In a first-of-its-kind initiative in the Indian mining sector, Hindustan Zinc has introduced a Normet Agitator SmartDrive EV into its underground mining operations. Hindustan Zinc, along with Finnish technology company Normet Group, has inducted battery-powered service equipment and utility vehicles into underground mining to help decarbonise and improve environmental sustainability in the mining industry. The… Continue reading Hindustan Zinc deploys heavy-duty EV for underground mining operations
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Mahindra XUV400 gets over 10,000 bookings in four days
Mahindra & Mahindra, which opened bookings for its all-electric XUV400 SUV on January 26, has already received over 10,000 bookings as of January 29 evening. The company has also revealed that the waiting period on the XUV400 currently stretches up to seven months. Based on the current supply scenario, Mahindra aims to deliver 20,000 units… Continue reading Mahindra XUV400 gets over 10,000 bookings in four days
Mahindra XUV400 gets over 10,000 bookings in four days
Mahindra & Mahindra, which opened bookings for its all-electric XUV400 SUV on January 26, has already received over 10,000 bookings as of January 29 evening. The company has also revealed that the waiting period on the XUV400 currently stretches up to seven months. Based on the current supply scenario, Mahindra aims to deliver 20,000 units… Continue reading Mahindra XUV400 gets over 10,000 bookings in four days
Maruti Suzuki clocks 25 million sales in India 40 years after Maruti 800 rollout
India’s passenger vehicle market leader Maruti Suzuki has achieved the cumulative sales milestone of 25 million cars and SUVs, becoming the first Indian automaker to notch this record. January 9, 2023 was the red-letter day when the carmaker surpassed the milestone. The 25-million sales milestone comes 40 years after Suzuki Motor Corporation, Japan signed… Continue reading Maruti Suzuki clocks 25 million sales in India 40 years after Maruti 800 rollout
Toyota company begins production of Suzuki Swift in Ghana
Toyota Tsusho Manufacturing Ghana Co Ltd (TTMG), Toyota Tsusho Corporation’s vehicle assembly company in the Republic of Ghana, has begun semi-knocked-down production of Suzuki Motor Corporation’s Swift hatchback in Ghana. The official announcement has come today even though the assembly operations kicked off in September 2022. Semi-knockdown essentially is a method of vehicle assembly that… Continue reading Toyota company begins production of Suzuki Swift in Ghana
Apollo Tyres becomes first Indian auto firm to get ISO 20400 certification for sustainable procurement
Apollo Tyres becomes first Indian auto firm to get ISO 20400 certification for sustainable procurement Apollo Tyres’ raw material procurement process has been successfully validated by a third party recently for the ISO 20400:2017 Sustainable Procurement standard. With this, Apollo Tyres becomes the first company in the automotive sector in India to get ISO 20400… Continue reading Apollo Tyres becomes first Indian auto firm to get ISO 20400 certification for sustainable procurement
Renault-Nissan Alliance back on stable ground as fractures fixed
Investors, suppliers and employees alike will be breathing a sigh of relief today after Renault and Nissan announced they had agreed a new basis for their Alliance that stretches back to 1999 but had looked increasingly rocky in recent months. Nissan chafed that Renault’s stake in it stood at 43% while it only owned 15% of… Continue reading Renault-Nissan Alliance back on stable ground as fractures fixed
Inside the industry: the automotive impact of a war in Taiwan
For around a decade now, the automotive industry’s worst-case scenario has kept getting worse, with lowlights ranging from the emissions scandal and its fallout to the pulling forward of electric car mandates by a decade, the ramping up of safety and pollution standards, the pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and more. But if you can… Continue reading Inside the industry: the automotive impact of a war in Taiwan
Mazda MX-5 “will never die” as sports car market transforms
The Mazda MX-5 “will never die” but the Japanese company has yet to commit to the technical make-up of the next-generation version. Mazda’s CEO in Europe, Martijn ten Brink, said the current car, first launched in 2015, will continue to be updated and is under no threat of being taken off sale from emissions or… Continue reading Mazda MX-5 “will never die” as sports car market transforms
Ultra Low Emission Zone: Can I drive my car in the London ULEZ?
The London Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) means some older cars need to pay a fee to enter the capital. Here are all the details. The London ULEZ was introduced in 2019, affecting hundreds of thousands of vehicles driving on the streets of the capital. Other cities, such as Birmingham, Edinburgh, Manchester and Oxford, are set to follow… Continue reading Ultra Low Emission Zone: Can I drive my car in the London ULEZ?