Tiago EV comes with two battery options of 315 km and 250 km, four charging options and two drive modes.
Of the world’s top-10 bestselling EV brands, half are Chinese, led by BYD, which lags only Tesla in global market share and is starting to ship its electric cars abroad.
So, with a right-hand drive, heavily-camouflaged Jimny test mule spotted over the last week on the Gurgaon-West Delhi roads ahead of its 2023 launch, enthusiasts are more than excited. A
The development comes after a string of EV fires took place in various parts of the country over the last few months, prompting the government to formulate expert committees to investigate the fires and also come up with regulatory changes for safer EVs.
Honda says it aims to introduce more than 10 new electric models by 2025 and is targeting annual sales of 1 million electric motorcycles within the next five years.
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The country’s largest manufacturer of internal combustion engine-powered passenger vehicles (PVs) witnesses a significant contribution to its volumes from relatively affordable models. For instance, the company sold 7,88,000 hatchbacks in FY22 and had a 68.4 per cent share in the segment.
Dual airbags (driver and passenger) became mandatory on all vehicles this January. A driver airbag has been compulsory for all passenger vehicles since July 1, 2019.
Hunter shares the same 350cc-J platform used in Meteor and the new Classic 350.
The rise in the number of EVs came against the backdrop of a sharp rise in prices of petroleum products and a reduction of GST on EVs from 12 to 5 per cent.
The new Grand Vitara is powered by a 1.5-litre engine along with strong and mild hybrid technology which produces 122Nm@4400-4800rpm.
The initiative is a part of the government's Skill India Mission which seeks to train youths for diverse employment oppurtunities.
The TVS bike is powered by a 225.9 cc 4 valve, oil-cooled single-cylinder engine that produces 20.4 hp at 7750rpm.
For the time being, depreciation cycles for high-end sports cars are clearly doing something unusual.
The vehicle, developed in partnership with Maruti Suzuki, will leverage Toyota’s Self-Charging Hybrid Electric Vehicle Technology and is claimed to be tailored for performance and also making this technology affordable at the lower price brackets.
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The price hike comes as costs of raw materials have surged, including aluminium that is used in cars.
Bajaj said there are at the most 10 large ICE (internal combustion engine) manufacturers in India, but in electric vehicles (EVs), there is one new company every day.
The two-wheeler wholesale dispatches last month were not only far off from the volumes achieved three years ago, they were even below the figures attained nine years back.
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Maruti’s PV wholesale volumes in the domestic market declined 10.2 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) to 121,995 units in April. The domestic wholesales of Hyundai stood at 44,001 units, a fall of 10.2 per cent over the same month last year.
“This means that people who were buying lower-end cars are not being able to buy cars. In the two-wheeler segment also, in 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22, in all three years, there has been a double digit decline for two-wheelers,” Maruti Suzuki Chairman RC Bhargava said.
One of the main reasons why carmakers are increasingly focusing on hybrid vehicles is that the price is not as high as battery EVs. Besides, hybrid EVs also have combustion engines and hence are not dependent on an extensive charging infrastructure.





