The new facility is part of the company's plans to produce driveline components for both conventional ICE vehicles and electric vehicles.

India's light truck sales increased by more than 100,000 units in FY2022-23 from the previous fiscal year.

RACE is an engineering consultancy company and is also T&BB's partner organisation in India.

Strong demand for rigid trucks sees reguistrations grow by 30% across India.

Tata Motors previously had assembly operations in Thailand until 2018.

The Covid-19 pandemic decimated bus and coach travel demand in India starting two to three years' ago - the market now for public transport is in recovery.

This order is a mixture of rigid trucks and tractor units, although the order split is not stated.

Sales of light-duty passenger vehicles (7.5 tons and below) enjoyed a resurgence in the FY2022-23 ending March 31, 2023, increasing by 122.1%.

EKA Mobility is the brand name of electric vehicle builder, Pinnacle Mobility Solutions Pvt Ltd, which has a technology collaboration with VDL.

Rakshana is a Muslim name which means Protect.

Ashok Leyland says it is a new platform, but it is in fact an upgrade of the existing ‘RE-AL’ platform to allow customers to exchange used vehicles with new.

The new facility is to supply a full range of lubricants to a broad number of industrial segments including the on-highway road transport sector.