Smaller truck manufacturers Volvo Eicher (VECV) and Mahindra & Mahindra were able to show a better turnaround in their December auto sales in India compared to bigger peers and market leaders Tata Motors and Ashok Leyland, with Eicher reporting particularly strong numbers. For example, in heavy duty trucks, Volvo Eicher led the growth with a […]
Ashok Leyland, which had introduced a voluntary retirement scheme and an employee separation scheme for its executives in August last year, has approved yet another VRS scheme this year. In a notification, the company said its directors “approved the introduction of Voluntary Retirement Scheme (“VRS”) for all eligible employees” of the company. The approval, it […]
Ashok Leyland, flagship of the Hinduja Group, said it has received BS-VI emission norm certificates for all its heavy duty truck, ahead of the April 1 deadline for the switch over to the new fuel and emission standard. All of the company’s trucks with a rating of 16.2 tons or above have received certificates from […]
Commercial vehicle maker Ashok Leyland reported a 4% drop in domestic sales of medium and heavy commercial vehicles in May as the Indian auto industry grapples with an overall slowdown. Within the medium and heavy commercial vehicle segment, truck numbers fell by 168 units or 2% to 7,325, while bus numbers declined by 173 units […]
Commercial vehicle maker Ashok Leyland said it received an order from Senegal-based bus manufacturing firm Senbus Industries for supplying 400 units of Eagle 916 minibuses worth Rs 16.2 crores. Senegal will start receiving the buses towards the end of June this year. Eagle 916 buses, developed exclusively for the African market, feature inline pump technology […]
Commercial vehicle maker Ashok Leyland said it received an order from Gujarat State Roadways Corporation for 1,290 buses. The latest order comes less than two months after the company bagged orders for 2,580 buses from Institute of Road Transport, Chennai, Uttar Pradesh State Roadways Transport Corporation and Chandigarh Transport Undertaking. “With this booking, our order […]
Commercial vehicle maker Ashok Leyland reported a 2% drop in sales of medium and heavy commercial vehicle domestic sales for February as the Indian auto industry grapples with an overall slowdown.However, a 9% jump in the light commercial vehicle segment supported overall volumes, helping the automaker post a 1% increase in its total domestic sales […]
Ashok Leyland, one of India’s top three commercial vehicle makers, reported strong auto sales for September. Total medium and heavy commercial vehicle sales rose 21% to 14,232 units in September, compared to 11,805 in the same month last year. Light commercial vehicle sales were up 44% at 5,141 units compared to 3,566 last year. Despite […]
Ashok Leyland, one of India’s top two commercial vehicle makers, said it has set up an electric vehicle unit at its Ennore plant, giving the company the capacity to “deal with” about 5,000-10,000 electric vehicles per year. The move comes eight months after it signed an agreement with Israel-based Phinergy to explore the possibility of […]
Ashok Leyland, the auto arm of the Hinduja Group said it signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with Phinergy, an Israel-based company that is developing Aluminium Air batteries for long-range vehicles. Unlike lithium ion batteries, which need to be recharged after 200-500 km, a vehicle that uses aluminum air battery can run for several thousand […]
Ashok Leyland said its vehicle sales for the month of May fell 8% on year to 9,071 units due to a steep fall in sales of medium and heavy commercial vehicles. However, the fall is less than the drastic decline posted for April. The automaker sold 6,139 medium and heavy commercial vehicles — mostly trucks […]
