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Driving is one those eminent skills for both the genders as it makes them independent. However, for many of us men it's a must. The adolescence phase when a boy evolves as a man is generally the period when he brushes up his driving skills after he has qualified for his license at 18. A grown-up man is generally believed to know how to drive and many take pride in it. In spite of it, the danger and the threat to life on the roads are skyrocketing with around 3400 people losing their lives on the road per day. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) findings in 2013, male drivers are well ahead of female drivers in being involved in the accidents and most of the times because of their own mistakes. So let's take a pledge to try and be the better man on the roads. Here are some points that can help us to be one.

Eight months after Mahindra and Ford had announced to explore a strategic partnership to work on electric vehicles; Mahindra has shared details about the recent development. And carandbike can now confirm that Mahindra Electric, a completely owned subsidiary of the Mahindra & Mahindra which expertizes in Electric Vehicles will lead the alliance by providing the technology to develop new electric vehicles. Exclusively speaking to carandbike on the sidelines of the Mahindra Treo electric three-wheeler launch, Dr. Pawan Goenka, Managing Director and CEO, Mahindra & Mahindra said, "The alliance is not concluded yet. We are still working on as to what the alliance should exactly be and we are looking at the vehicles' platforms that Ford has. But even in that alliance the electric technology comes from Mahindra Electric. The alliance is for sharing the vehicles' platforms and not for the electric technology which comes only from Mahindra Electric and Ford could also use that."

Ineos Chief Executive Officer Jim Ratcliffe said last year that an off-roader modeled on Land Rover's classic Defender could be rolling off British production lines if the owner of petrochemicals giant can win government backing for it. Ratcliffe had also said he would invest 600 million pounds ($770.16 million) to begin output of the new off-roader from 2020-21, adding that he would prefer to build in Britain but that there are cheaper alternatives in countries such as Germany where the workforce is already trained.

The latest ruling follows a string of similar decisions ordering cities like Berlin, Cologne, Frankfurt and Stuttgart to bar the most polluting diesels from certain areas, alarming drivers nationwide. A transport ministry spokesman said the debate had become "highly emotional" in the car-loving nation where the auto industry is a pillar of economic growth and employs some 800,000 people. "Closing motorways deprives our country of mobility," the spokesman told reporters. "Mobility is the foundation of our prosperity, of our growth, of employment. That's what we mean by self-destructive."

BMW and the German Bobsleigh, Luge, and Skeleton Federation (BSD) have been engaged in an intensive collaboration since the 1980s, during which time they have worked closely together to optimise equipment, race overalls and helmets. Since 2010, BMW has been Premium and Technology Partner, a role that has seen the Munich-based company use its automotive expertise to help the federation win numerous medals and titles. The technological support gained from BMW engineers is now being expanded and a two-man bobsled prototype developed for Germany. The first tests on the ice track are planned for the end of 2018.

Tesla Inc Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said on Thursday that Model 3s ordered in the United States by the end of this month will be delivered by Dec. 31, as the electric carmaker tries to take advantage of tax breaks. "Tesla just acquired trucking capacity to ensure Model 3 can be delivered in U.S. by Dec 31 if ordered by Nov 30," Musk tweeted. "Skipping rail saves over a month for East Coast deliveries. All things considered, it's better to use trucks. Single load/unload & direct to owner location." Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for more details about the acquisition.

Four months after launching the Marazzo, Mahindra has decided to revise the introductory prices of the shark inspired MPV. The Marazzo will undergo a price hike of around Rs.30,000-Rs.40,000 across variants which will be effective from January 2019. The Mahindra Marazzo was launched in September this year at an introductory price of Rs. 9.99 lakh for the base M2 variant and Rs. 13.90,000 lakh range topping M8 variant, all prices ex-showroom, Delhi.Last month, Mahindra had announced to have received over 10,000 bookings for the Marazzo across India and the company.

Mahindra today announced some of the key features that will come with the soon-to-be-launched high-end SUV - Mahindra Alturas G4. Slated to be launched on November 24, the company says that the new Alturas G4 will come equipped with a host of significant Hi-Tech and safety features.