Rental firm Hertz Global Holdings said on Thursday it would sell about 20,000 electric vehicles, including Teslas, from its U.S. fleet due to higher expenses related to collision and damage, and will opt for gas-powered vehicles. Shares of the rental company, which also operates vehicles from Swedish EV maker Polestar among others, fell about four per cent. Tesla’s stock was down about … Read more
New Delhi: In a record year for car sales, only four companies – Hyundai, Tata Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra and Toyota – hit new highs, amid weak demand at the lower end of the market. Market leader Maruti Suzuki got to 1.71 million units, but that was still short of its pre-Covid record of 1.73 … Read more
Tata Motors on Wednesday said its SUVs Safari and Harrier have become the first recipients of the five-star rating for adult and child occupant protection as per the Bharat New Car Assessment Programme (Bharat-NCAP). Earlier in August this year, the government had launched the Bharat-NCAP, India’s very own and independent safety performance evaluation protocol for … Read more
The end of the road is coming for gas-powered vehicles in Canada. New regulations being published this week by Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault will effectively end sales of new passenger vehicles powered only by gasoline or diesel in 2035. Guilbeault said the Electric Vehicle Availability Standard will encourage automakers to make more battery-powered cars and … Read more
Stephen Edelstein/Digital Trends They say good things come to those who wait. General Motors is hoping customers will take that maxim to heart. The 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV, an electric crossover SUV sharing the name of a similarly sized gasoline model, but nothing else, was first shown in the summer of 2022 and quietly entered … Read more
In 2023, SUVs (sports utility vehicles), though shrunk from their original avatars, came to rule India’s auto market. The number of SUV launches hit a new high this calendar year at 108, reaching the three-figure mark for the first time. The craze for SUVs can be gauged from the fact that they overtook all other … Read more
