Toyota India on Monday confirmed the emergence of five more cases of COVID-19 at its manufacturing facility Bidadi, Karnataka including our four employees and one contract staff member. The same number of cases were also reported on July 26, 2020, at the company's facility in Karnataka. Notably, the Japanese automobile manufacturer hasn't suspended its operation at the plant, despite a heavy spike in numbers of Corona positive cases. But the company assures sufficient safety measures that are thoroughly followed at the facility.
Japan's Mitsubishi Motors faced doubts about a quick recovery after posting dismal quarterly sales in its key Southeast Asia market partly due to the coronavirus outbreak, sending its shares down 12% to a record low on Tuesday.
Ola Foundation, the social welfare arm of the ride-hailing service provider, has come out with a report detailing the impact its 'Drive The Driver' fund has created in India. The special fund was created to help its driver-partners during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the company says that so far it has helped 55,918 families, enabled 9.3 million meals and has aided 843 medical emergencies across 25 cities.
Hyundai Motor Co reported a smaller-than-expected drop in profit on high-margin domestic sales and said, while demand should pick up soon, the pace of recovery will be slow due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
Toyota India on Wednesday officially confirmed the emergence of five new cases of COVID-19, amongst its employees. Previously, the company had reported eleven and fifteen new cases of COVID-19 respectively. The concerned Covid-19 positive employees had last attended work on 3rd, 10th, 13th, 14th & 20th July. These new cases were reported after the company resumed production at its Bidadi plant in Karnataka. The carmaker hasnt specified the total number of the active cases. Last week, the company temporarily halted production at its plant in Bidadi as per the directives issued by the Government of Karnataka.
Toyota Kirloskar Motor has witnessed a greater demand for the Glanza premium hatchback in the post-COVID era, and says that 50 to 60 per cent of customers are first time Toyota buyers.
Mahindra Two Wheelers has opened pre-bookings for the BS6 compliant 2020 Mahindra Mojo 300 ABS in India. The soon-to-be-launched motorcycle can now be booked for a token of Rs. 5,000 and customers can visit their nearest Mahindra Two Wheelers showroom to pre-book it.
Nissan Motor Co. is willing to postpone until June 2021 the closure of its three Barcelona plants, which had originally been due to close by December 2020, but only if workers resume production, a top executive said on Tuesday.
