2.4 billion. SMAL is a step-down subsidiary of AL and was formed to drive the EV business. On May 10, Switch Mobility announced to unveil its new Indian eLCV in early 2023 and will commence deliveries its 12m electric bus for India in June 2022. As per Switch, 'Project ODIN', is expected to be the lightest widely available 12m electric bus on the market, and will be launched at the European Mobility Expo in Paris on June 7, 2022. Boasting a mono...

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pment laboratory at its UK headquarters Ford plants powered by carbon free electricity in Europe Ford UK new solar farm produces 5,000 MWh annually at Dunton Campus On October 30, Ford informed that it has renamed its Dunton Technical Centre in Laindon, Essex, to Dunton Campus, Ford Britain, to highlight its new role at the centre of the company's activities in the U.K. It has established the headquarters of its European Commercial Vehicle busine...

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han 3.5 liters of fuel per 100 kilometers (equal to 80 mpg) and delivers low CO2 emissions of less than 95g/km. The Focus ECOnetic also features an aerodynamic package with an Active Grille Shutter, ultra-low rolling resistance tyres, Auto-Start-Stop, Smart Regenerative Charging and Shift Indicator Light. On June 14 Ford revealed an overview of a plan to realign production activities in Europe. The automaker will launch at least 20 new models in ...

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enture between Ford and Magna has ended. Ford is now the sole owner of the transmission plants in Halewood, UK, and Cologne, Germany, while Magna has taken on sole ownership of the transmission plant in Bordeaux, France. On April 27, Ford confirmed that it will invest USD 300 million to build a new light commercial vehicle (LCV) in 2023 at its Craiova Assembly Plant in Romania, including an all-electric version due to debut in 2024. Other than th...

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P 10 million to up to GBP 22 million, adding an extra GBP 50 to the price of each engine the plant produced. DEP adopted an aggressive strategy to drive down usage and costs. It started a "post shift switch-off" campaign, Live monitoring of usage by building, area, and footprint, and green energy lighting across the estate. As a result of these actions, over the first three months of the year, electricity usage was reduced by 13.9%, with daily...

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Nissan India stops production till further notice Datsun launches BS-VI GO and GO+ Nissan KICKS 2020 features Nissan Turbo and X-tronic CVT in India Renault India starts dispatches of vehicles Nissan India teases new SUV ahead of launch Nissan names its upcoming B-SUV – Magnite Nissan India highlights design philosophy of Nissan Magnite concept Nissan India announces launch date of Magnite Nissan Magnite will be launched in South and Sub-Saha...

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the Russian Federation held a meeting with the Minister of Industry and Trade. The ministry delivered a report on the situation in the automotive industry and the automotive market. As per the ministry, until the end of November, the Moskvich automobile plant and the Sollers site in Tatarstan with light commercial vehicles will begin work on the production of passenger cars. On November 23, KAMAZ and the Government of Moscow launched the product...

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), NV400 (2011-renamed to Interstar), Interstar (2021-), EV Interstar-e (2024-); Renault Trucks; Commercial van assembly plant, producing Renault & Nissan models - Number of Employees: 2,005 (as of December 2024). - Start of production: 1980 Groupe Renault introduces hydrogen into its light commercial vehicles range Renault Master Z.E. offers a new chassis-cabin version and an increased payload Opel continues its electrification pus...

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ented at the fair is one of the 20 buses that Irizar e-mobility will supply to Go Ahead London, together with the charging infrastructure to electrify route 358 in south London, the first ultra-fast opportunity charging route in the capital. In addition, Irizar will also have on the stand the first light weighted Irizar i4 with 71 seats and PSVAR compliance; and the first mirrorless Irizar i8, 14 meters long, with a seating capacity of 50 seats. ...

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aggregator and cargo leasing App platform to deliver 300 e6 electric passenger vehicles across India in the next six months. The first phase of this project has started with the delivery of 50 BYD e6 vehicles in Hyderabad. The BYD e6 boasts a 71.7 kWh blade battery, and delivers an WLTC (worldwide light vehicles test cycle) city range of 520 kms and a combined range of 415 kms on a single charge. On September 12, BYD India announced that the com...

