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Four Tesla models approved for Indian roads
"Tesla has completed homologation and received approval for four of its vehicle variants in India," a Tesla Club India tweeted recently. "While we don't have any confirmation on names yet, these are probably Model 3 and Y variants," it added. Homologation is the process of certifying vehicles or a particular component in a vehicle that it has satisfied the requirements set by various statutory regulatory bodies.
Tata Tigor EV launched at Rs 11.99 lakhs: Here're features, specifications of India's cheapest EV
This becomes the second EV launched by Tata following the successful launch of Nexon EV, which falls under the compact-SUV segment. Tigor is being offered in three trims; XE, XM, and XZ+ — with a dual-tone color option only available on the highest trim.
Apple Car may come with exterior screens to signal other drivers
In a patent granted by the US Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday titled "Exterior Lighting and Warning System. Apple's system would involve the creation of displays that are placed around the vehicle and this long display is expected to show a variety of information to other road users, reports AppleInsider. The display would show braking information, the speed of the car and other messages in the form of graphics as well as video.
Tesla's Full Self-Driving system 'not great,' admits Musk
In a tweet, Musk said: "FSD Beta 9.2 is actually not great imo, but Autopilot/AI team is rallying to improve as fast as possible. We're trying to have a single tech stack for both highway & city streets, but it requires massive NN (neural network) retraining." He then posted: "Just drove FSD Beta 9.3 from Pasadena to LAX. Much improved!"
Hyundai slips to 6th place in global EV market in 2021 1st half
Hyundai Motor was in sixth place in terms of global EVs sales in the January-June period, one notch down from the fifth position a year ago, according to the data by industry tracker SNE Research. The automaker's global EV sales jumped 75.6 percent on-year to 51,300 units in the first six months of the year, but its market share fell to 2.9 percent from 4.5 percent over the period, data showed.
HMSI launches CB200X bike priced at Rs 1.44 lakh
"Marking a steady evolution in the 180-200cc segment, CB200X is a classic urban explorer at heart developed for next-gen millennials. Its design is inspired by Honda's higher displacement adventure bikes. The overall design provides the riders an upright and relaxed posture for city commute as well as for their weekend ride," said Yadvinder Singh Guleria, Director, Sales and Marketing, HMSI.
After electric scooter, Ola planning to launch electric car in 2023
Agarwal’s announcement came two days after the launch of the Ola Electric scooter on the eve of 75th Independence Day. The CEO of Ola Electric said that the manufacturers need to make investments to leverage the ecosystem and turn India into an Electric Vehicle hub in the future.
Tata Motors unveils Tigor EV, its 2nd offering in personal segment
At present, the company offers Nexon EV, which commands a nearly 70 per cent share in the the Indian EV market. The company cited that Tigor EV is powered by its well-proven state-of-the-art high voltage electric architecture -- Ziptron. It has commenced bookings for the new Tigor EV at select dealerships at Rs 21,000.
Mercedes to bid goodbye to Formula E after 2022
The announcement comes only three days after Dutch driver Nyck de Vries won the Formula E world championship title after finishing eighth in the season's final race in Berlin. Mercedes also won the teams' title after Belgium's Stoffel Vandoorne finished in third place. Mercedes follows the footsteps of Audi and BMW exiting Formula E at the end of this year.
Renault Nissan ordered to pay Rs 70.84 cr as interim relief to workers
The total outgo for the company as interim relief will be Rs 70.84 crore. As per the order, each of the 3,542 workers of Renault Nissan Automotive will be paid an interim relief of Rs 10,000/month for the period between April 1, 2019 and March 31, 2020 and Rs 5,000/month between April 1, 2020 and July 31, 2021. The company was ordered to pay the wage arrears in three equated monthly instalments to the workers starting October this year.
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