Commercial Vehicles

Tata Motors, India’s largest commercial vehicle manufacturer, announced that its fleet of 3,100 electric buses providing safe, comfortable and convenient public transport across 10 cities, have cumulatively clocked ...

Moonrider, an electric tractor technology company headquartered in Bangalore, has raised a seed round of US $2.2M (Rs.19 crores) co-led by AdvantEdge Founders and MicelioTechnology Fund, in addition to a clutch of a...

Euler Motors, a leading electric commercial vehicle manufacturer, unveiled its commercial EV manufacturing and R&D facility in the industrial hub of Palwal, Haryana. Spanning 5 lakh sq. ft., the plant has a producti...

All-electric, digital-first intercity bus startup Fresh Bus has raised Rs 87.5 crore ($10.5 million) through its Series A funding round.

Omega Seiki Mobility (OSM) and Kissan Mobility Pvt. Ltd., a zero-emission logistics provider, have announced a strategic partnership to deploy electric three wheeler cargo vehicles for last-mile delivery across Indi...

Omega Seiki Mobility (OSM) announced the signing of a MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) with Punjab National Bank (PNB).With this tie-up, Omega Seiki Mobility aims to help dealer partners streamline vehicle inventor...

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved a bus scheme “PM-eBus Sewa” for augmenting city bus operation by 10,000 e-buses on PPP model. The Scheme would have an estimated cost of Rs.57...

Mahindra Tractors, a part of the Mahindra Group and the world's largest tractor manufacturer by volume, has officially launched its much-anticipated, future-ready range of tractors – the Mahindra OJA – at Futurescap...

Vijayanand Travels (VT) has made a milestone announcement by placing the largest order in India for 550 Intercity buses from Volvo and Eicher.

Fresh Bus, a new-age intercity EV bus service announced the launch of its first electric bus fleet on the Bengaluru-Tirupati route.

Netherlands headquartered Solis Tractors & Agricultural Machinery, which is a part of International Tractors Limited (ITL) (popularly known as Sonlika Group based out of Hoshiarpur in Punjab) , has acquired Germany ...

In an effort towards encouraging Electric Vehicle (EV) adoption in the country, Omega Seiki Mobility, an Anglian Omega Group Company and Mufin Green Finance, a listed non- banking financial company (NBFC), announced...

Godawari Electric Motors, an EV manufacturer based in Chhattisgarh, announced its foray into the EV retail space and launched its electric auto (L5M),Eblu Rozee and unisex electric bicycle Eblu Spin at the Auto Expo...

Jupiter Wagons Ltd. (JWL), a manufacturer of wagons, brake systems and brake discs for high-speed passenger coaches, and railway and engineering equipment is all set to showcase and launch its commercial electric ve...

Pune based automotive major Force Motors (India’s largest van maker) has named its next generation shared mobility platform as Urbania. Till now code named as T1N, the new name was revealed at the Dealers Meet held ...

PMI Electro Mobility, India's leading electric bus manufacturer and operator, announced that it is now the second largest electric bus brand in India with over 777 electric buses running across the country.

Volvo Buses India, a division of Volvo Eicher (VE) Commercial Vehicles Limited, has launched the next-gen Volvo 9600 platform. For the company, it is a significant milestone in its over two-decade old India journey.

Yamaha Motors leasing company - Moto Business Service India (MBSI), announced its entry into the EV segment for 2 and 3 - wheeler asset management services by partnering with FullFily, a Chennai based all electric s...

Mahindra & Mahindra has hiked its stake in its Finland-based arm Sampo Rosenlew Oy to 100 per cent with the acquisition of residual shares for over Rs 35 crore.

Omega Seiki Mobility, an Anglian Omega Group Company announced the opening of a new integrated manufacturing facility at Chakan, Pune. With an investment of USD 25 Million (Rs 190 crore) the unit will have productio...

In order to prove its mettle and its battery range, electric 3 wheeler manufacturer Altigreen put to test its product, the Altigreen neEV on a 150 kms plus inter-city test drive.

Omega Seiki Mobility, an Anglian Omega Group Company, and Grip, India’s leading alternative investment platform for retail investors, announced a strategic partnership for providing lease financing solutions to reta...

Basavaraj said that the construction sector will have a major contribution to Prime Minister's vision to make India a USD 5 trillion economy. To achieve this goal, the government is embarking on major infrastructure...

