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Last Updated: January 12, 2024, 10:00 ISTMaruti Suzuki India To Invest Rs 35,000 Crore In New Gujarat Plant. (Photo: PTI)Maruti Suzuki aims to increase its annual production capacity to over 40 lakh units by 2030-31.Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) has announced its plan to invest Rs 35,000 crore to establish its second manufacturing facility in Gujarat.The company aims to increase its annual production capacity to over 40 lakh units by 2030-31.The announcement was made by Suzuki Motor Corporation president Toshihiro Suzuki on…

Autobay has a range of 1.5t and 2 t. hybrid engines, and transmissions, designed and developed at its engineering centres.Some are betting on electrics as the only propulsion tech of the future, and some are betting on a mix of technologies, where EV tech will have a share. Aurobay falls in the latter group. Aurobay is a company formed by combining the powertrain activities of Swedish car brand Volvo, and of its Chinese owner Geely.“We believe there will be no…

Toyota has become the latest major automaker to ink a deal with Tesla to adopt the North American Charging Standard (NACS) — also known as “the Tesla plug” — on its fully electric vehicles from 2025. The agreement sees the Japanese car giant following in the footsteps of more than a dozen other automakers that have also adopted Tesla’s charging connector, among them GM, Ford, BMW, Jaguar Land Rover, Volvo, and Honda. The move toward NACS greatly increases the convenience for owners of the growing number of electric…

Last Updated: July 20, 2023, 15:29 ISTMaruti Suzuki eVX (Photo: Motor1.com)Maruti Suzuki set to electrify India with the eVX, its first BEV SUV co-developed with Toyota. Stylish design, 500 km range, and global launch in 2024.In a groundbreaking move, Maruti Suzuki, the automotive giant, is all set to make its foray into the electric vehicle market with a bang.After having established its supremacy in the realm of Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) vehicles, the Delhi-based automaker is gearing up to introduce the…

Blue Bird, the more than 90-year-oldmanufacturer of the iconic American yellow school bus, is ramping up its production of electric buses. Last week, the company announced the opening of its new Electric Vehicle (EV) Build-up Center in the company’s main U.S. manufacturing plant in Fort Valley, Georgia. Blue Bird hopes to eventually make up to 5,000 electric buses a year in the new center. Cops Pull Over Self-Driving Car“The opening marks an important milestone as the company continues to expand its electric school bus…

IDRA's newest and biggest gigapress - the 9,000 - is the size of a small house and produces a clamping force of over 9,000 tons.By replacing around 60 welded components with a single module, gigantic aluminium die casting machines made by the likes of Tesla supplier IDRA Group are helping carmakers to simplify manufacturing and cut costs by up to 40% in some areas. Tesla has pioneered the use of massive casting machines, also known as gigapresses, to make large single pieces of vehicle underbodies, streamline production…

Image: USPSThe United States Postal Service is being dragged kicking and screaming into an electric vehicle future. It only took a mass public outcry, lawsuits form 16 different states, and an impassioned plea from the president himself to get them there.Though the USPS previously decided on a 90%/10% split of gas and electric powered vehicles to power its new fleet, the agency turned on a dime this week, announcing it would spend nearly $10 billion to acquire 66,000 electric EV trucks by 2028. That’s more than half of…

Amazon claims to have made 5 million deliveries using Rivian electric vehicles since July. Image: AmazonAmazon’s greenwashing efforts continue as the massive online retailer’s relationship with electric vehicle manufacturer Rivian hits its stride. Amazon announced in a blog post today that it already has over 1,000 electric delivery vehicles dropping off packages in dozens of cities across the U.S.Amazon and Rivian first joined forces in 2019 when Amazon backed the EV startup with a massive investment. This July, hundreds…

New York is following in California’s tire treads, making drastic moves to cut greenhouse gas emissions. The Empire State will entirely ban the purchase of new petroleum-powered cars by 2035. “With sustained state and federal investments, our actions are incentivizing New Yorkers, local governments, and businesses to make the transition to electric vehicles. We’re driving New York’s transition to clean transportation forward, and today’s announcement will benefit our climate and the health of our communities for…

Elon Musk’s Tesla may lose its position as the world’s number one battery electric vehicle (BEV) sales to German giant Volkswagen by 2024, according to a study by Bloomberg Intelligence, entitled ‘Battery Electric Vehicles Report – Automakers Race to the Top’. According to the analysis, most competitors, including Ford and General Motors, lacked the incentive to catch up as rapidly as Volkswagen due to rising battery costs and restricted production capacity. As a result, Tesla is likely to be the largest EV vendor in the…