Tesla autopilot probed after 20 crashes in months since recall

The top US auto-safety regulator is again investigating Tesla Inc.’s Autopilot, this time over whether a fix deployed months ago did enough to stop people from misusing the system. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration disclosed Friday that it’s opened a query into the Autopilot recall Tesla conducted in December. The agency is concerned as … Read more

RIL, ACME, JSW among 7 bidders for 10 GWh ACC PLI

Seven companies, including Reliance Industries (RIL), ACME Cleantech Solutions Pvt Ltd, JSW Neo Energy Ltd and Waaree Energies, have placed their bids – in a second With tround – for manufacturing advanced chemistry cells (ACC) with a capacity of 10 gigawatt hours under the government’s production linked incentive scheme. The last date for filing applications … Read more

Tesla’s Self-Driving Software Is a Perpetual Revenue Letdown

The chasm between what Elon Musk says about commercializing self-driving technology and what Tesla Inc. says later in regulatory filings has never been wider. On Wednesday, Tesla released its 10-Q, a quarterly report that provides a more detailed view into the company’s financial position. For several years running, Tesla has provided regular updates in these … Read more

Hyundai, Kia partner with Exide for EV battery

Hyundai Motor Company (HMC) and group firm Kia Corporation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Exide Energy Solutions Ltd (EES) for electric vehicle battery localisation in India. (EES is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Exide Industries. It was established in 2022 to foray into the business of manufacturing Lithium-ion cells, modules and packs incorporating … Read more

Tata Motors to demerge into two listed entities

This was being expected for long but couldn’t happen before as individual businesses were not stabilised and needed to support each other. Finally, given Tata Motors’ (TML) significant turnaround across businesses in the last 2-3 years, it is separating the Commercial Vehicles (CV) and Passenger Vehicles (PV) businesses. all the CV business and its related … Read more

Car wholesales set to hit 42 lakh in a fiscal year

Car wholesales remained strong in February as the industry races to a record 42-lakh-plus mark for first time in a financial year in 2023-24. All top players, including Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors and Mahindra & Mahindra, despatched healthy numbers to retail outlets as industry inventory remains at moderate level of around a month of sales. … Read more