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Car modifications in India: What is legal and what’s not

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In fact, performing some weird modifications to your car may lead you to legal trouble. If you are planning to modify your car, here is a comprehensive guide with a list of legal and illegal modifications in India. Colour change: Changing a car’s colour is completely legal in India, but is subject to RTO’s approval.

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Rapido to recall all e-bike taxis – ET Auto

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We will be asking our bike taxi captains to convert (to petrol vehicles) or take necessary measures,” said Pavan Guntupalli , Co-founder of Rapido. However, the arguments of the advisory have called into question whether anyone can operate commercial bike taxis legally in Karnataka without needing a license.

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Indian car and 2W OEMs recall 284,906 vehicles in 2023, 5.35 million since 2012 | Autocar Professional

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A vehicle recall is when a manufacturer or a legal entity determines that a particular model needs to have a repair in order to comply with all the safety standards. Despite massive development budgets and plenty of computer simulations as well as stringent road and track tests, defects in vehicles still get revealed in the real world.

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Micromobility: Zapp Scooters Bring Style, Range and Fun to Urban Riding

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The stylish scooter is set to arrive next year to do battle in the market segment between e-bikes and Vespa clones on one side and traditional motorcycles on the other. Top speed is rated at 60 miles per hour—plenty for urban living, considering these are not freeway legal rides. The i300 stands just under four feet tall, stretches 6.4

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Car and two-wheeler OEMs recall 5.67 million vehicles in India | Autocar Professional

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A total of 23 OEMs – 16 carmakers and 7 motorcycle and scooter manufacturers – make up this list of recalls over the past 12 years comprising 39,31,185 cars and SUVs (69% of total recalls) and 17,43,195 two-wheelers (31% of total recalls to date). Interestingly, CY2021 also topped the PV recall scale with 444,619 units.

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