Automobiles

Bharat NCAP To Cost Automakers Rs 60 Lakh, One-Fourth Of International Price: Nitin Gadkari

Launching the Bharat NCAP, Nitin Gadkari said that the cost of one test, which is voluntary, will be around Rs 60 lakhs, as against Rs 2.5 crore in international market.

Aug 22, 2023, 20:39 PM IST

Electric Vehicles Sales Witness 120% Growth In India, Hybrids Surge 400%

The surge in EV adoption in India is driven by the introduction of new affordable models, including electric cars like the MG Comet EV among others.

Aug 21, 2023, 18:02 PM IST

Top 8 Electric Cars In India

Aug 21, 2023, 15:25 PM IST

India now THIRD largest auto market globally, only behind China and the US

In 2021, China continued to lead the global auto market, with 26.27 million vehicles sold, while the US remained second at 15.4 million vehicles, followed by Japan at 4.44 million units.

Jan 06, 2023, 14:27 PM IST

DNA: Dream of riding bike in air to come true!

When you are stuck in traffic, you must have thought sometimes that if there is such a bike or car that can fly, now it is going to be true.

Sep 16, 2022, 23:52 PM IST

DNA: Futuristic electric plane is here!

You must have seen battery-powered e-scooters-bikes and cars, but can you imagine that one day planes will also be able to fly with batteries. Today in DNA we will tell you about one such special plane that flew on battery.

Sep 16, 2022, 23:50 PM IST

Exclusive: How in-car technology reshaped the car buying behaviour in India

We got in touch with Prathab Deivanayagham, Managing Director at Harman India to understand the new age-tech in vehicles and how it’s reshaping India’s automotive industry.

Mar 28, 2022, 11:46 AM IST

DaxStreet Nominated for Best Car Review Website

DaxStreet has been able to accrue interest among the readers and automobile enthusiasts by hitting the niche with its exhaustive approach towards reporting, analysis, comparisons, and reviews.

Mar 22, 2022, 11:24 AM IST

Car prices may be 'fairly stable' in short term; demand to rise, says Volkswagen India

With the COVID-19 situation improving and curbs easing, overall demand in the economy is expected to pick up in the coming weeks.

Jun 06, 2021, 19:48 PM IST

Hyundai Motor India total sales dip 48% to 30,703 units in May over April

Domestic sales stood at 25,001 units last month as against 49,002 units in April, a dip of 49 percent.  Exports were at 5,702 units last month, down 44 percent from 10,201 units in April, the company said in a statement.

Jun 01, 2021, 19:42 PM IST

Automakers in India take digital route to push sales amid COVID-19 pandemic

Carmakers like Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai, Honda, Kia, Toyota, Tata Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra and Mercedes-Benz have taken to digitalisation with renewed vigour as lockdowns and curfews become the new normal amid the raging coronavirus pandemic. The country's leading carmaker has partnered with leading online platforms like Google and Facebook bringing global digital expertise to dealer teams.

May 30, 2021, 19:22 PM IST

Auto dealers seek govt, RBI support to tide over second wave of COVID-19

Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA), which represents over 15,000 dealers having around 25,000 dealerships across the country, has sought a three-month extension for the delay in filing returns of GST payment.

May 13, 2021, 20:05 PM IST

Junk your old car and get about 5 pc rebate from automakers on new purchase: Nitin Gadkari

Automated fitness tests will be set up under public private partnership (PPP) mode while the government will assist private partners and state governments for scrapping centres, he said.
Driving such vehicles that fail to pass automated tests will attract huge penalties and also be impounded, the minister said.

Mar 07, 2021, 19:56 PM IST

Passenger vehicle sales increase by 14.16% in August: SIAM

Passenger vehicle sales increased by 14.16 percent in August to 2,15,916 units.

Sep 11, 2020, 13:24 PM IST

Maruti reports 17% increase in August sales at 1,24,624 units

Total sales include domestic sales of 115,325 units and 1,379 units for other OEMs.

Sep 01, 2020, 11:51 AM IST

Indian Auto Component Industry de-grows 11.7% in FY 2019-20, clocks turnover of Rs 3.49 lakh crore

Slowdown in the domestic market also reflected on imports of component into India.

Aug 19, 2020, 14:16 PM IST

Vehicle registration plummets by 88.87% in May 2020: FADA

FADA said that demand Trend in first 10 days of June shows extremely weak consumer sentiment.

Jun 11, 2020, 16:35 PM IST

Festive boost: October vehicle registration up four percent

Although the overall record was positive, registration of commercial vehicles registered a de-growth of 23 percent. Registration of personal vehicles rose by 11 percent in October, compared to a year-ago period and that of two-wheelers and three-wheelers were up 5 percent and 4 percent.

Nov 19, 2019, 20:27 PM IST

India's September passenger vehicle sales dive 24% as slowdown persists

Passenger vehicle sales dropped to 223,317 units in September, the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) data showed, while passenger car sales dived 33.4% to 131,281 units.

Oct 11, 2019, 12:09 PM IST

Tough time will pass, says Nitin Gadkari on slowdown in Indian economy

Union minister Nitin Gadkari said that the Centre is committed to push the growth rate and is taking measures to boost the flagging economy.

Sep 15, 2019, 08:16 AM IST