In this issue

Autocar Professional’s 1 September issue is out!
This is a bumper 60-page that has a variety of news, analysis and features and covers the fortnight gone by comprehensively.
The highlight of the issue is Mahindra & Mahindra’s global reveal of its Born Electric range of cars. It also includes news developments, corporate strategy, and sales analysis.
Mahindra & Mahindra’s Born Electric range revealed
The commercial launch of the electric SUVs will take place from 2024 in a phased manner. Here are the first details that includes the INGLO platform will be used in all models. Read our six page coverage that includes an interview with Pratap Bose, M&M’s chief design officer.
While on the subject of Electric, Mercedes Benz India launched its all-new 2022 AMG EQS 53 electric sedan, the first of three that will be available in India in this calander.
Interview: We interview the head of Continental’s Software Academy Anupama Raman that is working to make this automotive giant future-ready.
Mahindra Finance :As rural India buys more 2-wheelers and used cars, we look at the company’s strategy as told by its VC and MD, Ramesh Iyer.
TVS Automobile Solutions :India’s aftermarket is changing thanks to digitalisation, and at the forefront of that transformation, we speak to G Srinivasa Raghavan about his company’s myTVS platform.
News Focus : Tyre manufacturers baulk at new regulations, reveals RTI
Features : US muscle carmaker Dodge plans to drop ICE-powered Challenger and Charger muscle cars from its line-up by 2023. They will be replaced with electric, performance-oriented models.
Ladakh’s EV policy : How this union territory that gets tens of thousands of visitors is giving tourism the green touch.

New EV players pitch design and performance statistics

Both Born Electric & Ola production EVs will hit roads in 2024.

1 min

Sona Comstar tie-up with Israel for smart solutions

Technical association with DriveTVL will give Sona Comstar the much needed access to Israel's hi-tech mobility start-up ecosystems like FASTLANE.

1 min

McLaren ready for India business

Mumbai will be the 41st global retail destination for the UK-based supercar brand.

1 min

M&M's big EV push

India’s Mahindra & Mahindra plays catch-up and eyes for top spot in EV segment with an impressive line-up of five new cars.

8 mins

'We now have a brand new design studio and a brand new design vision'

Hormazd Sorabjee, Editor, Autocar India, speaks with Pratap Bose, Chief Design Officer, Mahindra & Mahindra at the showcasing event of the five new electric SUV concepts that the marque has to offer to the automotive industry in India.

5 mins

‘Continental promotes lifelong learning’

Anupama Raman, Global Head — Software Academy, Continental Automotive on the impact of Covid, the Academy's charter and women's participation in auto. She spoke to Brian de Souza.

10+ mins

Greaves Electric set to go flat out with ALJ on board

The business interest of Saudi Arabia’sAbdul Latif Jameel will boost Greaves Electric’s EV footprint. Nagesh Basavanhalli, MD and Group CEO of Greaves Cotton, on the road ahead with Murali Gopalan.

5 mins

Tyre manufacturers baulk at new regulations, reveals RTI

Industry says it needs more time to test and validate tyres before it can implement government mandates

4 mins

Mahindra Finance upbeat as vehicle sales rebound

Ramesh Iyer, Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of Mahindra Finance, tells Murali Gopalan that rural India is beginning to fire on all cylinders as the businesses of used cars and two-wheelers are changing.

10 mins

How myTVS is reshaping the aftermarket

The name of the game has now changed with digitalisation playing a big role, says G Srinivasa Raghavan, Managing Director of TVS Automobile Solutions, in a freewheeling conversation with Murali Gopalan.

7 mins

Muscle goes electric

US muscle carmaker Dodge plans to drop ICE-powered Challenger and Charger muscle cars from its line-up by 2023. They will be replaced with electric, performance-oriented, loud and very fast models

3 mins

Sales rev up as OEMs prepare for festive season

The July 2022 wholesale numbers for three segments — passenger vehicles, three- and two-wheelers — released by SIAM suggest a good momentum in PV and two-wheeler sales. Ajit Dalvi does the number crunching.

6 mins

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