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Following a GM petition as well as a June crash involving an autonomous vehicle, the City and County of San Francisco said in its comments GM and Cruise failed to provide sufficient data and fell "short of documenting or analyzing the safety performance" of the self-driving vehicles.

RattanIndia, whose shares soared 10% in morning trade, did not disclose the size of the deal. It's buying the stake in Revolt Motors at a time when eco-conscious consumers are turning to alternatives to conventional vehicles.

Like some other legacy automakers in India, Hero has been a laggard in launching electric two-wheelers, giving startups such as Ather Energy, which is backed by Tiger Global, and Softbank Group-backed Ola Electric a first-mover advantage.

Led by current Renault China CEO Soh Weiming and backed by Renault and Dongfeng Motor, two-year-old Beyonca plans to unveil its first production car in the first quarter of next year with deliveries from 2024, Soh told Reuters.

Tesla Inc is starting Semi electric commercial truck production and PepsiCo Inc will get the first deliveries on Dec. 1, the electric vehicle maker's chief Elon Musk tweeted on Thursday.

The world's biggest automaker by sales said last week its global production rebounded by 30 per cent in the quarter that ended in September but warned shortages of semiconductors and other components would continue to constrain output in coming months.

Maruti Suzuki India currently had 10 CNG cars in its line-up, and the Ertiga S-CNG commands the highest waiting period of them all. The MPV has a waiting period of around 37 weeks or over 8 months.

Royal Enfield is all set to launch the Super Meteor 650 and the Shotgun 650 in India, but we are likely to see their global debut at EICMA 2022.