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Suzuki to partner with Proton in Malaysia; new 2-cylinder 0.8L diesel for compacts in India

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Suzuki Motor Corporation (SMC) will collaborate with the Malaysian national carmaker Proton Holdings Berhad. As the first step of the collaboration, SMC will supply KD (knocked down) components for a Suzuki model to Proton. In future, supply of engines and transmissions by Suzuki to Proton will be also studied.

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Maruti Suzuki’s hits and misses | Autocar Professional

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Maruti 800 | 1983-2014 To say the 800 is a legend would be an understatement; it is the cornerstone on which Maruti Suzuki was built. Also see: Maruti Gypsy Electric review: Future-proofing an icon Maruti Swift | 2005-present The hot-looking Swift was instrumental in changing the way buyers perceived Maruti Suzuki in India.

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Junkyard Find: 2002 Daewoo Nubira SE Sedan

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Today, it's the turn of the third member of the 2000-2002 Daweoo triumvirate: The compact Nubira, an example of which I found in a Denver self-service yard last week. The CEO of Daewoo fled South Korea in 1999 to avoid criminal charges, the company went bankrupt in 2000 , and the bad news for Daewoo just kept coming as the new century began.

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Japan researchers develop all-solid-state batteries with low resistance at electrode/solid electrolyte interface

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However, in solid-state Lbs with LNMO, the high interface resistance (charge-transfer resistance, R i ) of ~200-2000Ω cm 2 at the LMNO/solid electrolyte interface hinder fast charging and discharging. In particular, solid-state LBs with a 5 V-class positive electrode consisting of Li(Ni 0.5 8b08506.

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Vehicle theft increases by 2.5x in India in 2023; Delhi tops the list: ACKO report – ET Auto

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Further the report highlights that 47% of all stolen cars are Maruti Suzuki. Our second edition of the vehicle theft report brings insights and perspective into the issue after delving deep into 2000 claims received in 2023. Cars with the greatest demand and consequently, longer delivery timelines are most susceptible to thefts.

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History of Electric Vehicles in India

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2000 – BHEL developed an eighteen-seater electric bus in 2000. TATA Motors, Maruti Suzuki, Toyota, and a slew of other firms have begun to sell battery and hybrid electric vehicles in India. The cars were powered by a 72-volt lead-acid battery. With the help of MNES, 200 electric vans were created and operated in Delhi.

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J.D. Power study pegs India as 3rd largest vehicle market by 2020; small car focus

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million light vehicles (passenger cars and light-commercial vehicles) were sold in India in 2010, up from just 700,000 light vehicles sold in 2000. Power and Associates. More than 2.7 billion—is expected to reach 11 million light-vehicle sales by 2020.

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