News Apr 10, 2017 'Electric vehicles and bio-fuel buses to roll out by next year in India' Union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said that electric buses, cars and scooters, besides ethanol- and bio-CNG buses would be visible on roads next year onwards. Addressing students at the convocation ceremony at the Dr DY Patil Vidyapeeth in Pimpri, Gadkari stated that the 7 lakh crore litre crude oil being imported into the country was affecting the economy.
News Feb 07, 2017 Note on vehicle scrapping policy with Committee of Secretaries: Govt A concept note on vehicle scrapping policy has been sent to the Committee of Secretaries (CoS) for consideration and approval, government said. In the first phase, the policy aims at scrapping commercial vehicles which have completed 15 years.
News Jan 01, 2017 JSW plans to make electric cars JSW Group is planning to diversify into electric car manufacturing, according to reports as the government boosts support for non-polluting vehicles. Electric vehicles that use expensive batteries have failed to take off in cost-conscious and power-deficient India etc.
News Nov 28, 2016 Infrastructure group JSW plans to make electric cars Sajjan Jindal’s steel-to-power JSW Group plans to diversify into electric car manufacturing, two sources said as the government boosts support for non-polluting vehicles.
Articles Oct 13, 2016 56th Annual Convention of ACMA and SIAM The annual conventions of ACMA and SIAM asserted the automotive industry as an engine of growth for the Indian economy.
News Aug 31, 2016 Auto industry set to grow 4 times in 10 years The Indian automobile industry’s turnover is poised to grow over four times to Rs 20 lakh crore in 10 years and has the potential to occupy the top slot globally, according to Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping, Nitin Gadkari.
News Aug 25, 2016 Maruti Suzuki to save Rs 4,000 on every car transported through waterways The journey of 34 cars of Maruti Suzuki being transported in barges along river Ganga from Varanasi to Haldia, covering a distance of 1,620 km in six days, would transform the way cars are transported across the country, and its real impact could be seen in the cost of logistics. "Maruti Suzuki stands to save Rs 4,000 in logistics cost in each car transported through waterways along this route in future," said Amitabh Verma, Chairman, Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI).
Articles Feb 10, 2016 MoRTH jumps to BS-VI norms The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) has decided to to move directly into BS-VI emission norms from BS-IV by April 1, 2020.
Articles Oct 14, 2015 15 electric buses on roads in 6 months As many as 15 battery-operated buses are being developed in collaboration with the Indian Space