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Delhi Transport Corporation orders 1500 Tata Motors electric buses

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Up to now, Tata Motors has supplied more than 730 electric buses across multiple cities in India, which have cumulatively clocked more than 55 million kilometers, with an uptime of more than 95%.

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GM inaugurates flexi-engine plant in India

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The new engine plant will begin by producing engines for small passenger cars manufactured by GM in India. GM India’s sales have grown significantly since the rollout of its mini-cars, the Chevrolet Spark and Beat, said GM India President and Managing Director Karl Slym.

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Nikkei: India passes Japan to become world’s No. 3 auto market in 2022

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India’s sales of new vehicles totaled at least 4.25 New vehicles delivered in India totaled 4.13 million between January and November 2022, according to the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM). India is home to 1.4 million units, based on preliminary results, topping the 4.2 million units.

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India SIAM to Launch HCNG Road Trials Soon

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The Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) will launch road-trials of an 18% blend of hydrogen with Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) in the next 2-3 months. Business Standard. Earlier post.).

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Forecast: Indias car sales to surpass 2.6M units; more affordable small cars and new demand

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A Business Monitor International (BMI) report forecasts that car sales in India will surpass 2.6 Diwali celebrations and strong economic growth contributed to record car sales in India in October 2010. While BMI forecasts growth of 17.4% for the eight months to August on a calendar year basis.

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Tata Motors launches $10,000 electric hatch; deliveries of Tiago.ev start in January

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Tata Motors, India’s leading automobile manufacturer, launched the newest member of its EV family this past week: the Tiago.ev. Lakh (US$10,000) (All India – Ex-showroom), for the first 10,000 customers (of which 2000 will be reserved for the current owners of Nexon EV and Tigor EV).

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Passenger Vehicle Sales in India in FY 2009 Climb 25.6%

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Sales of passenger vehicles in India grew to more than 1.9 from the prior year, according to figures from the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers. million units in FY 2009 (April 2009-March 2010), up 25.6% Passenger car sales grew by 25.1% in this period.

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