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US auto safety regulators said Friday they have opened an investigation into whether Tesla's recall of more than 2 million vehicles announced in December to install new Autopilot safeguards is adequate.
Okaya EV's premium brand Ferrato has opened bookings for its new electric motorcycle, the Disruptor. The Ferrato Disruptor will be launched in India on May 2. It will take on the Revolt RV400, Oben Rorr, Tork Kratos and Matter Aera, among others.
We forded a rising river at peak tide, descended a 41-degree incline, articulated through what was the perfectly unsanitised track of a 1,800-acre soon-to-be National park, ploughed through sandbanks, and through it all, there was not one instance where I felt like the Jeep Wrangler Rubicon was out of its depth. One of our comms team friends was in the back seat, sleeping through it. I mean seriously. How capable does a 4x4 have to be that you’re confident enough to dangle off a 45-degree incline and catch up on zzs. But that is what the Wrangler is about, and always has been. Now this seventh generation doesn’t change drastically over its predecessor, but it does get a whole lot of little additions that make it more current and even more capable than before.
India became the third-largest car market in the world in FY24, ahead of Japan, and only behind the USA and China. And SUVs now account for over half of the cars sold in the country. But do you know that only three SUVs in India have been able to cross sales milestone of 1 million units.
Jeep has finally launched the updated Wrangler in India. It comes in two variants; Unlimited and Rubicon, priced at Rs 67.65 lakh and Rs 71.65 lakh (ex-showroom), respectively. Jeep claims to have already received over 100 pre-bookings. Deliveries of the 2024 Wrangler are slated to begin by the middle of May this year. There have been a number of subtle updates and changes to the latest iteration of the Wrangler in India. As far as price is concerned, both variants of the Wrangler facelift are now Rs 5 lakh more expensive than the outgoing model.
The world's largest tractor manufacturer by volume, Mahindra Tractors, has achieved the cumulative sales milestone of 40 lakh units, including domestic sales and exports.
BMW India has launched the i5 electric sedan in India. The first ever electric 5 Series counterpart — the i5 is making its debut in India as the i5 M60 xDrive, which is a BMW M Performance model. Available as a single trim, the BMW i5 M60 xDrive is priced at Rs 1.20 crore (ex-showroom) and is being brought to India as a full-import CBU.
Riding on the success of the SP125 motorcycle and the Activa scooter, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (HMSI) has achieved the sales milestone of 8 million units in east India.