It’s a familiar sight at manufacturing or industrial facilities where a lot of heavy stuff is carted around with the help of fork lift trucks. Fork lift trucks zooming in and out handling various jobs is not uncommon in businesses dependent on human resources, while in some semi-automated factories like Volkswagen’s Transparent Factory in Dresden,… Continue reading Rise of friendly automated robots at Continental
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Rise of friendly automated robots at Continental
It’s a familiar sight at manufacturing or industrial facilities where a lot of heavy stuff is carted around with the help of fork lift trucks. Fork lift trucks zooming in and out handling various jobs is not uncommon in businesses dependent on human resources, while in some semi-automated factories like Volkswagen’s Transparent Factory in Dresden,… Continue reading Rise of friendly automated robots at Continental
‘Our strategy now is to premiumise the Seltos’: Tae-Jin Park
It was with the Seltos SUV that Kia Motors entered India in 2019. Since then the journey of Kia India and the Seltos has been almost identical. It was a segment disruptor and a segment winner for the South Korean brand. As a result, the Seltos is an important model for Kia India and now… Continue reading ‘Our strategy now is to premiumise the Seltos’: Tae-Jin Park
McLaren M1A Can-Am racer inspires road-legal V8 supercar
The jaw-dropping N1A supercar is a British-made, V8-powered, ultra-light tribute to one of McLaren‘s best-known race cars. It is the product of Hampshire-based Nichols Cars, the eponymous outfit founded by storied motorsport engineer Steve Nichols, whose pioneering work with carbonfibre was instrumental in McLaren’s domination of the 1988 Formula 1 world championship, with Alain Prost and… Continue reading McLaren M1A Can-Am racer inspires road-legal V8 supercar
Renault kicks off mobile showroom roadshow across 625 cities, targets brand visibility
Renault India kicked off its mobile showroom concept – Showroom on Wheels – under its campaign Renault Experience Days – from Gurugram, Haryana on July 25. The French carmaker’s Indian arm aims to touch 625 cities and deep rural pockets with this campaign, which is expected to take it closer to its customers and bring… Continue reading Renault kicks off mobile showroom roadshow across 625 cities, targets brand visibility
Despite subsidy reduction, EV two wheelers better than petrol run vehicles on operating economics, says Rakesh Sharma ED, Bajaj Auto
Despite the correction in FAME Subsidy, the operating economics is still loaded in favour of electric two-wheelers, says Rakesh Sharma, the Executive Director of Bajaj Auto. The maker of Chetak expects the dust to settle down in a few months and expects the electric two-wheeler market to grow by 15 to 25 percent as against… Continue reading Despite subsidy reduction, EV two wheelers better than petrol run vehicles on operating economics, says Rakesh Sharma ED, Bajaj Auto
First batch of Triumph Speed 400s rolls out of Bajaj Auto plant
Three weeks after the Bajaj Auto-Triumph Motorcycles combine launched the Triumph Speed 400 at Rs 223,000 for the first 10,000 units, the Pune-based Bajaj Auto has rolled out the first batch of the locally manufactured motorcycle from its Chakan plant. The Triumph Speed 400 and its sibling Scrambler 400 are the first products to come from… Continue reading First batch of Triumph Speed 400s rolls out of Bajaj Auto plant
Autocar magazine 26 July: on sale now
This week in Autocar, Land Rover introduces the baby Defender, we drive the new Mercedes E-Class and take the Kia Picanto for a spin around Ireland. News Land Rover has given the green light to its long-mooted, highly anticipated ‘baby Defender’ – a rugged and compact 4×4 now inbound as a sibling model to the… Continue reading Autocar magazine 26 July: on sale now
New Audi Q6 E-tron will use firm’s world-first ‘dynamic’ tail lights
Audi has revealed that the advanced lighting set to be used by its upcoming Q6 E-tron will establish two world firsts for production models: the ability to provide specific warning signs to fellow road users and a range of bespoke ‘signatures’ for each driver. The new SUV features digital daytime-running lights with 61 individual segments… Continue reading New Audi Q6 E-tron will use firm’s world-first ‘dynamic’ tail lights
Audi Q6 E-tron 55 prototype
Instead, the brief was to ensure that – rather than seeking to one-up its competitors – the Q6 should emulate as best as possible the attributes that have made the similarly sized Q5 Audi’s best-selling car for the past decade. And so while it is new in almost every conceivable way, the Q6 feels familiar… Continue reading Audi Q6 E-tron 55 prototype