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GWM signs an MOU with Maharashtra govt, reaffirms its commitment to India
Marking a major milestone in its Indian journey, GWM today announced the signing of an MOU with the Maharashtra government in presence of the honorable Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Mr. Uddhav Thackeray and Mr. Sun Weidong, Chinese Ambassador to India. The MoU officially announced the investment in the state-of-the-art automotive manufacturing facility in Talegaon, Maharashtra. The plant will be equipped with latest world-class technology and there will be an R&D cent...
Jaguar Land Rover adds new retailer partner in Bengaluru
Jaguar Land Rover India today announced the appointment of Shakti Auto Cars as its new Retailer Partner in Bengaluru, with Venkatesh Tatuskar as its Director. The new, state-of-the-art 3S facility is located in the upscale Brookfield area of Bengaluru, close to the major IT hub of Whitefield area. This Retailer facility is spread over 4 180 m2 and is designed to provide the highest quality of sales and after-sales experience for its customers. With a 10 cars display, a ...
India’s largest luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz today inaugurated a state-of-art new workshop facility of Akshaya Motors, at Bengaluru’s prime location of Hosur Road. This is Mercedes-Benz’s first facility in the southern market based on MAR 2020, the new brand presentation of the Three Pointed Star. MAR 2020 brand presentation includes a combination of spatial design, innovative advisory processes and the introduction of digitalization in service, ens...
Vida opens its first ‘Experience Center’ in Bengaluru
Vida, Powered by Hero, the emerging mobility brand of Hero MotoCorp, the world’s largest manufacturer of motorcycles and scooters, today opened its first Experience Center. Reinforcing the brand’s Tech-First approach, the innovative and exciting Experience Center will provide an immersive and a completely differentiated experience to customers. The first Experience Center is located in Bengaluru at the prominent Vittal Mallya Road, where customers will...
VIDA, powered by Hero, expands its “Worry-Free EV Ecosystemâ€
VIDA, Powered by Hero, the emerging mobility brand of Hero MotoCorp - the world’s largest manufacturer of motorcycles and scooters, has initiated operations of its public charging infrastructure in Bengaluru, Delhi and Jaipur. The brand has set up nearly 300 charging points at 50 locations across the three cities for public use. The charging network is spread across key locations, ensuring customer convenience. VIDA’s fast charging network allows users to ch...
Isuzu Motors India adds a new sales touchpoint in Bengaluru
Isuzu Motors India, in an effort to enhance the brand touchpoint for its customers in Bengaluru, inaugurated the new Showroom facility of ‘Trident ISUZU’, today. This showroom is located on B Narayanpura Whitefield road, K R Puram, with a thematic vehicle display. Trident ISUZU has been representing the brand ISUZU in the region since 2013-14, selling the range of ISUZU D-MAX Pick-ups (lifestyle and commercial) and mu-X SUV. The new showroom was inaugurated by the to...
Musashi India, a 100% owned subsidiary of Musashi Seimitsu Industries, Japan and a leading manufacturer of two-wheeler and four-wheeler transmission components in India, has announced its foray in the E-mobility space in the Indian market. Musashi will use its strong platform of design & engineering capability to manufacture its new EV unit comprising of motor, PCU, and Gear Box. Focused on building high performance and safe auto components, Musashi will manufacture the E-Axle at its B...
Valeo opens Satellite Tech Centre in Bengaluru as part of its Global Tech Centre in Chennai
On 06 July 2023, Thierry Berthelot, Consul General of France inaugurated the new office at Pritech Park Annex, Bellandur, Bengaluru in the presence of Jayakumar G, Group President & Managing Director, Valeo India and Daniel Frayssinet, Vice President, Valeo Group Central Engineering Operations along with employees and special invitees. The Satellite Technical Centre in Bengaluru will be part of the Valeo Global Tech Centre, Chennai. With the creation of new technology focused positions...
Bengaluru to host CEAT Indian Supercross Racing League Season One Finale
CEAT Indian Supercross Racing League, India's first franchise-based Supercross league, announces a change in venue for the highly anticipated Season One finale. Originally slated for Delhi, the event will now thrill fans in Bengaluru on February 25, 2024, as initially scheduled. Due to unforeseen circumstances necessitating the implementation of some stringent resolutions by authorities, which could potentially create logistical challenges, the organizing committee has made a cons...
On February 14th, 2019, as News of the Pulwama attack flashed on the television screen at Ajmer airport, Umesh Gopinath Jadhav, 38, who along with his band members, was waiting to catch a flight back to Bangalore, after performing at a music show, got queasy. As the body count of the martyred soldiers started rising, Jadhav, became more uneasy and found himself asking, “What am I, as a civilian, doing about this?” After arriving in Bangalore, he decided that he would not ...
Meet Bangalore-based Suhas Rajkumar, 24, whose company Simple Energy, has been doing some ground-breaking work in the field of automotive design. Getting ready to launch a scooter followed by a motorcycle, Rajkumar, tells TURN OF SPEED about all that goes into a getting a product, right from envisaging it until it is manufactured and ready to be launched. TOS: You have a degree in Architecture and you have gone and created this scooter. How did the idea come a...
Mahesh Babu, CEO, Mahindra Electric, tells TURN OF SPEED about its own battery technology, its powertrains, the EV revolution in India being led by two and three wheelers, and how it believes that India has a strong and stable policy in FAME. TOS: Tell us about the MESMA 48 platform. It is all the buzz, and is enabling so much at Mahindra Electric. MB: Mahindra Electric Scalable Modular Architecture (MESMA) is India’s first electric architecture that has ...
