Stellantis Said to Plan $10 Billion in US Turnaround Investments

Stellantis NV is planning to invest about $10 billion in the US as the troubled maker of Jeep sport utility vehicles and Ram pickups refocuses on the market that’s pivotal to its profits, according to people familiar with the situation. The carmaker may announce in the coming weeks about $5 billion in fresh money on … Read more

JSW Motors talks tech tie-up with BYD, other China car cos

Steel magnate Sajjan Jindal’s fully-owned car venture JSW Motors is in talks with BYD — the world’s biggest EV maker — and a clutch of other Chinese companies like Geely, Cherry, Xiaomi, Nio Auto, and Li Auto for platform and component access. The Indian company has lined up investments of nearly Rs 26,000 crore over … Read more

Automotive software in India seeing long development cycles as regulatory pressures adding to existing bottlenecks: BlackBerry firm

Automotive software developers in India, who are mostly focused on innovations around software-defined vehicle (SDV), are witnessing long development cycles, highest globally, as several regulatory pressures are compounding existing development bottlenecks, reported QNX, a division of BlackBerry Limited, a Canadian software firm that specialises in secure communications and IoT. The company here on Tuesday said automotive software … Read more

World-class infra key to $5 trillion goal, says Nitin Gadkari

Road transport minister Nitin Gadkari said India must develop world-class infrastructure to achieve its target of becoming a $5 trillion economy and the third largest in the world, as the prime minister envisions. To meet this goal, priority is being given to four key sectors including water, power, transport and communication, Gadkari said in his … Read more

Tata Motors offers to acquire Italian Truck Maker

Tata Motors (TML) has offered to acquire 100% of Iveco Group N.V. Iveco officially came into existence on January 1, 2022, after splitting from CNH Industrial. Although it is incorporated as a Dutch company with its legal seat in Amsterdam, its core operations are based in Turin, Italy, where its headquarters are situated. Iveco Group’s … Read more

Sona targets domestic magnet production to cut China imports

As per newspaper reports, Sona being India’s biggest importer of rare earth magnets, plans to locally manufacture the critical components used in electric vehicles, tapping into the government push to incentivize their production at home as China restricts their exports. (China, which produces around 90 per cent of the world’s rare earth magnets, put restrictions … Read more

Anand Group consolidates group businesses under Gabriel

In a significant announcement, Anand Group has announced consolidating it’s varied auto ancillary businesses under it’s listed subsidiary Gabriel India (GIL). GIL consequently will transform from a single product Company (suspension parts and shock absorbers) to a multi-product Company (brake fluid, radiator coolants, diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) / Ad-blue for 2W, 3W, 4W and truck … Read more