The demand weakness for motorcycles in the export market, which began at the onset of the financial year (FY) 2022-2023, has started bottoming out, as per Bajaj Auto Executive Director Rakesh Sharma. Primarily, two-wheeler exports from India have been hit by weak macroeconomic conditions, local currency depreciation, foreign exchange availability constraints, and regulatory issues in… Continue reading ‘Slower export recovery is a sign of bottoming out:’ Rakesh Sharma, Bajaj Auto
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‘Slower export recovery is a sign of bottoming out:’ Rakesh Sharma, Bajaj Auto
The demand weakness for motorcycles in the export market, which began at the onset of the financial year (FY) 2022-2023, has started bottoming out, as per Bajaj Auto Executive Director Rakesh Sharma. Primarily, two-wheeler exports from India have been hit by weak macroeconomic conditions, local currency depreciation, foreign exchange availability constraints, and regulatory issues in… Continue reading ‘Slower export recovery is a sign of bottoming out:’ Rakesh Sharma, Bajaj Auto
Pamela Tikku joins Mahindra Group as Head – Auto, Group Public Affairs
Mahindra Group has appointed Pamela Tikku as the Vice President and Head – Auto, Group Public Affairs. Tikku joins the Indian automotive major after a 17-year-long stint at the National Automotive Testing and R&D Infrastructure (NATRiP) project, where she last held the position of being the Chief Business Officer of ICAT – International Centre for… Continue reading Pamela Tikku joins Mahindra Group as Head – Auto, Group Public Affairs
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
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
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