Morning Daily - 2020-04-28

ETAuto Newsletter | Tuesday, April 28, 2020

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Policy | Industry | Passenger Vehicle | Commercial Vehicle | Two Wheelers | Aftermarket | People Movement | Auto Components
ETAuto Originals
• Can Blockchain be next big disruption for Indian auto sector?
• Is Toyota ending it's small car challenge in India?
Top Stories
• Tata Motors to declare quarterly auto sales numbers, others may follow suit
• Editor's Dialogue: With Hans Greimel, Asia Editor, Automotive News
• Impact of the pandemic on international autotech M&A: Audio interview
• BEML bags Rs 398 crore order for dump trucks from Coal India
• Maruti Suzuki gets permission to start operation at Gurugram plant: Report
• Automakers in India yet to resume production, wait for supply chain to restart
• Volkswagen, BMW, Mercedes take online sales route amid coronavirus pandemic
• Severe supply shortages may hit India as truck drivers flee. It can be a long-term problem. ET Prime
• No relief here: On the front lines of COVID-19 fight, trucking community continues to be in a limbo
• Volvo Cars to slash R&D projects and delay facelifts
• Crisil downgrades India growth forecast by half to 1.8 per cent
• Tesla delays return of Fremont factory workers amid shutdown extension Electrek
• Nissan to cut U.S. salaried employee hours Automotive News
• Warriors on Wheels: Mahindra & Mahindra ties up with DDB Mudra Group to express gratitude to essential workers HBL
• Schaeffler India partially resumes operation and restarts Savli plant HBL
• Two-wheeler mobility firms are betting big on social distancing HT MINT
• We have Cut Our Driving In Half. Is It Time For Pay-Per-Mile Insurance? Forbes
• Chinese carmakers hope antivirus extras can spark buying interest Nikkei Asian Review
• MUFG Bank decided on Grab tie-up based on 'three surprises' Nikkei Asian Review
• Workforce Strategies For Post-COVID Recovery Forbes
• Tesla Model Y teardown reveals beautiful mega casting manufacturing breakthrough Electrek
Industry
• States seek GST compensation beyond 2022 to tide over Covid-19 crisis
• Over 3.5 million drivers dont have a vehicle to make both ends meet due to Coronavirus lockdown
• Lockdown likely to continue in Covid hotspots beyond May 3: PM Modi
• Germany, Britain call for 'green recovery' from pandemic
• Rupee rises by 21 paise to 76.25 in line with firm stocks
• Firms that can survive with social distancing to spring back faster
• Eicher Group and Metso India join Plan India's 'Project Suraksha'
• Sensex, Nifty jump 2% as RBI eases mutual funds liquidity worries
• Rupee opens 29 paise up at 76.17 against dollar
• Government plans to fast track Chinese investments after FDI policy change
• Coronavirus crisis: MSMEs seek Goa government's help
• CBIC clears Rs 10,700 cr GST, customs duty refund in 16 days
• Need to set up industries along new economic corridors: Nitin Gadkari
Passenger Vehicle
• GM, Ford and Fiat Chrysler target May 18 U.S. restart date
• VW CEO calls for economic stimulus to revive auto industry
• Czech car industry faces shaky relaunch as Skoda returns to work
• GM suspends dividend, share buybacks as coronavirus hits sales
• Nissan India teases new Datsun redi-Go
• Volkswagen India offers online retail sales and services
• Skoda resumes production at three Czech plants after 39 days
• Volkswagen resumes work at Wolfsburg car factory
• Honda Cars India introduces 'Honda from Home' online booking platform
Commercial Vehicle
• Scania tentatively restarts production
• Chinese self-driving truck startup Inceptio raises $100 million: Sources
• Kochi: Private bus operators seek special aid package
• Karnataka: Truckers demand cheaper fuel to make up for lockdown loss
Two Wheelers
• Ampere Electric Vehicle launches Kal Ko Bachao campaign
Aftermarket
• Uber offers discounted trips to 2.5 million UK health and care workers
Auto Components
• Firms need to gear up to raise output for tapping steel markets ceded by China due to COVID-19: JSPL
• Minda Industries gets nod to partially resume operations at Pantnagar and Waluj
• Greaves Cotton appoints Amit Mittal as CFO
• London copper nears 6-week high as economies reopen; stimulus measures eyed
• Endurance Technologies gets permission to resume operations at 2 plants
• CII suggests measures to revive growth of steel industry
Auto Technology
• Tesla says its cars automatically stop for traffic lights
• Altair refreshes brand with new mantra
Oil & Lubes
• Amid oil crash, ONGC raises Rs 1 k crore from bonds
• Crude oil futures plunge on weak global cues
• BS-VI norms in but India needs auto-LPG to curb vehicular emissions: Autogas suppliers' body
• Pemex starts reducing staff due to coronavirus
 
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