IMF forces Pakistan’s auto industry into high gear with 57 safety rules
- 10-Sep-2025
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will enforce strict new safety and quality standards for locally manufactured and imported vehicles from October this year, in line with conditions agreed with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), ARY News reported. Documents show that from October, locally produced cars will be required to comply with 57 safety standards. At present, only 17 […]
PM Shehbaz urges auto industry to start local manufacturing
- 31-May-2024
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday urged the automobile industry to start local manufacturing of vehicles and export a considerable ratio of their products to contribute to national development. The prime minister, talking to a delegation of automobile and auto parts manufacturers, asked the industry to implement the Auto Sector Deletion Policy and become […]
Pakistan’s auto industry faces shutdown crisis
- 19-Oct-2023
KARACHI: Pakistan’s three major auto manufacturers in the country have announced a temporary shutdown of production plants due to an ongoing shortage of essential raw materials, ARY News reported on Thursday. According to details, Honda Atlas Cars, Toyota Indus and Pak Suzuki Motor Company (PSMC) have announced shutting down their production activities for a limited […]
Auto Industry Facing Unprecedented Crisis
- 21-Jan-2023
The economic woes experienced by the country have put enormous pressure on almost all sectors of economy. Auto industry is also gripped by the economic downturn and is retrenching both its productivity and workforce. Auto sector has reported a significant fall in production and sales and it looks quite doubtful if it would get out […]
China leads auto industry recovery with beyond-expectation sales
- 11-Dec-2020
Bai Hua, an official at China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said China expects to sell over 1.3 million new energy vehicles (NEV) this year, up from 1.2 million units last year.
Auto industry races to make ventilators during virus crisis
- 01-Apr-2020
he automotive industry is offering its expertise and manpower to the hospital sector as it gears up to build mechanical ventilators during the coronavirus pandemic.
GM strike impacts 150,000 auto industry workers: consulting firm
- 09-Oct-2019
The prolonged strike at General Motors Co (GM.N) is estimated to have hit 150,000 workers in the auto industry, a report from research and consulting firm Anderson Economic Group (AEG) showed on Tuesday.
Subaru plans biggest-ever global recall
- 01-Mar-2019
Japan’s sixth-largest automaker told media on Friday that it was recalling nearly 2 million of its popular Impreza and Forester models in the United States
Toyota to mass-produce long-range electric cars: report
- 07-Nov-2016
Toyota Motor Corp is looking at mass-producing long-range electric vehicles (EVs) that would hit the market around 2020, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Monday, in what would be a dramatic reversal of strategy for the world’s top-selling automaker.