model every year

Renault India, a fully owned subsidiary of Renault SAS France says it will phase out of diesel vehicles in India and will come up with newer launches in the next 2-3 years, while expanding its dealership network to around 370 outlets by 2022. Before that, the company also plans to launch an EV in the… Continue reading Renault India plans e-mobility drive from 2021, one new ICE model every year

Nissan sells 417,913 vehicles globally in November 2019, down 10.3%

Nissan has recently released its monthly sales report for the month of November 2019 and the document shows that Nissan has sold a total of 417,913 vehicles in the month. A decline of 10.3 percent in comparison to November 2018 figures. In the year to date, January to November, Nissan sold a total of 4,719,675… Continue reading Nissan sells 417,913 vehicles globally in November 2019, down 10.3%

Travis Kalanick to leave Uber before January 2020

Travis Kalanick, co-founder of Uber at the Startup India meet in New Delhi in 2016 (Image credits: PIB) Uber Technologies has confirmed that Travis Kalanick will no longer be a part of the company’s Board of Directors after December 31, 2019. Kalanick co-founded Uber along with Garrett Camp in 2009 and was launched in 2010… Continue reading Travis Kalanick to leave Uber before January 2020

Canadian electric vehicles startup opens India office to cater to Indian Industry

Encouraged by the latest Electric Vehicle policy announcements by the government, MakerMax System, a startup dedicated to the advanced lithium battery technologies and Online EV education, has expanded their operations in India with a series of new products and services. One of the product recently launched by the company is a indigenously developed desktop model… Continue reading Canadian electric vehicles startup opens India office to cater to Indian Industry