Kawasaki may look to set up own India plant, post Bajaj split
Kolkata: Post its split with Bajaj Auto Ltd on 31 March 2017, India Kawasaki Motors Pvt. Ltd may look at establishing its own manufacturing plant in the years to come, said the company’s managing director Yutaka Yamashita. When asked if Kawasaki would have its own production facility in India, Yamashita said this had not yet been finalized. “May be,”...
New launches only after BS-VI kicks in: Honda Motorcycles
New Delhi: Honda Motorcycles & Scooters India Pvt. Ltd (HMSI), India’s fastest growing two-wheeler maker, on Thursday said that it will not introduce any new product over the next two years (April 2018 – March 2020) on account of investments that it has to make to upgrade to Bharat Stage VI (BS-VI) emission norms, and indicated that price hikes...
Auto Expo 2018: BMW Motorrad is betting on India for the long run
The premium and super-premium motorcycle space in India has seen several players competing for a market share in the recent past, including overseas players Honda, Triumph, Harley Davison and others, and local players like Royal Enfield and Bajaj. The recent entrant now is BMW Motorrad. In an interaction with T E Narasimhan, Timo Resch, Vice President, Sales and...
Auto Expo 2018: Lohia unveils electric cruiser Renegade Thor, 2 other bikes
UM Lohia Two Wheelers on Thursday unveiled three motorcycles at the Auto Expo 2018 – The Renegade Thor, which is also the world’s first electric cruiser, along with the Renegade Duty S and the Renegade Duty Ace.The Renegade Thor produces 30 Kw of power, along with 70 Nm of torque, and is equipped with a 5-speed transmission gearbox, a hydraulic clutch, and a liquid cooled...
Auto Expo 2018: UM unveils three motorcycles including a geared electric cruiser bike
UM in partnership with Lohia Two-Wheelers unveiled three motorcycles at the Auto Expo being held in Greater Noida on Thursday. The motorcycles include one electric cruiser Renegade Thor and two petrol-based motorcycles Renegade Duty S and Renegade Duty Ace. Renegade Thor is, as the company claims, the world’s first geared electric cruiser. The engine in the bike delivers...
Auto Expo 2018: Twenty Two Motors unveils AI and machine learning enabled electric scooter priced at Rs 75K
Twenty Two Motors on Thursday unveiled a ‘smart’ scooter for Indian roads at the Auto Expo – Flow. The electric scooter is AI-enabled and equipped with machine learning technology. Praveen Kharb, CEO of Twenty Motors said that the scooter has multiple sensors which record data while the scooter is in use. The data is then sent to a...
