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A Japanese auto company has announced the successful test drive of its flying car model, demonstrated publically on August 25. The flight took place at the 2.5-acre Toy

Watch: Japanese company successfully test drives 'flying car'

A Japanese auto company has announced the successful test drive of its flying car model, demonstrated publically on August 25.&nbsp;
The flight took place at the 2.5-acre Toyota Test Field, which is one of the largest test fields in Japan.&nbsp;
The SD-03 model can accommodate&nbsp;single seating and circled the field for about four minutes after takeoff.&nbsp;The aircraft has been designed to be the world&rsquo;s smallest electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) model as a futuristic means of transportation.&nbsp;
SkyDrive will continue to conduct test flights under more varied&nbsp;conditions to improve its technology and achieve full compliance with the safety provisions of the Civil Aeronautics Act.
The company aims to launch its flying cars in the market by as early as 2023 but has not set a price yet.&nbsp;

A Japanese auto company has announced the successful test drive of its flying car model, demonstrated publically on August 25. The flight took place at the 2.5-acre Toyota Test Field, which is one of the largest test fields in Japan. The SD-03 model can accommodate single seating and circled the field for about four minutes after takeoff. The aircraft has been designed to be the world’s smallest electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) model as a futuristic means of transportation. SkyDrive will continue to conduct test flights under more varied conditions to improve its technology and achieve full compliance with the safety provisions of the Civil Aeronautics Act. The company aims to launch its flying cars in the market by as early as 2023 but has not set a price yet.

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2021 Suzuki Hayabusa, was launched in India on April 26, and within two days of the debut of the 3rd gen superbike, the first batch was sold out. The Hayabusa is sol

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Harley Davidson may have officially shut its India operations last year, but it seems that India continues to be an important market for the brand. Just two months a

Harley Davidson may have officially shut its India operations last year, but it seems that India continues to be an important market for the brand. Just two months after the global unveiling, Harley Davidson has announced the pricing of the Pan America 1250. The American bike maker&rsquo;s first-ever adventure tourer is now on sale in two variants &ndash; Standard and Special &ndash; priced at Rs 16.90 lakh and Rs 19.99 lakh. Powering the Pan America is Harley&rsquo;s 1,252cc Revolution Max V-twin motor that develops 150 horses and 128Nm. The engine comes paired with a 6-speed transmission. Suspension duties are performed by 47mm Showa BFF upside down forks at the front and a monoshock setup at the rear. The Special variant of the Pan America also gets the advantage of a semi-active suspension with an optional adaptive ride height. The adventure tourer also features 5 pre-programmed riding modes &ndash; sport, road, rain, off-road and off-road plus in addition to a custom mode. Cornering ABS and cornering traction control come as standard too.

Jaguar Land Rover will have to shut some of it's manufacturing units for at last a wek as the company shortage of semi-conductor chips. Tata Motors in a filing to

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The passenger vehicle waiting period escalated to as high as seven months even as some reports suggest that about a million Indians are in the queue. The Federation of

The passenger vehicle waiting period escalated to as high as seven months even as some reports suggest that about a million Indians are in the queue.
The Federation of Automobiles Dealers Association in a recent report claimed that almost half of the PV dealers lost more than 20% of their sales due to supply-side constraints.
Global shortage of wafers which is an input for semiconductor, continued to linger around and kept the PV waiting period high, FADA said in the report.
Moreover, a significant rise in personal mobility needs has given a push to the demand, leading to almost half a million waiting to buy a used car and another half a million Indian are waiting to buy the car they have booked, as reported by the Economic Times.
Due to the waiting period, fewer people are looking to exchange their old cars with new and the repossession by financiers has also declined because of the moratorium benefits. This has lead to a supply shortage in the used car market.