India's first and largest legal doorstep fuel delivery service provider, FuelBuddy, recently launched its services in the North-Eastern part of India. The expansion is backed by a Rs. 35 crore investment and promise...

Pinnacle Industries, a leading manufacturer of automotive interiors, seating systems & EV components and speciality vehicles, has announced its foray into railway seating systems.

Euler Motors, an electric vehicle company, has tied up with Magenta, an integrated clean energy and electric mobility solutions provider, to deploy 1000 HiLoad EVs, an electric 3wheeler cargo vehicle. Magenta will d...

Omega Seiki Mobility (OSM) and Bengaluru-headquartered advanced battery technology startup Log9 Materials, announced a strategic partnership to deploy 10,000 3-wheeler Rage+ and Rapid EV’s in tier II and III markets...

Honda India Power Products Limited (HIPP), India's leading and best-in-class power product manufacturer, and the market leader in the power products category for the past 36 years, announced entry into Marine Outboa...

Euler Motors, an electric vehicle company, announced its plans to invest Rs. 200 crores over the next 12 months to develop advanced state-of-the-art shop floors in order to drive up production capacity in its two ex...

Electric commercial vehicle manufacturer Altigreen has raised Rs 300 crore (approx. US$ 40 Million) investment in its Series A round, to boost its EV manufacturing, launch new products including LCVs and strengthen ...

Commercial EV manufacturer Altigreen is all set to deliver more than 1500 road-ready EVs to MoEVing in 2022. It has bagged an order worth Rs 75 crore and is ramping up its manufacturing capabilities to begin deliver...

On September 20, 2021 Omega Seiki Mobility Pvt. Ltd. (OSM), part of the Rs 1000 crore plus Anglian Omega Group of companies, will be launching India’s first electric Small Commercial Vehicle (SCV), the Omega Seiki M...

Mahindra’s Truck and Bus Division (MTB), part of the Mahindra Group, has launched the new Mahindra Furio7, its latest, modern range of Light Commercial Vehicles (LCVs). The trucks comes with double guarantee of “Mo...

Omega Seiki Mobility, part of the Rs 1000 crore plus Anglian Omega Group will soon be making electric four wheelers and two wheelers in India with foreign collaborations. The company which showcased a few cargo elec...

The Amb plant of Sonlaika Group in the state of Himachal Pradesh has now turned into a new high tech facility for advanced quality harvesters for the farming sector at an investment of Rs 200 crore.

VECV, joint venture between Eicher Motors and Volvo of Sweden, will be acquiring Volvo Buses India for a sum of Rs 100 crore. Definitive Agreements have been signed for the integration of Volvo Buses India business ...

Leading commercial vehicles player Force Motors has developed in house capability to manufacture and supply a full range of ambulances that are ready to use from day one and also comply with all the provisions of th...

Nitin Gadkari, Minister for Road Transport & Highways, Shipping and MSME unveiled Olectra-BYD C9 - electric inter-city coach, the first in the country, during the ongoing Auto Expo at Greater Noida in the presence o...

Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV) showcased its all-new range of BharatBenz vehicles. On display were over a dozen medium and heavy duty trucks, and buses updated inside and out. The new product portfolio, co...

Force Motors revealed India's first next gen shared mobility platform - project codenamed T1N in Pune, Maharashtra. The platform has been simultaneously designed and developed for both Internal Combustion Engines an...

Hyva, a global leader in loading and unloading hydraulic solutions serving the commercial vehicle and environmental services industries, has announced Rs 30 crore investment per annum in 2019 and 2020, letting Hyva ...

ZF Friedrichshafen AG, a leading global technology group and supplier of mobility systems for passenger cars, commercial vehicles and industrial technology, has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreem...

JCB India, a leading manufacturer of earthmoving & construction equipment, will be investing Rs. 650 crore to set up a new plant in India as the company prepares to celebrate 40 years of manufacturing in the country...

Mahindra’s Truck and Bus Division (MTB), a part of the Mahindra Group, announced the commercial launch of the Furio, its brand-new range of Intermediate Commercial Vehicles (ICVs) with a guarantee of ‘More Profit or...

Gensol Mobility, part of smart technology driven Gensol group, has launched India’s first ever 100 percent smart electric fleet Blu-Smart in New Delhi and the national capital region, to usher in an era of smart urb...

The 5 edition of bauma Conexpo India 2018 held from December 11 to 14, 2018 saw 700 companies from 26 countries showcasing their machines, products and innovative technologies for the construction industry. Around 3...

