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JBM and LeafyBus partner to deploy 200 electric luxury coaches and buses

India

Order

Product

Battery Electric

JBM and LeafyBus partner to deploy 200 electric luxury coaches and buses

By RACE Innovations Pvt Ltd – 24th December 2024

The order includes 150 high-end electric luxury intercity coaches and 50 e-buses.

Ashok Leyland wins order for 180 e-trucks and e-tractors

India

Product

Battery Electric

eMaaS, Financial & Insurance Services

Ashok Leyland wins order for 180 e-trucks and e-tractors

By RACE Innovations Pvt Ltd – 23rd December 2024

India

eMaaS, Financial & Insurance Services

Investment

Battery Electric

JBM Ecolife Mobility secures USD100m from Asian Banks to supply electric buses across multiple states in India

By RACE Innovations Pvt Ltd – 22nd December 2024

Ashok Leyland, Tata, VECV, JBM, EKA, Veera and SUN Mobility all offer new solutions at Prawaas 4.0

India

Exhibitions & Conferences

Ashok Leyland, Tata, VECV, JBM, EKA, Veera and SUN Mobility all offer new solutions at Prawaas 4.0

By RACE Innovations Pvt Ltd – 21st December 2024

India

Investment

ADAS & Safety Systems

Connectivity

Daimler India inaugurates mechatronics laboratory at Oragadam

By RACE Innovations Pvt Ltd – 20th December 2024

Bus & Coach

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India

Order

Battery Electric

OHM, Ashok Leyland’s ebus facilitator, secures order for 500 electric buses from MTC

By RACE Innovations Pvt Ltd – 18th December 2024

Switch Mobility will supply these buses and all the necessary charging infrastructure to OHM, which will then operate them on designated routes under a gross cost contract (GCC).

Ashok Leyland fits Allison automatic transmission in 12m low-floor city bus for first time

By RACE Innovations Pvt Ltd – 17th December 2024

Allison T 280 transmission is paired with the Ashok Leyland H-series 6-cylinder four-valve 184-kilowatt (246 horsepower) diesel engine, delivered from Allison's manufacturing facility in Oragadam, Chennai, India.

India

Agreement

Chassis

Ashok Leyland signs MoU to supply FlixBus India with coach chassis

By RACE Innovations Pvt Ltd – 14th December 2024

Ashok Leyland is an agreement to supply chassis to Flixbus, which are then bodied with Prakesh bodies.

India

Order

Tata Motors secures 1,000 bus chassis contract from Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation

By RACE Innovations Pvt Ltd – 11th December 2024

India’s government launches USD1.3bn funding budget to aid transition to electric vehicles

By RACE Innovations Pvt Ltd – 9th December 2024

India

Transmissions

Agreement

RSB Transmissions receives backing from Bain Capital for global expansion

By RACE Innovations Pvt Ltd – 8th December 2024

Truck & Van

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India

Agreement

Electric Drive

Ashok Leyland signs partner agreement with Nidec Corporation for electric motor supply in commercial vehicles

By RACE Innovations Pvt Ltd – 19th December 2024

This agreement is expected to enable both Ashok Leyland and Nidec to work together in developing electric drive motors and control systems that will cater to the specific needs of India's commercial vehicle industry.

India

Order

Gas Combustion

Tata Motors signs MOU for 350 LNG trucks

By RACE Innovations Pvt Ltd – 16th December 2024

The order is from Clean Green Fuel and Logistics Pvt Ltd, a two-year old start-up logistics focussed on revolutionizing operations with green fuel solutions.

India

Legislation & Regulations

Connectivity

MoRTH announces use of new GPS-based toll system to speed up logistics on state highways

By RACE Innovations Pvt Ltd – 15th December 2024

The new GNSS-based toll collection system is scheduled to be implemented by April 2025.

India

Order

Natural Gas Fuel

VECV to supply some 500 Eicher Pro 6055 LNG trucks to LNG fuel station creator in central India

By RACE Innovations Pvt Ltd – 13th December 2024

India

Product

Diesel Combustion

DICV extends application range of BharatBenz trucks with new BharatBenz-badged Cummins' engine

By RACE Innovations Pvt Ltd – 10th December 2024

India

Investment

Transmissions

Allison plans investment of USD100m+ in Chennai plant to boost automatic transmission output to meet global demand

By RACE Innovations Pvt Ltd – 7th December 2024

Trailer

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India

Product

AI, Digitalisation & Robotics

KPIT Technologies to launch generative AI solutions for the automotive industry in India within the next six months

By RACE Innovations Pvt Ltd – 20th September 2024

Generative AI is a type of artificial intelligence used to create entirely new solutions within a specific field.

India

R&D

SAF-Holland opens software R&D facility in Pune, India

By Bradley Osborne – 18th September 2024

The new R&D facility is located in Pune, Maharashtra, near a major production site where SAF-Holland manufactures trailer axles and suspensions under the ‘York’ brand.

India

Wheels & Tyres

Product

Michelin India unveils MICHELIN X Multi Energy Z+ tyre range

By RACE Innovations Pvt Ltd – 18th September 2024

Michelin India says the MICHELIN X Multi Energy Z+ is a ‘Make in India’ tyre meaning that it has been engineered in India for Indian road and load conditions

India

Agreement

Mergers & Acquisitions

Steering Systems

Rane Holdings to buy remaining 51% stake in steering system JV from partner

By Jim Gibbins – 17th September 2024

Rane NSK Steering Systems Pvt Ltd was formed in 1997 as a joint venture with NSK, Japan