Trucks

Eicher launches Pro 2000 Series trucks in Middle East

Eicher Trucks and Buses has launched its Pro 2000 Series of Light Duty Trucks in UAE and Middle East region. Eicher Pro 2000 series, with a host of next-gen features aimed at significantly improving profitability for owners through best-in-class fuel efficiency and superior uptime. This new range of highly reliable trucks comes equipped with Smart […]

COMPONENTS

Auto component replacement demand to grow at 6-8% in FY24: ICRA

ICRA estimates that the average age of M&HCVs had increased to almost 10 years, while the average age of PVs had risen to 7.3 years in FY2022, the highest in the past two decades The aftermarket segment constitutes around a fifth of the overall demand and remains a vital cog in the Indian auto component […]

Auto Expo 2023 COMPONENTS

Tata Green Batteries – Banking on technology, digitization and brand trust to tap biz opportunities

Rama Shankar Pandey, CEO, Tata Green Batteries, shares with N. Balasubramanian on how his company is gearing up to tap the huge opportunities ahead with the help of technology and digitization Focus at Auto Expo We are here to meet all our customers and have had a lot of trade enquiries coming in from channel […]

Auto Expo 2023 COMPONENTS

Pabla Bearings looks to expand OE and aftermarket biz

The company has a robust infrastructure that allows it to fulfil large orders from both domestic and foreign customers and with a good show at the recently held Auto Expo it is gearing up for a stronger order book, says Gundeep Singh, CMO, Pabla Bearings Pabla Bearings, one of the top producers and exporters of […]

Appointments

G. Krishnakumar takes over as Chairman & MD of BPCL

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), a ‘Maharatna’ and a Fortune Global 500 Company, today announced that Shri G. Krishnakumar has taken over as the Chairman and Managing Director of the company. Shri Krishnakumar is an Industry veteran with diverse leadership experience across businesses and functional domains in his 36-year journey at BPCL.  He has been at the […]

AFTERMARKET Technology

myTVS consolidates finance and supply chain processes with Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications

myTVS, India’s largest automotive aftermarket digital platform, and part of the US$2 billion TVS Mobility Group, that operates manufacturing, automobile dealerships, distribution, supply chain solutions, and sales, service and automotive components, has selected Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications to unify operations and improve business efficiency. With Oracle Fusion Applications for finance and supply chain, myTVS can integrate and […]

Lubricants

Valvoline™ India initiates 3rd Mechanics’ Month Campaign globally

Valvoline Cummins Private Limited (Valvoline Cummins), the Original Engine Oil maker and a leading global lubricant manufacturer powering the future of mobility through innovative services and products, initiated the 3rd edition of the mechanic month campaign globally and in India. The campaign revolves around the theme; ‘‘Keeping the World Turning” and aims to celebrate the […]

Road Safety

IIT Madras’ CoE for Road Safety partners with SNS Foundation

Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) Centre of Excellence for Road Safety (CoERS), is partnering with SNS Foundation on capacity and capability improvement, Research and Development on Human Behavioural Aspects of Road Safety. There will be a focus on school bus drivers. A MoU towards this collaboration was signed on 1st March 2023 between CoERS, IIT […]

AFTERMARKET Buses Trucks

BharatBenz Rakshana Program to enhance business profitability for customers

Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV), a wholly owned subsidiary of Daimler Truck AG, has launched an industry-leading uptime assurance program called ‘BharatBenz Rakshana’ with an objective to help BharatBenz customers enhance business profitability. Rakshana program commits to servicing and delivering BharatBenz trucks and buses within 48 hours. This program is a standard feature in BharatBenz […]

Corporate News Trucks

Ashok Leyland domestic sales increase 32%, totaled to 17,568 units in February’23

In February 2023, Ashok Leyland reported a 32% increase in its domestic sales, which totaled 17,568 units and included both light commercial vehicles and medium and heavy commercial vehicles. According to a corporate statement, the manufacturer sold 13,281 units during the same month last year. As of February, the company’s cumulative domestic sales increased by […]

Passenger Vehicles Trucks

Tata Motors registers sale of 79,705 units in February, increase of 2.5% over last year

Tata Motors Limited sales in the domestic & international market for February 2023 stood at 79,705 vehicles, compared to 77,733 units during February 2022. Domestic sale of MH&ICV in February 2023, including trucks and buses, stood at 17,282 units, compared to 14,596 units in February 2022. Total sales for MH&ICV Domestic & International Business in […]

Corporate News

Honda registers 6,086 units of domestic sales in February

Honda Cars India Ltd. (HCIL), leading manufacturer of premium cars in India, registered monthly domestic sales of 6,086 units in February 2023. The export numbers for HCIL stood at 973 units in Feb’23. Sharing thoughts on Feb’23 sales performance, Yuichi Murata, Director, Marketing and Sales, Honda Cars India Ltd., said: “Our sales performance in the […]

Corporate News

Toyota Kirloskar records sale of 15,338 units in February’23

Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) continues to post sales growth as the company announced that its wholesales stood at 15,338 units for the month of February 2023. The significant gain stood 175% higher over the month of February of last year, where the company had sold 8745 units. Month of February 2023 also saw a 120% […]

Lubricants

Castrol launches refreshed brand, reflects changing needs of customers

Castrol, a global leader in lubricants, part of the bp group, unveiled its refreshed brand, including an updated look and feel. The brand refresh is aimed at better reflecting its unique positioning in the market and the opportunities it sees in meeting the changing needs of customers. Castrol is exploring opportunities to provide solutions and […]