AUTOMOBILES

At the end of 2020, Tesla had over 20,000 charging stalls at over 2,100 Supercharging stations around the world. Now just a few months later, Tesla announced that the automaker has now 25,000 Superchargers around the world, Electrek reported. Those 25,000 Supercharger stalls are at just over 2,700 Supercharger stations. Tesla launched a new Twitter account called 'Tesla Charging' that shares every new charging station coming online.

Tesla vehicles are far from reaching a level of autonomy often described by Musk on social media, according to an internal memo obtained by transparency portal Plainsite. "Elon's tweet does not match engineering reality per CJ. Tesla is at Level 2 currently," Tesla's director of Autopilot software CJ Moore told the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV)

The ride-hailing company says it will see an annual savings of $100 million of non-GAAP expenses, which it claims will better position it to ultimately earn a profit. Toyota has also agreed to use Lyft's fleet data and platform for any commercial service it eventually launches under its Woven Planet subsidiary.

The company launched the 'All-New Hayabusa' with a full model change for the first time in 13 years. The new sport bike has been developed to achieve comply with the BS6 emissions standards. Furthermore, the instrumental console containing a large analogue meter and tachometer has now be equipped with a number of new touches "that will make its functions shine even brighter".

The Kona EV is Hyundai's bestselling EV model launched in April 2018, but the compact SUV's image has been tainted by a series of battery fires, which prompted the automaker to recall over 75,680 units in February jointly with battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. Hyundai will only sell Kona EVs in stock for the domestic market while continuing to export them to overseas markets, company officials said.

"We see CNG as a technology that has set a new benchmark in green fuel mobility. Maruti Suzuki offers its customers the widest options of factory-fitted CNG-powered cars. At the same time, CNG is becoming one of the most preferred alternative fuels due to its economic cost of running and improved CNG filling infrastructure," said Shashank Srivastava, Executive Director (Marketing & Sales), Maruti Suzuki India.

Hyundai will halt the operation of the Asan plant, 100 km south of Seoul, which produces the Grandeur and Sonata sedans, on Monday and Tuesday, a company spokesman said over the phone. Hyundai has seven domestic plants -- five in Ulsan, one in Asan and one in Jeonju -- and 10 overseas plants -- four in China and one each in the US, the Czech Republic, Turkey, Russia, India and Brazil. Their combined capacity reaches 5.5 million vehicles.

In his address at The Raisina Dialogue 2021, he said that it is a golden opportunity for the company to start manufacturing in India. "I had a video conference with Tesla management. I suggested to them that it is a golden opportunity for them to start manufacturing here in India," he said.

Global wholesales of all Tata Motors commercial vehicles and Tata Daewoo range in Q4FY21 stood at 109,428 units higher by 55 per cent over Q4FY20. "Global wholesales of all passenger vehicles in Q4 FY21 were at 2,20,697 nos, higher by 39 per cent as compared to Q4 FY20."

Sales of passenger vehicles increased to 290,939 last month compared to over 135,196 units during the same period of 2020. In February 2021, 281,380 units of passenger vehicles were sold, including the sub-segments of cars, utility vehicles and vans. A total of 156,985 passenger cars were sold in the domestic market up from 80,727 units in the like period of 2020.