Swaraj Baggonkar / Mumbai December 05, 2009, 0:13 IST

Welcoming the government

The switch to dual fuel for vehicles, consisting of hydrogen and CNG, will happen by next year.

THE Tamil Nadu Cabinet on Thursday cleared the proposal of Mahindra & Mahindra to set up an automobile project at Cheyyar, near Chennai, with an investment of Rs 1,800 crore. The plant will have the capacity to manufacture 1.5 lakh vehicles per annum.

New Delhi: After dominating the Indian market with its indigenously-built SUV Scorpio, Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) is working on one of its most ambitious projects

New Delhi: The Indian automobile sector swore by the environment at its annual convention on Friday. With global automobile giants like General Motors and Toyota increasing their bets on Indian market, projected to grow at 10% this year, the new president of the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers Pawan Goenka said environment issues have to be dealt with squarely by the industry.

JAIPUR: The Mahindra World City Jaipur is among the 16 founding projects of the Climate Positive Development Program under the Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI) that will support the development of large-scale urban projects that demonstrate cities can grow in ways that are

Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd on Tuesday launched the CNG variant of its Maxx Maxi Truck priced at Rs 3.79 lakh (ex showroom Delhi). This is Rs 50,000 costlier than the existing diesel variant. Currently, the company offers a CNG variant on its other cargo vehicles - Champion, Alfa and Bolero pick-up. The company stated that the size of the pick-up market stood at 56,000 units last fiscal.

Maruti Suzuki India on Friday said it was working on hybrid vehicles, which are expected to be demonstrated in the Commonwealth Games next year, as part of a hybrid development project by the government.

Automobile sales continued to accelerate for the fifth month on the trot. And this time, they made further inroads into the teeming rural markets riding on politicians

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