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Tuesday, July 22, 2025
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Topic: Cars

Cars make a comeback as lockdowns ease and public transport remains a no-no

Driving has emerged as the socially distant transportation of choice and is offering some relief to an oil market fresh off its worst crash in history.

How to build a morally ethical self-driving car

Companies have scaled back their ambitions, aiming more for driver support than full autonomy, just as sober-minded transport experts told us to expect.

Car sales in India drop to record low as economic slowdown worsens

Weak sales are forcing manufacturers to cut production or shut factories, leading to at least 15,000 job losses in the industry so far.

They’re actually reinventing the wheel to keep up with robocars

Car-makers are developing smart tyres & putting semi-conductors & sensors inside headlights, glass and seats to make them intelligent.

Indian armed forces upset as Modi govt imposes curbs on car sales at military canteens

New order sets price cap for cars that can be bought by armed forces from subsidised canteens. Many see this as ‘ill-treatment’ while jokes target military brass.

The real reason we’re not driving electric cars

Electrical vehicles that appeal to swaths of consumers remain few and far between & those on the road are still too expensive of which the main culprit is the battery technology.

Robots? No, breakthrough technology will be in cars

With Tesla reimagining the car and companies like Uber and Lyft being two of the biggest IPOs this year, cars are the next big thing.

Before foreign cars came to India, there was foreign-looking Contessa that defined class

The first big, long car in the Indian market also seemingly created a class divide between those with Ambassadors and those who drove Contessa.

Why India’s classic sedan Premier Padmini will never lose its charm

Long after its glorious run, many an owner has remained loyal to the Premier Padmini.

SC wants old cars off Delhi roads, but nobody knows how to go about it

There is no clarity on where the government will keep the impounded vehicles or what it will do with them.

On Camera

India’s TRP ecosystem needs a reset. Time to end BARC monopoly

A ratings monopoly in India has led to lack of technological variation, resulting in sluggish systems detached from market dynamics.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.