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Seshan Vijayraghvan is among those who chose to be an automotive journalist just for the pleasure of getting their hands on all the awesome 4-wheeled and 2-wheeled machines that comes their way. A writer by day and a reader by night, this South-Indian Mumbaikar's love for cars and bikes is as strong as his beloved filter coffee. His current desire is to procure a mint-condition Premier Padmini and Royal Enfield Interceptor 650.
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CEAT launches Puncture Safe tyres For Motorcycles In India
CEAT India has launched a new range of puncture safe tubeless tyres for motorcycle. Introduced as part of the company's Milaze range, these new tubeless tyres come with CEAT's patented sealant technology that seals the punctures and prevents the tyre from deflating, making the range a truly self-healing tyre.
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Exclusive: Toyota Will Bring The Land Cruiser Brand Back To India
Globally, Toyota is working on the updated Land Cruiser, and the possibility of it coming to India was unknown, that is until now. Toyota Kirloskar Motor has exclusively told carandbike that the Land Cruiser brand will return to India.
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2020 Toyota Fortuner Facelift Spotted Testing In India
The 2020 Toyota Fortuner facelift, which recently made its global debut in Thailand, has been spotted testing in India for the first time without camouflage. The SUV was seen undergoing emissions testing.
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Tesla To Build Its New $1.1 Billion Gigafactory In Texas, USA
Tesla's new $1.1 billion manufacturing facility will be built in Texas, near Austin and it will mainly manufacture the company's futuristic pick-up vehicle, Cybertruck, along with the Model 3 and Model Y.
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Post COVID Up To 60 Per Cent Of Glanza Customers Are First Time Toyota Buyers
Toyota Kirloskar Motor has witnessed a greater demand for the Glanza premium hatchback in the post-COVID era, and says that 50 to 60 per cent of customers are first time Toyota buyers.
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2020 Mahindra Mojo 300 ABS BS6 Bookings Begin For Rs. 5,000
Mahindra Two Wheelers has opened pre-bookings for the BS6 compliant 2020 Mahindra Mojo 300 ABS in India. The soon-to-be-launched motorcycle can now be booked for a token of Rs. 5,000 and customers can visit their nearest Mahindra Two Wheelers showroom to pre-book it.
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Hyundai Venue With iMT Gearbox Launched; New Sport Trim Introduced With More Features
Hyundai India has launched new Sport Trims for the Venue subcompact SUV and along with it has also introduced it new Intelligent Manual Transmission (iMT) technology. The Hyundai Venue Sport Trim will come in both petrol and diesel options.
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Hitachi ABB Plans To Launch New EV Charging System In India Under Partnership With Ashok Leyland
Hitachi ABB Power Grids, which recently unveiled its Grid-eMotion Fleet EV charging system for large scale public transports and commercial fleets, plan to bring to technology to India as part of its partnership with Ashok Leyland.
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Lamborghini Celebrates New Production Milestone With 10,000th Urus SUV
The Lamborghini Urus, with chassis number 10,000, comes in the new Nero Noctis Matt Black colour with the carbon fibre package and two-tone Ad Personam interiors in black and orange, complemented by more carbon fibre components.
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Bajaj Pulsar 150 And Pulsar 150 Neon Receive A Price Hike
The BS6 compliant Pulsar 150 is now priced at Rs. 97 958 and is dearer by Rs. 1025, while the Pulsar 150 Neon is priced at Rs. 91,002 has has received a hike of Rs. 999.
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Motorists To Be Fined Rs. 1,000 For Speeding Between Tolls On Mumbai-Pune Expressway
Under the prescribed speed limit it should at least take 37 minutes to cover the 50 km distance between the Urse and Khalapur toll plazas. If a vehicle covers the distance in lesser time the motorist has presumably violated the speed limit and will be fined Rs. 1,000.
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BS6 Mahindra Mojo 300 ABS: Things We Know So Far
Mahindra Two-wheelers is gearing up to launch the BS6 compliant version of the Mahindra Mojo 300 ABS this year. The company has already released a bunch of photos of the motorcycle, revealing the new colour palette, which includes both single and dual-tone options.
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Renault Duster 1.3 Turbo Petrol Launch Details Out
The Renault Duster compact SUV is all set to get a new 1.3-turbo petrol engine this year, and it was showcased at the 2020 Auto Expo. Now, sources in the know have told carandbike that the turbo petrol option will be launched in India towards the end of August 2020.
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Upcoming Tata Gravitas Spotted With Rear Disc Brakes
Image of the upcoming Tata Gravitas have surfaced online, and this time around we get to see that the SUV will come with disc brakes for all four wheels. Expected to be launched in India later this year, it is the 7-seater version of the existing Tata Harrier, and we first saw the SUV at the 2020 Auto Expo.
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BS6 Mahindra Mojo 300 ABS Revealed In New Garnet Black Colour
Mahindra Two-Wheelers has released the first image of the upcoming BS6 compliant 2020 Mahindra Mojo 300 ABS ahead of its official launch. The image comes just days after the company released the first teaser image of updated Mojo 300, which will now come in a new Garnet Black colour.
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BharatBenz Rolls Out 1000th BS6 Heavy Duty Truck Amidst COVID Crisis
Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV) recently rolled out its 1000th BS6 compliant Heavy-Duty Truck (HTD) from its manufacturing facility in Oragadam, near Chennai. The milestone vehicle was a BharatBenz 3523R truck, and the company is particularly proud of this achievement because it was one of over 1500 BS6 compliant vehicles that were manufactured in the last few months despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and the lockdown.
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Production-Ready Kia Sonet Images Leaked Ahead Of Launch
The much-awaited Kia Sonet subcompact SUV is all set to be unveiled in India on August 7, and ahead of its global debut, images of a production-spec model have surfaced online. The new images only give us a glimpse of the rear section and the profile of the upcoming Kia Sonet, and judging by what we see, the styling is certainly not as aggressive as the concept car we saw at the 2020 Auto Expo.
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Toyota To Resume Production At Its Bidadi Plant From July 20
Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) has announced that it will resume vehicle production at its Bidadi plant, in Karnataka, from July 20. The directive was issued as part of the State Government's efforts to fight the spread of the coronavirus, and the rising Covid-19 positive cases in Karnataka.
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Mahindra, Ford Joint Venture On Track Despite COVID Crisis
The Covid-19 pandemic has taken a major toll on the country, and the auto industry has not been impervious to this crisis. Mahindra and Ford Motor Company were also supposed to launch their new joint venture company this year, and while the process seems to have been delayed a bit, the company has told carandbike that the work hasn't stopped and it's very much on track.
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Hitachi ABB Power Grids Launch EV Charging System For Large Scale Public Transport Fleets Worldwide
Hitachi ABB Power Grids, the joint venture between Hitachi Ltd and ABB Ltd, has announced the launch of Grid-eMotion Fleet, an electric vehicle (EV) charging system. Specifically designed for large scale public transport and commercial fleets like electric buses, the new EV charging system uses DC technology and can connect to any type of power network.
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