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The Government of India has altogether canceled its plans of taxing diesel vehicles higher as that would cause a severe negative effect on the Indian car industry. Instead, the Government is planning to gradually deregulate diesel fuel by reducing subsidies. This won’t be done in a single step but gradually over the fiscal year 2012-13, [...]

The much awaited 2012-13 Union Budget has been announced today and it is quite a mixed reaction for the auto industry. The tax hike on diesel vehicle has not been executed but the Government has increased excise duty on all size of cars, resulting in an expected price hike across all cars by the manufacturers [...]

The Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI), the premier Indian automotive body widely known to the people as providing fuel efficiency values for any new vehicle that is launched in the Indian market is looking to expand its services to countries overseas. ARAI is a testing and certification agency that has been setup by the [...]

Bridgestone is developing a new tyre construction method which does away with the conventional white rubber method. The new tyre printing technology will instead print a new layer on the tyre from newly developed inks, which also protects the tyre from losing its colour and prevent damage to the surface. This will lead to custom [...]