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Sunday, March 15, 2026
TopicAutomobile industry

Topic: automobile industry

India’s GST boost to car sales has worsened congestion. Tax private vehicle use

R Jagannathan -
India’s urban crisis won’t end until cities make driving in crowded areas expensive.

The winners and losers of the year – in cars

Bloomberg News -
There seems to be no limit to the number of cars Bugatti, Pagani, Koenigsegg, Lamborghini and Ferrari could sell this year.

From old and boring to bold and electric — Honda is finally rediscovering its Indian spark

Kushan Mitra -
When Honda join the diesel bandwagon with the CR-V and Civic the Supreme Court soon instituted the ‘10 year’ rule for diesel vehicles.

What vehicles become cheaper with new GST slabs—small cars, hybrids, tractors

Kushan Mitra -
Every car, whether it is an entry-level Maruti-Suzuki Alto, all the way to a luxury Mercedes-Benz SUV, will see price cuts, effective 22 September.

My plea to automakers—I really want some buttons, it makes driving easier

Kushan Mitra -
The MG Windsor takes the lack of buttons to another level. For example, there is no dedicated button to control the outside rear-view mirrors.

Indian carmakers need more homegrown designers. Chinese are now a match to Europeans

Kushan Mitra -
Mahindra is expanding its design studio at its facility in Kandivali in Mumbai, and even Maruti-Suzuki and Hyundai have design teams in India.

3 yrs after exiting India, Ford to revive Chennai manufacturing plant. How Stalin govt wooed US carmaker

Vandana Menon -
Ford will be manufacturing cars in India for export. The Ford Business Solutions team in Chennai employs 12,000 people.

Auto industry causes 10% of world’s carbon emissions—This is how it can become more sustainable

Lena McKnight -
The EU and US have committed to net-zero carbon car production by 2050 and initiatives like ‘Science Based Targets’ provide standardised reporting frameworks.

With Musk set to visit India, here’s a look at which Indian states are favourites for auto FDI & why 

TCA Sharad Raghavan -
Government data shows MNCs have favourite states when it comes to where to invest. Auto companies especially look for specific advantages that some states have & concentrate on those.

Automobile sales soar 13% in February, EV push drives growth in 2-wheeler sales

ThePrint Team -
The three-wheeler market witnessed a significant 24% growth, with EVs constituting 53 percent of this growth, said the Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA).
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Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Esha Mishra -
Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Defence

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

Vaibhav Pant -
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

National Interest

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Shekhar Gupta -
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.

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