Bangalore-based vehicle sharing marketplace, Drivezy, announced that it has added 10,000 bikes onto the platform. The company will launch the bikes across Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mysore, Mangalore and Manipal.

Escorts Ltd, India’s leading player in Agri Machinery and engineering and Kubota Corporation, Japan’s biggest tractor manufacturer, announced their global joint venture to manufacture high end technology tractors fo...

Mahindra Electric Mobility Ltd, part of the Mahindra Group, inaugurated its first ever Electric Technology Manufacturing Hub in Karnataka. The new facility will manufacture electric vehicle technology under Mahindra...

Commemorating the completion of 10 successful years of partnership between the Volvo Group and Eicher Motors, Volvo Eicher Commercial Vehicles (VECV) has announced plans to set up a new greenfield truck manufacturin...

Jamna Auto Industries Limited (JAI), India's leading automotive suspension maker for commercial vehicles, has entered into an agreement with Tinsley Bridge Limited (TBL), U.K. for the exclusive transfer of TBL's Ext...

Olectra - BYD, a leading player in electric buses, has announced that its eBuzz K9 electric buses have been put under Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) commercial service. The first lot of five zero...

Mahindra Truck and Bus Division has launched their new FURIO trucks, marking their entry in the Intermediate Commercial Vehicle (ICV) segment.

Lohia Auto Industries, an automobile division of Rs 700 crore Lohia Global, and a leading electric vehicle manufacturer in India has for the first time entered the international market starting with Nepal.

TAFE, the world’s third largest tractor manufacturer by volume, successfully acquired the renowned Serbian tractor and agriculture equipment brand IMT - Industrija Masina i Traktora.

Lohia Auto Industries, the automobile division of Rs. 700 Crore Lohia Global and a leading manufacturer of electric vehicles in the country launched Electric Hi-Speed Auto --Comfort E-Auto HS. The Comfort E-Auto HS...

Alstom announced the completion of its first all-electric locomotive from its state-of-the-art locomotive facility at Madhepura in the State of Bihar , on schedule. In line with the Government’s and Indian Railways’...

In what could be termed as one of the quickest decisions by a company in the corporate world to shut down operations, Eicher Motors Limited (EML) has announced that the board of directors of Eicher Polaris Private L...

The Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Anant Geete has announced that the Government is providing Rs 437 crore subsidy to 11 cities under FAME India, for launching electric buses, taxis and three-wh...

Leading concreting equipment solutions provider, Ajax Fiori has announced the expansion of its operations at Doddaballapur & Gowribidanur, near Bangalore in Karnataka. The Rs 100 crore expansion will include a new w...

The Rs 6000 crore Lachhman Das Mittal and family controlled Sonalika group is on a major export drive to push global sales of its tractors, apart from consolidating its domestic sales, thereby aiming to fully utilis...

The Indian commercial vehicle manufacturers are sitting on a sizeable stock of unsold inventory worth approximately Rs 4600 crore to Rs 5800 crore as a fallout of the Supreme Court ban on selling commercial vehicles...

Volkswagen Truck & Bus will be picking up a 16.6pc equity stake in US-based commercial vehicles manufacturer Navistar International Corporation for around US $ 256 million (Rs 1696 crore approximately). The closing ...

Maruti Suzuki India Limited has launched its first Light Commercial Vehicle (LCV) Super Carry. The vehicle was unveiled by RS Kalsi, Executive Director (Marketing & Sales), T Hashimoto, Executive Director (Marketing...

Tyre major JK Tyre and Industries Limited, part of the Rs 28000 cr JK Organisation, reached a historic milestone when it became the first Indian tyre company to produce 10 million truck/bus radial tyres. With one of...

Passenger car major Maruti Suzuki India Limited will start sales of its first Light Commercial Vehicle (LCV) - Super Carry towards the end of August. Initially the vehicle will be sold in three cities – Ahmedabad, K...

JBM Solaris, a joint venture between JBM Group and Solaris Bus & Coach S.A. will invest Rs. 300 crore towards engineering, design and development, manufacturing, supply chain development and other focus areas. At th...

JCB India Limited, a leading manufacturer of earthmoving and construction equipment in the country, showcased its telehandlers, skid steer loaders and super loaders in New Delhi. The company said its lineup of produ...

After having had to hear a lot of bad news in terms of the National Green Tribunal order banning commercial vehicle older than 10 years and diesel cars with engine capacity of 2000cc and above in Kerala, there is go...

