India

Chevy Shows Fourth Electric-Car Project: Beat EV Minicar In India

Right now, the sole plug-in vehicle you can buy from Chevrolet--or indeed all of General Motors--is the 2011 Volt range-extended electric car. But that doesn't mean GM isn't testing a lot of other concepts. The company just isn't doing it in North America, the sole region where Volts are sold this...

June 24, 2011 by John Voelcker 3

NanoCab: Sri Lanka To Use More Than 200 Tiny Tatas As Taxis

June 17, 2011

Does Osama Bin Laden Keep Pakistan From The Tatas It Wants?

May 5, 2011 3

Tougher Gas Mileage Laws Hit Third World Too: CAFE For India

May 5, 2011 2

Honda Brio prototype, introduced at the 2010 Thailand Motor Expo

Honda Unveils Brio, Its Smallest Car, For Asian Markets Only

The smallest Honda sold in the U.S. market is the 2011 Fit subcompact, its well-reviewed and enormously versatile five-door hatchback. But other markets demand different... November 30, 2010 by John Voelcker

GM To Show All-Electric Car Next Year...In India, Not Here

While General Motors is focusing its U.S. electric-drive efforts solely on the 2011 Chevrolet Volt, a range-extended electric car, elsewhere in the world it's experimenting... October 29, 2010 by John Voelcker 3

So Much For World Car-Free Day; Most of the World WANTS Cars

Yesterday was was World Car-Free Day. Did you notice? Nope, us either. Because while it may be amusing--for a few seconds--to imagine a world without vehicles, it's also... September 23, 2010 by John Voelcker 1

Tata Nano, World's Cheapest Car, Aces Indian Endurance Test

We've always had a soft spot in our heart for the tiny Tata Nano, the world's least expensive car and India's equivalent of the Ford Model T that put the U.S. on wheels a... August 26, 2010 by John Voelcker

2010 Chevrolet New Sail hatchback, sold in China

GM China Confirms Development of All-Electric Sail Concept

General Motors has been through the wringer over the last 18 months, nowhere more so than in North America, where it declared bankruptcy and was quickly restructured with $60... August 24, 2010 by John Voelcker

Tata Nanos shipped sideways on flatbed rail car outside Bangalore, India, from YouTube user Auroajay

How Short Is a Tata Nano? Enough To Ship Sideways On a Train

You've surely seen car-carriers full of brand-new vehicles on the highways. But many new cars roll out of the factory onto trains that carry them over much of their journey... June 30, 2010 by John Voelcker 5

No Nissan Leaf Electric Cars For India, At Least For Now

Nissan's ambitious plans to build and sell its 2011 Nissan Leaf electric car around the world will not include populous India, at least not initially. According to Indian... March 26, 2010 by John Voelcker 1

Tata Nano, World's Cheapest Car, To Be Sold in U.S. in 2012

The world's cheapest car, India's tiny Tata Nano mini-car, will be sold in the U.S. starting three years from now, says its maker. Company chief Ratan Tata told reporters at... January 7, 2010 by John Voelcker 3