Commercial Vehicle sales: Overall volume of Commercial vehicles sales stood at 7,14,232 Nos and grew by 4.2%. M&HCV truck and bus volumes were flat at 3,02,529 Nos. Goods carriers contribute to more than 80% of…
Tata motors is one the the largest commercial vehicle manufacturer in world and is largest in India. Tata stands tall in terms of overall sales, and is No.4 in global bus sales and No.5…
Ten years back, there wasn’t JNnurm funds for bus procurement, Urban Bus Specification wasn’t formed, there was nothing called AIS 052. But there was a need for fully built buses, and Tata motors understood…
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) recently directed the Ministry of Heavy Industries to expeditiously frame a policy with regard to scrapping of vehicles and publicise benefits associated with it for persons who opt for it. The Tribunal on…
Volvo launched the world’s largest bus chassis at the FetransRio exhibition in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The new biarticulated chassis, Gran Artic 300, is 30 meter and can carry up to 300 passengers. “We…
A retarder is an additional supporting braking mechanism to service brakes or foundation brakes. Foundation brakes are the ones fitted in the wheels and high power vehicles and vehicles that run in gradients need to have…
As the name suggests, they work the principle of hydraulics. Primary principle being the Pascal’s law “Pressure applied to any part of a confined fluid transmits to every other part with no loss. The…
India though one of the largest market for buses in the world, never had a large fleet of sophisticated city buses. Indian cities are growing and population was getting concentrated in the cities, but…
Electro Magnetic retarders (EMR) works on the principle of eddy currents. Basically they have a fixed stator and a pair of rotors that are attached to the propeller shaft and allow it to rotate….
Pusher axle Vs Tag axle: There is always a debate between pusher axle and tag axle, to know which better in terms of reliability and which has more advantages. This article will explain the…