The Technoking of Tesla has made yet another big push towards the cryptocurrency, allowing customers to now buy the car with Bitcoin. The eccentric bil

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The eccentric&nbsp;billionaire tweeted,&nbsp;&ldquo;You can now buy Tesla with Bitcoin&rdquo;.&nbsp;Musk also added that Tesla would be running its own internal software to handle Bitcoin payments, which "operates Bitcoin nodes directly&rdquo;.
 The EV maker last month revealed that it had bought $1.5 billion worth of bitcoin

Jaguar first pulled the wraps off their first all-electric vehicle, the I-Pace in 2018 and since then the launch of the Jaguar I-Pace has been on the cards for the I

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India’s largest car maker Maruti Suzuki is gearing up for a price hike from April 1. In a statement to the exchanges the auto major cited increase in input c

India&rsquo;s largest car maker Maruti Suzuki is gearing up for a price hike from April 1.&nbsp; In a statement to the exchanges the auto major cited increase in input costs as the main rationale for&nbsp;the price hike which they said will vary across the models .&nbsp;
 Maruti stated&nbsp;&ldquo;&nbsp;it has become imperative for the company to pass on some impact of the above additional cost to customers through a price increase in April, 2021&rdquo;.
 Ironically the company had announced a&nbsp;series of discounts in March to buck up sales before the fiscal year closes .&nbsp;

Not too long ago, Volvo had confirmed that the Volvo XC40 Recharge will make its way to India in 2021. Now, the company has showcased the model in India and announce

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The much talked about Vehicle Scrapping Policy was finally announced in Parliament today by Union minister Nitin Gadkari. Here is what you need

The much talked about Vehicle Scrapping Policy was finally announced in Parliament today by&nbsp;&nbsp;Union minister Nitin Gadkari.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Here is what you need to know-:
<ul>
<li>Private vehicles will be de-registered after 20 years if fitness test failed&nbsp;</li>
<li>Registration renewal &amp; fitness test fees hiked significantly for personal vehicles after 15 years</li>
<li>Commercial vehicles to take fitness test at 15 years and will be de-registered if test failed</li>
<li>Govt owned vehicles will automatically be scrapped in 15 years</li>
</ul>
Is there an incentive to scrap your old car?
<ul>
<li>If old car is scrapped the registration on a new purchase will be waived off</li>
<li>Re-registering your old car is now going to cost you 8 times more from October 1&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
<li>Govt has also instructed all car makers to provide 5% discount to customers against a&nbsp;scrapping certificate</li>
<li>Scrap value is estimated to be&nbsp;4-6% of new vehicle cost</li>
<li>&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
So when does this get into gear?
<ul>
<li>Rules for fitness test and scrapping centres to come into effect on 1st October, 2021</li>
<li>Mandatory scrapping of govt vehicles from April 1,&nbsp;2022</li>
<li>Mandatory fitness testing for all vehicles to begin from 1st June 2024</li>
</ul>

The govt has notified the mandatory vehicle policy for defective vehicles , Here is what you need to know about it. What will trigger a recall? A vehicle recall

The govt has notified the mandatory vehicle recall policy for defective vehicles , Here is what you need to know about it.&nbsp;
What will trigger a recall?
A vehicle recall can be triggered if many consumers of a vehicle report similar type of problem.&nbsp;Wherever a minimum number of complaints, ranging from 100 to around 1,250 for different categories of vehicle against total sales of model is received on the vehicle recall portal, mandatory recall is to be initiated.
How is it different than existing policy?
Right now&nbsp;the recall of the defective vehicle is voluntary in India. Last year 3.7 lakh cars were recalled, which is the highest in 3 years.&nbsp;
How will it be implemented?
The rule comes into effect from April 1.&nbsp;Auto manufacturers &nbsp;may have to pay a penalty of Rs 10 lakh to Rs 1 crore if they fail to call back the defective vehicles even after a mandatory recall

In a big push towards phasing out old technology vehicles the Govt has proposed steep hike in re-registering fee of 15-year-old vehicles.The fee for renewal a

In a big push&nbsp;towards phasing out old technology vehicles the Govt has proposed steep hike in&nbsp;re-registering fee of 15-year-old vehicles. The fee for renewal and grant of fitness certificate of three-wheeler or four wheelers&nbsp; has been set at Rs 3,500 and is set at Rs 1,000 for two-wheeler vehicles.&nbsp;
For the larger lot Rs 10,000 will be charged for&nbsp;renewal and grant of fitness certificate for medium goods or passenger motor vehicles and Rs 12,500 will be charged for heavy goods or large passenger motor vehicles.

Japan's SkyDrive&nbsp;has successfully conducted a public demonstration flight of its new 'flying car' model

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