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RBI rate cuts and loan repayment deferment brings relief to auto industry

By Shahkar Abidi calendar27 Mar 2020

Massive liquidity boosting measures including cuts in repo rate, reverse repo rate and CRR should give a leg up to the...

Weak economic activity and Covid-19 to weigh on asset quality of new M&HCV financiers: ICRA

By Shahkar Abidi calendar26 Mar 2020

The monthly disbursements of key originators, at an aggregate level fell by almost 60% to Rs. 1,260 crore in December ...

Chakan auto belt stops humming as OEMs suspend operations

By Shahkar Abidi & Autocar Pro News Desk calendar24 Mar 2020

With the Maharashtra government stopping all production activity in the state due to coronavirus, the state's automoti...

Higher fuel taxes to dent motorists’ savings from lower oil prices globally

By Shahkar Abidi calendar19 Mar 2020

Covid-19 outbreak worries led to a 50 percent decline in crude price internationally but increased taxes on petrol and...

Weiss inaugurates new campus in Pune

By Shahkar Abidi calendar16 Mar 2020

New campus in Chakan houses Weiss Asia Pacific regional HQ, India Sales Office, the Engineering Knowledge Centre, Weis...

As global crude oil prices plunge, India hikes excise duty on petrol, diesel by Rs 3 a litre

By Shahkar Abidi calendar14 Mar 2020

The  benefits arising out of  plummeting  crude prices  are unlikely to be passed on in entirety to motorists. 

Crude oil price crashes by 30%, big relief for Indian motorists likely  

By Shahkar Abidi calendar09 Mar 2020

Following the slump in global demand due to Coronavirus and slowing economies worldwide, global crude prices see their...

Indian Oil to field-test aluminium-air battery with two Indian OEMs 

By Shahkar Abidi calendar02 Mar 2020

Phinergy claims its air-electrode tech has enabled it to master the metal-air reaction process and develop an aluminiu...

OMCs and auto industry join hands to accelerate BS VI preparedness

By Shahkar Abidi & Sumana Sarkar calendar29 Feb 2020

With just a month to go before the BS VI fuel mandate, OMCs and OEMs are ensuring a state of readiness for the upgrade...

Maruti Suzuki banks on Brezza and S-Cross petrol models to boost SUV sales

By Sumantra B Barooah & Shahkar Abidi calendar27 Feb 2020

While Vitara Brezza reappeared in a petrol version at the recently concluded Auto Expo 2020 in Greater Noida, the petr...