The financial year gone by (April 2015-March 2016) has been an extremely positive one for the Indian CV industry. Laggards are still there, but the overall performance is looking good. Now with the predictions that ...

India’s rapidly emerging automobile player Lohia Auto Industries has launched a new series of battery run e-Rickshaw by the name of Narain. The Narain E-Rickshaw is improved and customised vehicles designed for Indi...

Ashok Leyland, flagship of the Hinduja Group, has won orders valued at Rs 800-crore from the Indian armed forces. The company will supply advanced-technology products – 450 units of Field Artillery Tractor (FAT) 6x...

Pune based Kinetic Green Energy and Power Solutions Limited, a venture of Kinetic group specialised in Green transport solutions has introduced its indigenously designed battery operated e-Three Wheeler named ‘Kinet...

Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Pvt. Ltd. (DICV), the 100pc Indian subsidiary of the world’s leading truck manufacturer Daimler AG, has announced the start of sales of the Mercedes-Benz coach - the Super High Deck...

Mahindra Truck and Bus Division (MTBD), a part of the Mahindra Group, rolled out its 15,000th heavy commercial vehicle (HCV) from its plant in Chakan, Maharashtra. In addition, the company also reached a sales miles...

From the looks of it, the newly launched Personal Utility Vehicle Multix from Eicher Polaris Pvt Ltd has a distinct Polaris off-roader look to it. It’s also sturdy on the lines of a Polaris all terrain vehicle. The ...

Scania Commercial Vehicles India Private Limited has inaugurated its bus manufacturing facility in Narasapura near Bangalore. Minister of Road Transport and Highways of India Nitin Gadkari will officially inaugurate...

Tata Motors celebrated the roll-out of its 100,000th Tata Ace Zip at its Dharwad facility in Karnataka. The Tata ACE Zip Micro truck is the last mile cargo transport vehicle from Tata Motors. The Tata Ace Zip is the...

German bus major Daimler Buses has started to export bus chassis from India. Hartmut Schick, Head of Daimler Buses, and Markus Villinger, Head of Daimler Buses India, came to the Egyptian capital of Cairo to celebra...

VE Commercial Vehicles Limited (VECV) launched the new Eicher Pro 6000 series next generation heavy-duty trucks on January 20, 2015 in New Delhi. The Pro 6000 series of Eicher trucks include the Pro 6031 (31TGVW 8X2...

With an endeavour to complete at least 1000 km on a full tank of diesel fuel, the Isuzu Max Run Challenge, the three-day drive organised by Isuzu Motors India Private Limited between Vijayawada and Mumbai successful...

With infrastructure segment expecting to get a major boost with Narendra Modi at the helm of affairs in India, Omax Autos Limited, a leading tier one supplier to OEMs in critical assemblies like frame assembly in CV...

Sweden based truck and bus manufacturer Scania has set a record in a field test for lowest fuel consumption with lowest measure for any emission standard with 23.29 litres/100 km (almost 4.3 km to a litre of fuel). ...

Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Pvt. Ltd. (DICV), the 100pc wholly-owned subsidiary of Daimler AG, seems to be defying the gloom in the Indian commercial vehicle market . The company in a press statement has noted...

On April 9, 2014, Scania Commercial Vehicles India flagged off the first buses for SVLL Connect of Scania Metrolink Services in Mumbai. These buses will connect travellers from Mumbai to Surat and other destinations...

Vehicle manufacturers or OEMs all over the world are increasingly adopting the lean model. In short what it means is that almost everything is outsourced and put together on the assembly line. The only factor of cri...

JBM Group, the country’s leading automotive component manufacturer will unveil its first premier true low floor city bus at the Auto Expo 2014 in Greater Noida on February 6, 2014. Their primary product encapsulates...

Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. had reaffirmed its commitment to its truck and bus division, renaming the e

Eicher trucks and buses continues to grow strongly in UP. It sold close to 2300 vehicles in the year

In its bid to meet its ambitious target of US $1 billion revenues and sell as many as 5,000 buses a

On the eve of its 10th year in India, Volvo announced a new momentum to its operations

There have been recurrent media reports that a handful of Chinese automobile companies

John Deere India introduces 60hp tractor

Ashok Leyland bags fresh orders from VRL Logistics

NEW DELHI: It’s the age of the Nano. From Tata’s Small car Nano to Nano umbrellas, the list keeps in