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The Tata Punch has become the third model from the Indian manufacturer to get a 5-Star rating for adult protection. And it is also only the second car from India to get a 4 star score for child occupant protection.

U.S. auto safety regulators asked Tesla Inc why the electric-car maker has not issued a recall to address software updates made to its Autopilot driver-assistance system to improve the vehicles' ability to detect emergency vehicles.

Senior sources at German auto giant Volkswagen on Wednesday dismissed reports that up to 30,000 jobs could be at risk if it could not cut costs in its transition to electric models.

Volkswagen's CEO Herbert Diess told a supervisory board meeting in September that the company could lose 30,000 jobs if it transitioned too slowly to electric vehicles (EVs), two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Wednesday.

The recently launched Mahindra XUV700 SUV has set a series of new national records at the 24 hours Speed Endurance Challenge. The challenge, which was held at the Mahindra SUV Proving Track (MSPT) near Chennai, saw four XUV700s break the record with each one of them clocking over 4000 kilometres in 24 hours, at an average speed range of 170-180 kmph.

BharatBenz has built customised luxury caravan for the Kerala Tourism Department, which will be used for the latter's latest initiative - 'Keravan Kerala. The ready-for-road camper van are built on BharatBenz's 1017 chassis and can be customised to to accommodate 2 to 4 travellers.

Greaves Finance was set up last month to facilitate financing of electric two-wheelers and electric three-wheelers.

Spy photos of the Mahindra XUV700 Javelin Edition, which will be presented to Olympic gold medal winners, Neeraj Chopra (2020 Olympics) and Sumit Antil (2020 Paralympics), have leaked online, giving us a glimpse of the new special edition SUVs.