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Apart from being updated to meet the OBD-II norms, HMSI has introduced a new top variant with some new features for Dio.

While the initial introduction of Elevate is focused on domestic market, Honda also aims to make India as an important export hub for the new model, catering to the robust demand for SUVs globally.

The two companies jointly unveiled a new vehicle model called 'Bzinesslite InstaCharged by Log9' which is powered by Log9's RapidX 2000 batteries, enabling it to go zero to zip within 12 minutes.

The Artura's top speed is 330km per hour with 0-100 km per hour reached in just 3.0 seconds and 0-200 km per hour in 8.3 seconds, according to the company.

The documents obtained by Handelsblatt detail about 2,400 self-acceleration issues and more than 1,500 braking problems with Tesla cars.

Tesla has several factories in the US, including in Fremont, California. The electric car-maker also has factories near Berlin, Germany and Shanghai, China.

A survey by Ford Motor Company revealed that 40% of Indian drivers are unaware that harsh accelerating and braking negatively affect the car’s fuel consumption.

As per reports, the Altroz iCNG is equipped with India’s first twin-cylinder CNG technology at an introductory price of INR 7.55 lakhs (All-India, Ex-Showroom).

The company had already started phasing out the petrol engine with the discontinuation of the manual variants back in December 2022, following which the petrol engine was only available with the DCT automatic gearbox.

With 80 percent of the targeted one million EV 2-wheelers already having received this subsidy, the government has slashed this subsidy to Rs 10,000 per kWh of battery capacity with an upper cap of 15 percent of the ex-factory price of the vehicle.

These Japanese automobile behemoths received approval from Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) to form a technological research association called HySE (Hydrogen Small mobility & Engine technology) for developing hydrogen-powered engines for small mobility.

Based on the initiative of the CCPA, approximately 13,118 listings of car seat belt alarm stopper clips have been delisted from the e-commerce platforms.

Hyundai Exter is equipped with 3 powertrain options - 1.2 litre Kappa Petrol engine (E20 Fuel Ready) which is available with 5-speed manual transmission (5MT) and Smart Auto AMT (Automated Manual Transmission) and 1.2 litre Bi-fuel Kappa petrol with CNG engine equipped with 5-speed Manual transmission.

TVS and Hero MotoCorp have also been ordered to refund the charger cost to buyers after the government found that chargers were being billed separately, which is a violation of the FAME II guidelines.

The 4.3-metre-long SUV will be Citroen's entry into the heavily contested compact SUV segment with the model’s USP being the option of a third row of seats.