The Royal Enfield Super Meteor 650 cruiser, which was launched in India on January 16, 2023 and turned a year old last month, has sold a total of 13,997 units till end-January 2024. This total comprises 2,293 units in the last two months of FY2023 and 11,704 units in the first 10 months of FY2024.… Continue reading Royal Enfield Super Meteor 650 sells 14,000 units in first year since launch
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Altair Enlighten Award 2024 for sustainable, lightweight design opens for entries
Altair, a global leader in computational intelligence, has announced that the 2024 Altair Enlighten Award is now open for submissions. Presented annually in conjunction with the Centre for Automotive Research (CAR), the award honours the greatest sustainability and lightweighting advancements that reduce carbon footprint, mitigate water and energy consumption, and leverage material reuse and recycling efforts. “The Enlighten Award… Continue reading Altair Enlighten Award 2024 for sustainable, lightweight design opens for entries
Kia unveils ‘Platform Beyond Vehicle’ business for Middle East and Africa markets
Kia Middle East and Africa have announced the forthcoming introduction of its ‘Platform Beyond Vehicle’ (PBV) model in the MEA region, scheduled for 2026. Kia’s PBVs represent the brand’s vision to be a Sustainable Mobility Solutions Provider beyond the traditional concept of automobiles. PBVs are billed to be a powerful combination of fit-for-purpose EVs with… Continue reading Kia unveils ‘Platform Beyond Vehicle’ business for Middle East and Africa markets
Freudenberg Sealing Technologies opens carbon-neutral plant in Spain
Freudenberg Sealing Technologies, the leading supplier of high-performance materials and advanced products for the automotive sector and general industry, has inaugurated its new state-of-the-art production facility in Parets del Vallès (Barcelona). The fully carbon-neutral plant, dedicated to manufacturing automotive components like damper seals, is boosting its production capacity by 15 percent. Freudenberg has invested more… Continue reading Freudenberg Sealing Technologies opens carbon-neutral plant in Spain
Porsche Cayenne
With a wealth of engineering changes underneath and visual updates to the body and interior, this Porsche Cayenne facelift isn’t one of those blink-and-you’ll-miss-it surgeries. The new LED matrix headlights are easy to spot (and, if you like, you can have high-definition ones at extra cost), while the new bumpers front and rear make for… Continue reading Porsche Cayenne
Volkswagen Tiguan
The centrepiece of the totally overhauled cockpit is a new infotainment system, running through either a 12.9in or massive 15.0in touchscreen – the latter of which you could say is a mite intrusive on your field of vision and slightly at odds with Volkswagen’s humble acknowledgement of well-publicised public feedback that it went too far with… Continue reading Volkswagen Tiguan
Volkswagen Sees Electric Vehicles as a Way to Grow in the U.S.
Probably only Americans of a certain age remember when the Volkswagen Beetle was the best-selling imported car in the United States and the hippest ride to a Grateful Dead concert was a Volkswagen Microbus. Volkswagen is trying to tap some of that nostalgia in its latest push to regain the status and sales it enjoyed… Continue reading Volkswagen Sees Electric Vehicles as a Way to Grow in the U.S.
Tips for Renting a Car Abroad
“Throw the keys through the kiosk’s open window. We’ll get the car when we open later”: Those slightly unorthodox drop-off instructions I once received from a Hertz manager in Croatia illustrate some of the differences U.S. travelers might encounter when renting a car abroad. It pays to familiarize yourself with the local policies and protocols… Continue reading Tips for Renting a Car Abroad
Tesla faces hurdle in Germany as locals vote to oppose factory expansion
Employees of the Tesla Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg work on a production line of a Model Y electric vehicle on March 20, 2023. Patrick Pleuil | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Electric vehicle maker Tesla failed to secure a vote among locals in favor of authorizing a major factory expansion for the company’s battery and car assembly… Continue reading Tesla faces hurdle in Germany as locals vote to oppose factory expansion
Ford, UAW reach local labor deal to avert strike at Kentucky plant
Ford Super Duty trucks are seen at the Kentucky Truck assembly plant in Louisville, Kentucky, on April 27, 2023. Joe White | Reuters Ford and a United Auto Workers local union, UAW Local 62, reached a tentative deal on Wednesday to avert a strike at the automaker’s most profitable plant. The UAW had threatened that… Continue reading Ford, UAW reach local labor deal to avert strike at Kentucky plant