Recent Articles Published by Sumantra B Barooah
China keen to up the ante in driverless car technology

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The world’s largest car industry wants to fast forward new tech developments while strengthening its fundamentals t...

'What will happen, I hope, is that one or two OEMs will decide quite soon that they want to be the first five-star BharatNCAP (Winner).'

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David Ward, Secretary General, Global NCAP talks pn the latest crash test results, the experience of testing cars from...

Chinese auto industry wants to be the leading market for autonomous and electric cars too

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EVs or New Energy Vehicles (NEVs) as they are called in China, sold over 330,000 units in 2015, a 279 percent jump ove...

Datsun ready to have another go in India’s entry level car market

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With the aggressively priced Datsun Redigo, the first car on the Alliance's CMF-A platform from its side, Nissan hopes...

Exclusive: Audi eyes Indian EV market

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Audi India sees the perfect answer to fuel-related challenges, in electric cars, whose launch may not be too far away....

Autocar Professional Dialogue | Joe King | Head, Audi India

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Joe King, Head, Audi India speaks to Autocar Professional's associate editor Sumantra B Barooah on growth strategy wit...

Audi bets on performance models to power next growth phase in India

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If the reception to the new R8 is any indication, it won't be surprising if Audi zips to the bank with a much wider gr...

Autocar Professional Dialogue | David Ward | Secretary General, Global NCAP

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David Ward, Secretary General, Global NCAP talks about the latest round of test results, India's chance to set global ...

India’s new car assessment programme set to kick in soon

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India is set to join the group of matured global automotive markets with its own new car assessment programme. It is l...

'The Datsun Redigo is a simple city car.’

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Gérard Detourbet, managing director, Alliance A-Segment development unit, talks to Sumantra B Barooah about the creati...