It used to be called the Tokyo Motor Show, but in the new-speak 21st century automotive industry it is now the Japan Mobility Show. Whatever the name, the verdict is this was the best motor show of the post-pandemic era as the Japanese auto giants delivered a series of stunning electric concepts. The message from…
All these features inherent in ATO mode make the operation of metro trains even safer than before and the possibility of any kind of human error becomes almost negligible. Operation of metro trains started on ATO (Automatic Train Operation) mode on the Priority Corridor (IIT to Motijheel) of Kanpur Metro. The operations commenced on Sunday….
Volvo has a question for the ranks of the EV-curious: Is the 2025 Volvo EX30’s small carbon footprint a fair trade for its small physical footprint? The Chinese-owned Swedish car company has its most tidy SUV to date with the 2025 Volvo EX30, a crossover that’s not much larger than a Mini Cooper. With its…
The first ever BMW XM Label—the company’s most powerful production vehicle to date with 738-horsepower and 738 lb-ft of torque on tap—set a new record for hybrid electric SUVs at Pikes Peak in Colorado Springs on September 21, 2023, during an officially certified course run. Following a previous attempt for the race day record in…
PPS Motors, the authorized dealer partner of BharatBenz in the state, will also provide after-sales support for these buses. This order, obtained by PPS Motors, is one of the largest awarded by the Odisha Government. New Delhi: PPS Motors, a prominent automotive dealership group in Odisha , has delivered 298 BharatBenz buses to the State…
Hyperloop is a high-speed train, running in vacuum in a tube. The technology is proposed Elon Musk, who is behind electric car company Tesla and commercial space transport company SpaceX. India is unlikely to go in for hyperloop technology for ultra high-speed trains in the near future as the technology is at a ‘very low…
It must be noted that the city is scheduled to get 100 e-buses as a part of the ‘PM-eBus Sewa’ initiative of the central government. The Aurangabad Smart City Development Corporation Limited (ASCDCL) has decided to build a special depot at Jadhavwadi for charging and maintaining e-buses. “The proposed depot-cum-workshop at Jadhavwadi will be able…
The transportation of goods without invoice or without e-way bill leads to revenue loss as such transactions are not accounted for by businesses. The Taxes and Excise Department in Himachal Pradesh conducted a special campaign for checking the long-distance buses during the past ten days after there were complaints that they were causing losses to…
Usually, city buses ply on the main arterial roads but the new fleet will help connect localities which have been left out as these routes are mostly in sub-arteries and bylanes. Adding another feather to its cap, the Capital Region Urban Transport (Crut) and Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Saturday commissioned 13 buses for last-mile…
Private operators would have to use new vehicles which have 7 to 42 seats to get enrolled in the scheme and get government subsidies and assistance. The state government is planning to roll out its ambitious Mukhyamantri Gram Gadi Yojana in the coming weeks in a phased manner as different districts have begun the groundwork…
