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CNG Surges Ahead Of Diesel

By Ketan Thakkar & Ashutosh Radhey Shyam calendar10 Apr 2025

With lower costs and an expanding retail network, CNG passenger vehicle sales have overtaken diesel for the first time...

DICV Appoints Rajiv Chaturvedi President and Chief Business Officer

By Ketan Thakkar and Shahkar Abidi calendar07 Apr 2025

Chaturvedi spent five years at Hyundai Construction Equipment India, leading sales, after-sales, and parts distributio...

Kia India Enters a Phase of Correction, Revenues and Profits fall in FY-24

By Ketan Thakkar & Ashutosh Radhey Shyam calendar06 Apr 2025

Revenue and profit for FY-24 fall for the first time since COVID-19; tax and regulatory headwinds add pressure to core...

“Tax the Emissions, Not the Engine”: A Pragmatic Pitch for India’s Auto Sector from Toyota Kirloskar’s Vikram Gulati

By Ketan Thakkar and Prerna Lidhoo calendar05 Apr 2025

Toyota Kirloskar’s Vikram Gulati makes a case for outcome-based taxation to simplify India’s mobility transition and a...

“Software Is India’s EV Superpower”: R Velusamy on Building the Next-Gen Mobility Ecosystem

By Prerna Lidhoo and Ketan Thakkar calendar05 Apr 2025

At the Future Powertrain Conclave, Mahindra’s R&D head makes a strong case for why the future of mobility is software-...

Exclusive: Tata AutoComp Eyes Aggressive Inorganic Growth as Global Expansion Accelerates

By Ketan Thakkar and Ashutosh Radhey Shyam calendar05 Apr 2025

The company is in talks with several potential partners for more acquisitions in the future.

Exclusive: Fresh Off Chennai Takeover, Renault’s Luca de Meo Signals Bigger Role for India

autherKetan Thakkar calendar04 Apr 2025

Renault CEO’s town hall with Indian teams highlights India’s emergence as a core hub for future vehicle development an...

Two Hemispheres, Two Roads - India’s Auto Leaders Decode the Global North–South Divide in Clean Mobility

autherKetan Thakkar calendar04 Apr 2025

At the Future of Powertrains Conclave, Toyota and Stellantis leaders underscore the importance of regional strategies ...

“Customers Swear by Their Quality—We’ll Bring Scale, Capital, and Integration” — Arvind Goel on Recent IAC Acquisitions

By Ketan Thakkar and Ashutosh Radhey Shyam calendar03 Apr 2025

Tata AutoComp Vice Chairman Arvind Goel outlines the rationale behind the twin acquisitions in Sweden and the UK and h...

“Diesel Will Continue to Rule the Roost”: Tata Motors’ Rajendra Petkar on the Future of Powertrains

By Darshan Nakhwa and Ketan Thakkar calendar02 Apr 2025

Technology chief Rajendra Petkar presents multi-fuel approach for commercial vehicles while maintaining diesel will re...