Petrol engines to require programmed fuel injection
Hybrids and EVs crucial to meeting CAFE norms
With new emission regulations from 2022, passenger vehicles prices set to rise The next round of regulations will kick off with the new Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE 2) rules in April 2022 that will lower the permissible average CO2 levels of any carmaker’s fleet from the current 130g/km to 113g/km. The following year, Real Driving Emissions (RDE) norms will require cars to achieve emission targets even in real world conditions, as opposed to just a laboratory environment. This second phase of BS6 (or BS6.2), then, is set to make the emission limits a lot harder to scale for automakers than before.
TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Apr 8, 2021, 14:19 IST
The XUV700 is scheduled to launch next year
NEW DELHI: Breaking the silence, Mahinda & Mahindra on Thursday announced that the next global SUV from the company will now be called the XUV700.
The SUV, codenamed W601, is developed on an entirely new platform which has been inspired by the old SUV’s from the company.
Slated for a launch in the second quarter of FY2022, the XUV700 will be manufactured at the company’s manufacturing facility at Chakan in Maharashtra.
It is expected to bring plenty of first-in-class features along with plenty of performance to keep up. The vehicle will be offered with both diesel and petrol engines mated to automatic or manual transmissions. AWD capabilities will be an optional extra.