Auto Industry News

Cruise LLC, the autonomous vehicle (AV) company majority-owned by General Motors Co, has urged President Joe Biden to back efforts to speed thousands of self-driving cars to U.S. roads, saying the country risks lagging behind China.

U.S. securities watchdog told Tesla Inc last year that Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk's use of Twitter had twice violated a settlement requiring his tweets to be pre-approved by company lawyers, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Mahindra Farm recorded 5 per cent sales decline in the domestic market last month while it exported more volumes in the same month, leading to a triple-digit growth in exports.

Kia India has released the monthly sales numbers for May 2021, registering domestic sales of 11,050 units. Compared to the 16,111 vehicles sold in April 2021, the South Korean carmaker has witnessed a Month-on-Month (MoM) decline of 31 per cent.

Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV) announced a slew of extra initiatives to help dealer partners and staff during the ongoing pandemic.

Honda Cars India has released the monthly sales numbers for May 2021, and last month, the company's domestic sales stood at 2,032 units.

Hyundai recorded triple-digit YoY sales growth in May 2021 which is essentially attributed a low base last year due to the nationwide lockdown last year in a bid to control the spread of coronavirus.

Maruti Suzuki India has released the monthly sales numbers for May 2021, registering total sales of 46,555 units. The decline in numbers is a direct result of the second wave of the covid-19 pandemic and near-total lockdown imposed by several states.