9+ hour, 39+ min ago (301+ words) Mahindra & Mahindra plans to stick to its strategy of offering premium and differentiated vehicles, comprising internal combustion engine-powered SUVs and electric vehicles, in order to further strengthen its presence in the domestic passenger vehicle segment, according to a top company executive. The Mumbai-based auto major has no immediate plans to introduce CNG and other alternate fuel technologies in its product range as it wants to stick to its core brand identity and cater to a customer base which seeks differentiated products. "Our focus has been ICE and electric, and we are fairly growing in these areas. In our personal vehicle portfolio, the customers want to have differentiated products; they do not want to be in the mass market," Mahindra & Mahindra President - Automotive Business R Velusamy told PTI in an interaction. He noted that the company remains firmly focussed…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago (337+ words) Jeremy Ranjan Ghose, President, TCG Group and Additional Director, TCG CREST board The Chatterjee Group may consider taking up commercial production of indigenous sodium-ion batteries, focusing on manufacturing the cells, the battery's core component. Notably, scientists at the Research Institute for Sustainable Energy (RISE) under TCG-CREST, set up by the Purnendu Chatterjee-led Group, have recently developed an indigenous sodium-ion (Na-ion) high-speed charging battery. Made entirely from India-sourced materials, the sodium-ion battery charges up to 94 per cent in just five minutes and delivers an energy density of around 180 watt-hour per kg, comparable to leading lithium-iron phosphate batteries. "If all goes according to plan, the prototype could be ready for industrial-scale deployment within two'three years, depending on how quickly the domestic supply chain develops. Investment in commercial rollout could reach $10'12 billion," Jeremy Ranjan Ghose, President of TCG Group and Additional Director on…...