Gandhinagar: Post government relaxations in Lockdown 3.0 and subsequently 4.0, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt.Ltd. (HMSI) said it recommenced two-wheeler dispatches in May and closed the month with total sales of 54,820 two-wheelers. This includes 54,000 domestic dispatches and 820 two-wheeler exports. Honda also announced that its 2Wheeler retail sales in May’20 crossed the 1.15 lac unit-mark and over 10.5 lac two-wheelers were serviced at Honda workshops across India. Moreover, Hon...Read More

Gandhinagar: Chinese automobile company, The Great Wall Motors Company Limited is likely to set up Rs 7,000 crore electric and conventional fuel vehicles manufacturing plant in Gujarat, possibly at Sanand near Ahmedabad, reports The Times of India quoting state government officials. Representatives of the company met top state government officials last week. Gujarat has already presence of another Chinese auto major, Shanghai Automotive Industries Corporation (SAIC) at Halol based car manufactu...Read More

Ahmedabad: Speaking at the launch of 8 electric buses here today, Gujarat Chief Minister Rupani said the city will witness operation of 500 electric buses eventually. According to a note issued by the State government, so far the AMC has planned operation of 50 electric buses including 18 buses that use battery swapping technology and 32 buses that use fast charging technology. Electric buses have no engines and therefore they function without air or sound pollution. These buses run on a...Read More

Ahmedabad: CarDekho Gaadi store, a retail auction model for pre-owned cars, has announced opening of two stores in Ahmedabad. The opening of these stores is a part of a move by CarDekho to establish 200 Gaadi stores across India by 2020. It already has 41 stores in Delhi-NCR, Bangalore, Jaipur, Pune and Lucknow. The company said, 'The Ahmedabad launch is in conjunction with opening of stores in Hyderabad and Mumbai. Ahmedabad is witnessing a surge in car sales, especially of pre-owned cars. W...Read More

Vadodara: JCB, the leading manufacturer of Earthmoving & Construction equipment in India, is to invest Rs. 650 Crores in a new plant in central Gujarat. The new factory will be located in Halol close to Vadodara and will manufacture parts for global production lines as the company prepares to meet increased demand. JCB Chairman Lord Bamford laid the foundation stone for the new plant which will be JCB’s sixth factory in India – a country which has been JCB’s biggest single mar...Read More

Surat: Surat will host Auto Expo once again during 25-28 January this year. Local chamber of commerce organizes Auto Expo once in two years. According to chamber president Hetal Mehta, Surat Auto Expo will this year have more brands in display compared to Delhi Auto Expo. Four-day expo will remain open during 10 am to 7 pm. Public entry will end at 6 pm. Five new vehicles including Yamaha, BMW sports bike, Nissan Kicks, Mahindra SUV 300 and Tata Harrier will witness regional launch during t...Read More

Gandhinagar: Tata group Chairman N Chandrasekaran on Friday said the conglomerate plans to invest in lithium ion battery manufacturing in Gujarat. Speaking here at the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit, he said group firm Tata Chemicals is also looking to enhance its soda ash capacity to one million tonnes annually. “Many of our group companies like Tata Chemicals and Tata Motors have very significant presence here. We look forward to continuing our investment in the state,” Chandrasekaran sa...Read More

Gandhinagar: Pal-V, the Dutch company which is expected to deliver world's first flying car (a car cum aircraft) by the end of this year or in the early 2020 will also be the part of the delegation from The Kingdom of Netherlands led by Menno Snel, Minister of Finance for Taxation & Customs that will be visiting Vibrant Gujarat 2019 all set to kick off from January 18-20, 2019 at the Mahatma Mandir Exhibition cum Convention Centre,Gandhinagar. The flying car with an expected maximu...Read More

New Delhi: Marking the adoption of e-mobility, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Government of India has signed an agreement with Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), an entity under Ministry of Power for deployment of 15 Electric Vehicles for their officers. Also, 28 charging points (24 Slow charging points, 4 Fast Charging Points) have been installed at North Block for charging these vehicles. With these 15 EVs, Department of Economic Affairs is expected to save over 3...Read More