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TopicAutomatic cars

Topic: Automatic cars

More gears, less effort—how your car is undergoing a quiet transmission shift

For many years, many folks did not buy automatics in India because they were less fuel-efficient than manuals. Today, with highly complex automatic gearboxes, the opposite is true.

Trump kills the ‘Obama Switch’. How will it affect the future of the automotive industry?

US President Donald Trump, along with EPA Director Lee Zeldin, announced that his administration will be rolling back the  Start/Stop button.

SubscriberWrites: Who’s liable for autonomous cars?–The emerging jurisprudence on AVs

Autonomous cars, first envisioned in 1939, could reduce traffic deaths. AVs bring benefits like fewer accidents, inclusivity, and lower emissions, but raise legal and privacy concerns.

Cars are becoming supercomputers on wheels with AI. Their 3 positive impacts

The 'Automotive in the Software-Driven Era Initiative' is bringing together automotive, new mobility and ICT companies to create positive impact.

Maruti Celerio AMT brought big ‘stick shift’ in India. Now manual transmission dying out

Indian car buyers are becoming more sophisticated and can afford better. When you talk to car companies, the sales records show an upward trend in automatic preferences.

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Naxalism was on decline under Manmohan Singh. Modi govt moved in at the time of consolidation

In 2005, under the UPA’s watch, Chhattisgarh launched Salwa Judum. The state gave assault rifles to Adivasi boys and pushed them into battle against their own brethren.

Saudi Arabia raises price of main oil grade to Asia to a record high premium

Saudi Aramco will increase flagship Arab Light crude prices for May sales to a premium of $19.50 over regional benchmarks for refiners in Asia, still less than what traders anticipated.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.