Auto Industry News

This month, China's cyberspace regulator posted a draft rule that said automakers must seek customer approval to collect driving data.

Hyundai India has deployed a dedicated Roadside Assistance service team to support the customers, which will be free of cost. The carmaker is also offering a 50 per cent discount on the depreciation amount of insurance claims for cyclone-affected vehicles.

Originally scheduled for a special delivery event on June 3, the Tesla Model S Plaid deliveries have been pushed by a week and will now take place on June 10, 2021.

Mahindra expects auto sales, revenue and profit for the first quarter of the current fiscal year to be 15%-20% lower than the preceding quarter due to the pandemic and chip shortage.

Nissan's Aguascalientas Plant 1 will shut down for seven days in June, while the same facility's Plant 2 will close for one day in the month.

Car sales had started to pick up in the January-March period but a second, more deadly wave of infections forced lockdowns again. This time consumer sentiment has taken a hit and discretionary spending is likely to take longer to recover.

Honda 2Wheelers India has resumed staggered operations in three of its plants, from May 29, 2021.

Plant Dingolfing has been manufacturing standard high-voltage batteries and battery modules since 2013, when the BMW Group's first all-electric vehicle, the BMW i3, went into production.