Recent Articles Published by Kiran Murali
TVS plans premium EV, ICE 2W launches in France, Italy for Europe expansion

By Kiran Murali calendar15 Jul 2024

TVS Motor’s EV and ICE models, including the Jupiter 125, NTORQ, iQube S, TVS X, Ronin 250, Apache RR 310 and Apache R...

Investments in EV, ICE products, tech to drive growth, says TVS Motor's MD

By Kiran Murali calendar15 Jul 2024

The automaker has lined up a capital expenditure of Rs 1,000 crore for the current financial year. Of this, around 70%...

Tata Motors’ split to simplify capital structure

By Kiran Murali and Ketan Thakkar calendar14 Jul 2024

Tata Motors’ division into a passenger vehicle company and a commercial vehicle maker will simplify its capital struct...

How Hyundai IPO marks the start of an ambitious new chapter in the carmaker's story in India

By Kiran Murali, Prerna Lidhoo and Ketan Thakkar calendar13 Jul 2024

Under the umbrella of its Korean parent, Hyundai Motor India evolved into a highly profitable automaker. Now, with the...

Tata Elxsi reports 2.5% YoY decline in Q1 net profit

By Kiran Murali and Radhika Dave calendar10 Jul 2024

Profits declined year-over-year due to a rise in the effective tax rate and a squeeze on operating margins. Total expe...

Uttar Pradesh waives road tax on strong hybrid cars; Maruti Suzuki shares zoom 6%

By Kiran Murali calendar09 Jul 2024

Uttar Pradesh is now offering a 100% waiver on road tax for strong hybrid electric vehicles, making the on-road prices...

Hydrogen key to Tata Motors' fuels of- the-future bet

By Shahkar Abidi and Kiran Murali calendar06 Jul 2024

Tata Motors is betting big on hydrogen, even as it continues to keep an eye on natural gas, ethanol and biodiesel.

Exide to launch advanced SLI-AGM battery for automotive market

By Kiran Murali calendar04 Jul 2024

The lead-acid battery class based on AGM technology is nowadays seen as a high-performance option, designed to give re...

Tyre industry flags insufficient availability of natural rubber

By Kiran Murali calendar03 Jul 2024

“The tyre Industry has been experiencing tightness in domestic availability of natural rubber for some time,” said ATM...

Amara Raja likely to boost planned battery capacity at Gigafactory by over 50%

By Kiran Murali calendar03 Jul 2024

The battery maker was earlier targeting a 16 GWh battery manufacturing capacity in multiple phases at the Gigafactory ...