India's is pushing auto part and car makers to draw up plans to electrify all new vehicles by 2030. India's minister for road transport, Nitin Gadkari, asked companies to start building electric and alternative fuel vehicles or risk being overtaken by policy changes. Maker of engines, Cummins India, is investing...
Saab, Ashok Leyland of India to Manufacture Truck Simulators
Sweden’s Saab and Chennai-based Ashok Leyland have teamed up to manufacture truck simulators in India for defense applications. The 4K computer graphic visualization simulator will be integrated into the Ashok Leyland Stallion 4x4 vehicle, the most widely used in the armed forces and paramilitary forces. The simulator will help improve...
Lockheed Martin, Ashok Leyland to Develop Vehicles for Indian Army
India’s Chennai-based Ashok Leyland Defense Systems has entered into an agreement with Lockheed Martin to develop and produce military vehicles for the Indian market. Lockheed Martin's High Mobility Vehicle or Common Vehicle Next Generation (CVNG) will provide the base platform for this development effort, although there could be “numerous additional...
Electric Vehicle launches expected in India
Indian commercial vehicle maker Ashok Leyland is developing an electric variant of the Dost mini pick up truck. The Dost, which has been developed through an Ashok Leyland-Nissan collaboration could get the electric variant in 2014. Other details about the electric powered Dost remains unknown at this point in time. ...