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Oct 21, 2024 | 
medium.com | Rajiv Ghosh
Rajiv Ghosh·Follow6 min read·--Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) have been a central part of India’s electoral process for close to three decades. These machines were introduced to improve the efficiency and speed of counting votes in the world’s largest democracy, financial savings was also cited to be a decisive reason. A growing global movement to ban EVMs, however has sparked a heated debate over their transparency reliability, and security.
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Apr 21, 2024 | 
timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Rajiv Ghosh
Elon Musk has postponed his trip to India because of “very heavy Tesla obligations”. But all the factors making an India-Tesla partnership a win-win for both remain firmly in place. Wherever Tesla has started its operations, it has helped build a robust EV ecosystem. China is a classic example. India would like Tesla to repeat this here too. On the other hand, Tesla cannot miss out on the India story. This is the world’s fastest-growing large car market.
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Apr 21, 2024 | 
timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Rajiv Ghosh
Rajiv GhoshTNN Apr 21, 2024, 21:39 IST ISTMusk postponing his India trip doesn’t alter two fundamentals. One, Tesla is best placed to help Indians embrace EVs. Two, India is best placed to help Tesla test & build affordable cars for emerging marketsElon Musk has postponed his trip to India because of “very heavy Tesla obligations”. But all the factors making an India-Tesla partnership a win-win for both remain firmly in place.
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Mar 18, 2024 | 
economictimes.indiatimes.com | Rajiv Ghosh
If you have fallen in love with electric vehicles (EVs) for their silent aggression and futuristic style, you might get a sense of desolation if you visit any Maruti Suzuki dealership. For, you will find none on display. But that’s going to change as India’s number 1 carmaker is set to launch its electric car eVX around December this year, although the deliveries may take some time. This is also going to be Maruti parent Suzuki’s first EV, first
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Mar 13, 2024 | 
economictimes.indiatimes.com | Rajiv Ghosh
In Japanese, ‘suterusumōdo’ is the expression used for working in stealth mode. And looks like the Japanese parent of India’s No.1 carmaker, Maruti Suzuki, has something similar up its sleeve. Sample this. On March 19, 2022, Suzuki Motor Corporation announced an investment of INR10,400 crore in battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and batteries in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It was the Japanese auto major’s first major EV
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Mar 5, 2024 | 
economictimes.indiatimes.com | Rajiv Ghosh
What took you so long? The demerger of Tata Motors cars (passenger vehicle) and trucks (commercial vehicle) business took a long time to get rolling but it is a huge thumbs up for the management team of the company. This is a company that has turned around and how. According to Emkay Research, the ROIC (return on invested capital) in FY24 is expected to be 25.4%, a sharp increase from 3% in FY23. This development does not come as a major
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Mar 3, 2024 | 
economictimes.indiatimes.com | Rajiv Ghosh
One of the key reasons behind India’s economic resilience is that private consumption, or the money spent by households on goods and services, accounts for 60% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP). Hence, one needs to closely analyse any trend changes in consumer spending as it could have a far-reaching impact on the economic trajectory. The Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES) 2022-23, released late last month by the
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Feb 27, 2024 | 
economictimes.indiatimes.com | Rajiv Ghosh
If you have bought an electric car in India in the last few years, you might be familiar with Exicom. Possibilities are that the EV charger installed at your home is made by the company. Now Exicom Tele-Systems, which was founded in 1994, has been listed. The INR429 crore IPO was oversubscribed 130X and listed on 5 th March 2004 with an 87% gain. The stock corrected since then but still trades at 76% gains from its issue price. Of the total IPO
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Feb 15, 2024 | 
economictimes.indiatimes.com | Rajiv Ghosh
One was already a big name in the global auto market before entering India in 1996. The other proved its car-making mettle way back in 1954, when it started assembling Jeep CJ3 under the licence of Willy Jeep. While one cannot separate the South Korean DNA from the former, the latter knows the Indian roads, and off-roads, better than anyone else. Yet, for years Hyundai Motor has been No. 2 in India’s passenger vehicle pecking order. Mahindra
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Feb 13, 2024 | 
economictimes.indiatimes.com | Shobha Mathur |Rajiv Ghosh
Will they, won’t they? Why shouldn’t they? These days, the aisles of the auto industry are abuzz with one discussion — whether Hyundai will go public in India. Even as various media reports in India and Seoul pointed towards an India IPO for the South Korean automaker around festive season this year, the company only added to the suspense by not brushing aside the reports as false. “As a global company, we constantly review various measures,
