This is Tata Motors tenth Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facility.

Under the agreement, the company plans to operate 472 Eicher electric buses from VECV (VE Commercial Vehicles) in Madhya Pradesh, as well as 750 EKA-brand buses in Andhra Pradesh in collaboration with EKA Mobility.

Initially launched in the 11.00R20 size, ROCKRAD will be rolled out across India’s major mining regions.

India’s domestic sales of buses (GVW 7.5 tons and above) registered a modest increase of 6.6% in Q1 FY2025-26, rising to 18,137 units from 17,009 units in the same quarter of FY2024-25.

M&M has changed the company’s leadership structure.

Sales of light-duty buses and coaches (GVW ≤ 7.5t) grew by 8.8%, reaching 16,949 units in Q1 FY2025-26, compared with 15,571 units in Q1 FY2024-25.

Select models will be offered with extended warranty cover of up to five years or 200,000km.

The buses will be operated by the National Transport Corporation, enabling Mauritius to move forward in electrifying its public transport fleet.

Sales of LCV goods carrier vehicles (light trucks) of GVW ≤ 7.5 tons in India remained steady, declining by just 0.6% to 122,627 units in the first quarter (April to June) of fiscal year of 2025 (Q1 FY2025-26) from 123,414 units in the same period of the previous year.

India’s tractor unit registrations declined 8.6% in the first quarter, registering 14,217 units compared with 15,552 units in Q1 FY2024-25.

Sales of medium and heavy-duty rigid trucks (7.5t GVW and above) in India declined by 3.3% in the first quarter of the new fiscal year of April to June 2025 (Q1 / FY2025-26), falling to 51,529 units from 53,015 units.

Ashok Leyland will invest up to IND300 crore (USD36m) in OHM Global Mobility; while the investment in VBCL is up to INR5.70 crore (USD0.69m) to further expand its manufacturing its bus body and coach manufacturing premises and annual capacities.