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franchise route under its wholly-owned arm Mahindra First Choice Services (MFCS). A total of Indian Rupee (INR) 2.5 billion will be invested in the expansion project. The company expects to have a turnover of INR 10 billion in 2018. Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. is now developing four new platforms for light commercial vehicles and utility vehicles at the company’s R&D center in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, the Mahindra Research Valley (MRV). The ne...

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John Deere, and was building a plant in Gummidipoondi, southern state of Tamil Nadu, with an initial investment of less than Rs 300 crore. It will produce construction equipments like backhoes and four wheel drive loaders for the Indian and overseas markets. Ashok Leyland and Nissan will roll out a light commercial vehicle in 2011. A joint venture between Ashok and Nissan will manufacture LCVs as part of three JVs between the two partners. The ot...

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ership for electric shared mobility Mahindra and Mahindra, India completes the acquisition of its subsidiary, MEML Mahindra Electric India saves 40,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions Mahindra Electric launches Zor Grand electric three-wheeler in India On March 28, Mahindra Group announced that in light of heightened concern on spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) and pursuant to the directive of the Indian government, it has suspended all its manuf...

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Mahindra Defence Systems Limited Light military vehicles Mahindra's Defence system Land Systems unit plant - 2012: Acquired by Mahindra, name changed to Mahindra Defence Systems Limited - 2009: Inaugurated the Mahindra Special Military Vehicles (MSMV) facility at Prithla in Faridabad, NCR Mahindra announces suspension of manufacturing across India due to coronavirus Mahindra wins major contract for defence vehicles Mahindra annouced that it...

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ounced that company is India's first and the world's third manufacturing unit to double its energy productivity from a 2016 baseline, in a record time of 4 years, much ahead of its target. The key steps in enhancing energy productivity at MHEL included adoption of technology for energy efficient lighting, air-conditioning, motors and appliances, alternate fuels and smart metering for real time monitoring of energy consumption. The company also...

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at 9,500 vehicles and 5,500 vehicles for the coming period. However, for Scorpio-N, the company plans to increase its to 6,000 vehicles by Q4 FY 2023 and 10,000 by Q4 FY 2024. The company's overall capacity by Q4 FY 2022 will be 29,000 and will reach 39,000 by Q4 FY 2023 and 49,000 by Q4 FY 2024. A light-duty compact pickup "Gio" with the maximum loading capacity of 0.5 ton was announced. The "Mahindra Gio,"the first 4-wheel 0.5-ton compact truck...

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d Bus Division (MTBD) unveiled Mahindra CRUZIO, a brand-new range of buses based on its latest Intermediate Commercial Vehicles (ICV) platform. Aimed at the employee transport segment, CRUZIO's Engine is equipped with the patented Mahindra FuelSmart Technology to optimize fuel consumption. The highlight of this technology is the multi-mode switches, which help optimize fuel consumption and engine power availability as per load and road condition...

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ds manufacturing of vehicles, while investment in the Igatpuri plant will be for the manufacturing and supply of engines. The U321 is developed by the Mahindra North American Technical Center, would be launched by the second half of financial year 2018. On March 28, Mahindra Group announced that in light of heightened concern on spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) and pursuant to the directive of the Indian government, it has suspended all its manuf...

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12, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. announced the launch of the Scorpio Classic, a new avatar of its iconic brand Scorpio. The Scorpio Classic retains the silhouette of the original and is offered now with refreshed looks, contemporary interiors, and a new powerful engine. It is powered by an all-aluminum lightweight GEN-2 mHawk engine, producing 97 kW of power and 300 Nm torque. The engine is 55 kg lighter and is 14% more fuel efficient than the engine...

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the Coronavirus (Covid-19) it has decided to suspend the manufacturing operations at Nagpur Plant with immediate effect and Chakan (Pune) and Kandivali (Mumbai) from March 23, 2020 night onwards. None of the plants are working on Sunday March 22, 2020. On March 28, Mahindra Group announced that in light of heightened concern on spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) and pursuant to the directive of the Indian government, it has suspended all its manuf...

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