BharatBenz has introduced Driver State Monitoring System (DSMS) in its trucks as a major safety feature.
As an industry-first in India’s commercial vehicle segment, the goal of DSMS is to avoid dangerous situations of drivers falling asleep while driving.
Daimler, the parent company of BharatBenz, will introduce the DSMS on all premium variants of the BharatBenz heavy-duty truck range...
When this journalist visited Robert Bosch’s headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany in 2010, the company personnel indicated that Indian automobile market will slowly shift to electrification due to increasing level of carbon emission by vehicles.
After eight years now, Bosch itself showcased to the Indian market about its strength in the electric vehicle sector at Delhi Auto Expo 2018, aiming to...
Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV), an Indian subsidiary of Daimler AG, recorded 2017 as the most successful year. Strong momentum witnessed from fresh products and tailwind from regulatory changes in the market environment driven the sales to new heights.
Daimler sold 16,717 BharatBenz trucks in 2017 in India, witnessing a growth of 28% as compared to the sales of 13,081 units...
India’s electric two-wheeler giant Hero Electric has unveiled three of its global products, ahead of Auto Expo 2018. The company will launch these products throughout 2018, in a phased manner.
The models of electric two wheelers are christened AXLHE-20, A2B Speed and A2B Kuo Boost.
Hero Electric’s Managing Director Naveen Munjal, said, “The new range of electric two-wheelers have been...
For the first time in the world, Hyundai has achieved level 4 autonomous driving with fuel cell electric cars.
A fleet of Hyundai's next generation fuel cell electric cars have succeeded in completing a self-driven 190 kilometers journey from Seoul to Pyeongchang.
So far, autonomous driving has been carried out at a limited speed on some sections of domestic roads,...
Busworld India’s 8th edition of professional bus and coach exhibition to be held in Bangalore will be powered by Association of State Road Transport Undertakings (ASRTU), the official national body of public transport operators in India working under the aegis of the Union Ministry of Road Transport & Highways.
India’s biggest bus and coach trade fair will be organised...
Mahindra & Mahindra has launched an industry first initiative in the automotive retail space - ‘Bring the Showroom Home’, a portable, mobile based, interactive Virtual Reality experience.
This is an initiative wherein a customer would get a 360 degree, all-encompassing and immersive virtual showroom experience.
Bring the Showroom Home is part of a series of initiatives under Mahindra’s Digital Transformation Strategy. Through this concept,...
Tata Motors, which is well known as a diesel driven commercial vehicle maker, spreading its wings in electric bus sector too. Dr. A K Jindal, Head – Electric Vehicles & Defence Vehicles, Commercial Vehicle Engineering, Tata Motors, reveals the company’s plans to Jaishankar Jayaramiah of Automotive Lead.
Tata Motors is more known as a diesel driven commercial vehicles maker. How...
Flying car developer PAL-V will unveil the world's first flying car production model - the PAL-V Liberty at the forthcoming Geneva Motor Show in the first week of March.
The dutch company is now in the process of getting the car certified for commercial usage.
Robert Dingemanse, CEO of PAL-V, said, " A production model is the last stage in the R&D process...
Piaggio India, a subsidiary of European two-wheeler giant, began its successful journey in 2018 with the inauguration of its fifth premium retail concept store Motoplex in the South Indian city - Bangalore.
Motoplex is the one stop lifestyle store for Piaggio’s two wheeler brands - Vespa, Aprilia and Moto Guzzi.
Diego Graffi, CEO and Managing Director of Piaggio Vehicles and Ashish...
