Sector: Auto Ancillaries
RIL, M&M bid for incentives under India’s Rs 18k-cr battery scheme: Report
Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries, South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co and automaker Mahindra & Mahindra are among companies that have submitted bids under the country’s Rs 18,000-crore billion battery scheme, two sources told Reuters. India last year finalised an incentive program to encourage companies to invest in the local manufacturing of batteries as it looks to … Read more
Amara Raja investing Euro 10 mn in European EV battery start-up. Nothing to get over excited about at this stage.
The Company announced plans to invest in InoBat Auto (IA), a Slovakia based start-up focused on research and development of batteries for electric vehicles and production of lithium-ion battery cells as well as tailored and customs cells. Key points to note – IA was founded in 2019 and it’s 1st funding was a Euro 5 … Read more
Exide announces foray into lithium-ion cell manufacturing, set up multi-gigawatt plant
The announcement was widely expected. Earlier in September 2021, Company had already informed that it’s exploring such possibility. Besides the Company is also into consolidation mode and had recently decided to sell the non core HDFC Life. On the subject, Company has announced – “We have now planned to setup a multi-gigawatt lithium-ion cell manufacturing … Read more
Minda updates on various ongoing expansions. All seem to be in the right direction.
The Company has updated on the following – JV with FRIWO Group to expand component offerings to the electric vehicles Technology Licence Agreement with Dhama Innovations for Temperature Controlled Automotive Seats (TCAS) Expansion of alloy capacities both for 4 wheelers and 2 wheelers All the above expansions definitely seem to be in the emerging areas … Read more
Sundaram Finance Holdings raises stake in carbon fibre Italian Company
Sundaram Finance Holdings (SFH) is putting in further 2 million Euros in it’s portfolio company Mind S.r.l., Italy (MSI), to augment the working capital needs and for further growth. Key points to note – MSI manufactures carbon fibre components for the automotive industry in Europe. SFH had acquired 40.6% stake in MSI last year for … Read more