India’s car market, third-largest in world, gets a boost: Suzuki to invest $8 bn over next 5-6 years
Fp Staff • 1 month agoIndia’s auto sector gained further momentum as Suzuki committed $8 billion over the next six years
Made-in-India battery EVs to be exported to over 100 countries: PM Modi on e-Vitara flag-off
Fp Staff • 1 month agoThe eVitara is designed as a global electric SUV, measuring 4,275mm in length, 1,800mm in width, 1,640mm in height, with a wheelbase of 2,700mm. It features a 3-in-1 electric powertrain that combines the motor, inverter, and transmission into a single unit.
After $12 billion in losses, Ford shifts electric vehicle strategy
Fp Staff • 2 months agoFord had appeared to gain an edge over other traditional automakers when it launched three models between 2021 and 2022. But slowing EV demand, aggressive price cuts by Tesla and higher material costs have squeezed profits across the industry
How EV diplomacy between India and China runs on mistrust and minerals
Fp Staff • 2 months agoAs India courts foreign automakers like Tesla and VinFast, the uneasy road for BYD exposes deep fault lines between India and China in a post-Galwan world
Tesla touches down, but will it build in India?
Monjorika Bose • 3 months agoTesla has still not committed to building any factory in India. Talk of a multi-billion-dollar plant still remains in the realm of speculation
Elon Musk’s Tesla to debut in India next week, first experience centre at Mumbai’s BKC
Fp Staff • 3 months agoTesla is set to make its long-awaited debut in India on July 15 with the launch of its first experience centre in Mumbai’s Bandra Kurla Complex
China has reasons to be happy with Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill
Fp Staff • 3 months agoPresident Trump’s new megabill, aimed at reviving gasoline-powered vehicles and rolling back EV incentives, may have inadvertently handed Chinese electric vehicle makers a powerful advantage in the global auto market
Is this the EV industry's moment of truth?
Firstpost Videos Desk • 4 months agoEV Drive: Much Ado About Nothing? Electric Vehicle Ecosystem facing multiple speedbumps: China's stranglehold on rare magnets, slowing sales and big automakers halting expansion plans. Is this the EV industry's moment of truth? Our team of editors discuss the nut and bolts of the EV sector
Can Foxconn save Nissan's struggling Oppama plant despite Japan govt's concerns? Talks on
Tech • 3 months agoOppama, one of Nissan's key domestic plants since 1961, has an annual production capacity of 240,000 vehicles. However, its utilisation rate fell to just 40 per cent last year, well below the 80 per cent typically required to break even
How China's car makers inflate sales numbers by selling 'zero-mileage, used cars'
Fp Explainers • 4 months agoChina’s companies are in a war over electric vehicles (EVs). Automakers are slashing prices to win over the public, and top executives are trading barbs. Now, the People’s Daily newspaper – controlled by the Chinese Communist Party – has added its voice by warning against the practice of selling ‘zero-mileage’ cars