T1 Prima Truck Racing Championship, the country’s first truck racing event concluded with an action-packed 45 minute final race with Stuart Oliver winning the debut championship. The Tata Prima trucks proved to be a treat for motorsports fanatics in an intense race that witnessed a lot of edge-of-the-seats overtaking and high speed corner action. The debut season of the Championship[Read More…]
Datsun GO components will soon be shipped from India by Nissan Motor India Private Limited (NMIPL), to other countries where the brand is slated to be launched. “We will be exporting Datsun GO components to Indonesia by the end of this year followed by Russia and South Africa. Within a couple of years the Datsun GO+ will be rolling out in[Read More…]
Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Pvt. Ltd. (DICV), a 100 percent wholly owned subsidiary of Daimler AG, announced that they have started exporting FUSO brand to Tanzania. This is the fourth market that FUSO has entered since the start of export in May 2013. FUSO branded trucks, which are manufactured at DICV‘s Oragadam plant, is aimed only for exports in Asia[Read More…]
Visteon Corporation today announced that the company has reached an agreement to sell its 50 percent ownership stake in a Korean automotive interiors joint venture, Duckyang Industry Co., Ltd in support of its previously announced intentions to divest its interiors business. Based in Ulsan, South Korea, Duckyang manufactures and develops original equipment interior components for vehicles. The sale to certain[Read More…]
The all new BMW 3 Series Gran Turismo rolled out of Chennai plant today. Philipp von Sahr, President, BMW Group India and Robert Frittrang, Managing Director, BMW Plant Chennai were present at the plant.
The third edition of the Automotive Testing Expo 2014 was inaugurated this morning at the Chennai Trade Centre. The three-day event (March 19-21) has participation from 130 leading automotive test equipment manufacturers and test service providers including MTS Systems, Horiba, National Instruments, Automotive Test Systems, AVL and the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI. Participants have displayed a variety of[Read More…]
Infosys, India’s second-largest Information Technology company, has signed a multi-year deal with Volvo Cars to provide application development services for its global operations. Infosys will develop applications to support multiple domains including marketing and sales, customer service, manufacturing, product development, and corporate functions. “We are very pleased to collaborate with Volvo Cars in their strategic journey. We will be a[Read More…]
Engine major Cooper Corporation has exported its first batch of ‘Cooper ECOPACK’ diesel generators to Saudi Arabia. The genset provides customised voltage and frequency power to meet the specific requirements of the country. The output frequency of a generator is one of the crucial parameters that determine the generator’s rating. Cooper ECOPACK genset meets the Saudi Arabia frequency rating of[Read More…]
Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) has suspended production at its two manufacturing facilities in Bidadi industrial area near Bangalore with effect from Sunday, March 16. The company in a statement said that it has locked out the plants since Sunday after the failure of talks between the management and the workers union over wage negotiation followed by labour unrest in the factory premises. This has resulted in[Read More…]
National Engineering Industries Ltd (NEIL), part of the CK Birla Group, has launched PreSet hub assemblies for heavy commercial vehicles. The company that makes bearings under the NBC brand has established a technical collaboration with ConMet for the preset technology that results in lower maintenance costs and improved vehicle performance. ConMet, part of Amsted group, USA specialises in the development[Read More…]
