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Video: How MINI Is Building a Stronger India Business Through Localisation

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BMW Group Plant Chennai's Thomas Dose on MINI India's localisation push, balancing imports with local sourcing, and ho...

Video: How Yulu Built a Shared EV Business Around India's Gig Economy

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Yulu's co-founder reveals how the micro-mobility startup turned EBITDA positive, scaled with Bajaj Auto and Magna's ba...

VIDEO: Could The Countryman C Expand MINI's Market Beyond Its Traditional Buyers?

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The new Countryman C presents an opportunity for the BMW-owned carmaker to drive its next phase of growth.

MINI Bets on SUVs to Expand Its Addressable Market in India; the new Countryman Leads Push for 2x Growth

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After years as a niche luxury brand, MINI India is reinventing itself around the Countryman, local assembly and networ...

Mercedes-Benz India Line-Up E20-Compliant; Higher Blends Will Need Retesting: Iyer 

By Darshan Nakhwa and Prerna Lidhoo calendar15 Jun 2026

The luxury carmaker rules out retrofits for high-concentration ethanol fuels and advocates for plug-in hybrids to lowe...

Mercedes-Benz Rules Out Portfolio-Wide PHEV Push as High Costs Limit Business Case 

By Darshan Nakhwa and Prerna Lidhoo calendar15 Jun 2026

The luxury car maker will introduce plug-in hybrids only where customers are willing to absorb the technology premium;...

Mercedes-Benz Launches S-Class PHEV at ₹2.20 Crore; Deliveries to Begin in Q4

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The S-Class PHEV offers up to 115km of electric range, 60kW DC fast charging and 32.3kmpl WLTP-certified combined effi...

VIDEO: River Mobility: The EV Startup That Refused to Scale Blindly | Start to Scale Ep. 1

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Aravind Mani, Co-founder & CEO of River Mobility, unpacks the realities of building an EV startup in one of the world'...

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Tata Motors' X Alpha Architecture Aims to Reinvent the Small Car

By Ketan Thakkar, Prerna Lidhoo and Mugdha Mishra calendar30 May 2026

The next-generation Tiago and Tiago EV blend the low-cost strengths of Tata Motors' older X0 architecture with the mod...

India's Passenger EV Market Set for Breakout Year; Sales Could Reach 400,000 Units in FY27

By Prerna Lidhoo, Kiran Murali and Ketan Thakkar calendar30 May 2026

Automakers expand production amid surging bookings, with industry penetration expected to nearly double from FY26 leve...