Govt. of India hikes fuel prices in India

Government of India has hiked fuel prices in India on Friday, now the middle class people will have to spend more unhappily on this necessity. The fuel prices have been increased by 3.73 per litre on Petrol and up to Rs. 3 per litre on diesel and all the increased prices have been applied from the last night. At this time, is not easy to thought about purchase a new bike in India. India's two-wheeler manufacturers have launched many two-wheelers in India and they are also worried about their performance in the auto market. Because the fuel price hike is really a big issue for the two-wheeler players in India.



On the other hand, Major two-wheeler players are planning to introduce their new hybrid vehicles like TVS Streak hybrid which is coming soon in the Indian auto market. Besides, the households will have to spend an advanced Rs. 35 per gas cylinder and kerosene will also be rose by Rs 3 a litre. The decision was taken by the EGoM oriented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherejee. In a major decision to bring petroleum products in line with market rates, the government on Friday freed petrol from all pricing controls and hiked diesel prices by Rs two a litre, Oil Secretary S Sundareshan announced after the meeting of the Empowered Group of Ministers.


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TVS motor temporarily stops the production of electric vehicles

Chennai based two-wheeler manufacturer, TVS Motor has temporarily stopped the production of its electric vehicles duo to low demand in the Indian auto market. The company has also decided to delay launches of its electric scooter TVS Scooty Teenz which is the battery powered version of TVS Scooty Teenz and electric three-wheeler in India. H S Goindi, Marketing President of TVS Motor Co. said," We have an electric three-wheeler, which we had planned to introduce but there is no market for such products. So we don't have any plans to launch it now.



TVS had rolled out the Scooty Teenz Electric in April 2008 with aims a high demand and sales around 40,000 units per year. However, the company another electric scooter which is called as scooterette did not come up to the customers expectations. It is available at a price tag of Rs. 29,900 (ex-showroom-Delhi). "The market is not good for electric two-wheelers. So we are concentrating on our regular scooters and motorcycles," Goindi said.



TVS Motor authorized electric scooter dealers have old stocks of the company's electric scooterette and they would still be selling their electric vehicle in the Indian auto market. On the other hand, Suzuki Bandit 1250S, Suzuki GSX-R1000 and Honda CB Dazzler have recently been launched in India. Apart from that launch, Indian motorcycles and scooters lovers will see more launches in India that includes Yamaha YZF R125, Piaggio Vespa LX125, Yamaha SZ and Kawasaki Ninja 650R.

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MS Dhoni in Jaipur

India's one of the largest two-wheeler manufacturer, TVS Motors brand ambassador Mahinda Singh Dhoni, Caption of Indian cricket team, came in the Pick City for ad shoot of company's most selling motorcycle, TVS Star City. The company's brand ambassador was shooting at Mahaveer Nagar of Chitrakoot colony in Jaipur. There were ton of Dhoni's fans had gathered to see shooting of the company's motorcycle advertisement. MS Dhoni was promoting their TVS Star City motorcycle in the city. He was seen riding bike with children on his shoulders. Police forces were refused entry for locals and Media persons due to Asia Cup is round the corner and the dangerous. The Indian captain assigned shooting for only 3 days. Rajasthan Cricket Academy (RCA) official told that he must have take permission of the BCCI.




Asia Cup has scheduled from 15th June 2010 and final match on 25th June 2010, all the matches will be hosted by Sir Lanka. TVS Star City such a excellent bike in the entry-level segment along with classy features. The all new TVS Star City is on demand in the Indian auto market. TVS Motors, after getting a tremendous response from the two-wheeler market, launched new variant of TVS Star, called as TVS Star Sport. The new Star Sport is also performed well in the auto market. The company hopes that the new all new variants of TVS Star are capable to increase its market share in the entry-level segment. On the other hand, Suzuki Motorcycles has recently introduced its two new superbikes in India - Suzuki GSX-R1000 and Suzuki Bandit 1250S. Apart from that launch, Indian bikes and scooters lovers will see more launches in India that includes Yamaha SZ, Piaggio Vespa LX125, Kawasaki Ninja 650R, Yamaha YZF R125 and Honda VFR 1200F.

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