Auto Industry News

Over a dozen automakers have signed up with a platform for patent licences from 51 tech companies, aiming to simplify access to wireless technology and avoid costly legal battles.

India's road transport ministry has issued draft rules to make it mandatory for car makers to install alarm system for rear seat belts.

Nvidia unveiled its new computing platform called DRIVE Thor that would centralize autonomous and assisted driving as well as other digital functions including in-car entertainment.

Oil prices plunged about 5% to an eight-month low as the U.S. dollar hit its strongest level in more than two decades.

Indian Oil Corp plans a shutdown of a naphtha hydrocracker for about 80 days and half of its crude processing for about a month.

Indian refiners are set to skip purchases of Russia ESPO crude oil this month due to higher freight rates.

Qualcomm said the automotive market size it is targeting could grow to as large as $100 billion by 2030.

India's Ola will cut about 200 engineering jobs to reduce redundancy across its two main businesses of ride-hailing and electric vehicle manufacturing, the SoftBank Group-backed company said.