Harley-Davidson, popular for powerful motorcycles, has offered discounts of up to Rs 5.25 lakh on select motorcycles in India. This discount will be available on the company’s Pan America 1250 Special, Sportster S and Nightster bikes. There is a discount of Rs 3.25 lakh on Pan America 1250 motorcycle. Its price will reduce to Rs 21.24 lakh (ex-showroom). Its actual price is Rs 24.49 lakh. This motorcycle has a 1,252 cc twin-cylinder, liquid cooled engine. It produces 150.9 bhp at 8,750 rpm and peak torque of 128 Nm at 6,750 rpm. It has a six speed gearbox. A discount of Rs 3.25 lakh is also being given on Harley Davidson’s Sportster S. Its price will reduce from Rs 18.79 lakh to Rs 15.54 lakh. It has the same engine as Pan America 1250. It generates 121 bhp and peak torque of 125 Nm. The maximum discount of Rs 5.25 lakh is being given on Harley Davidson’s Nightster motorcycle. Its price will reduce to Rs 12.24 lakh. Its actual price is Rs 17.63 lakh. It has a 975 cc twin-cylinder engine. It produces 89 bhp and 95 Nm torque with six-speed gearbox. This discount is on motorcycles imported by the company. Recently, Harley Davidson, in collaboration with Hero MotoCorp, one of the big two-wheeler companies, launched the low-priced Harley X440 motorcycle. Hero MotoCorp has started deliveries of Harley-Davidson X440 to customers. 1,000 units of this motorcycle have been sold at 100 dealerships of the company. It is being manufactured at Hero MotoCorp’s factory in Neemrana, Rajasthan. The company has also started new booking for this. The X440 is being sold in three variants – Denim, Vivid and S. Their prices range between Rs 2,39,500 to Rs 2,79,500 (ex-showroom). This is the most affordable motorcycle of Harley Davidson. More than 25,000 bookings have been received for this. To meet its increasing demand, Hero MotoCorp will increase its manufacturing. The company’s Chief Executive Officer, Niranjan Gupta had said, “Our effort will be to complete all the deliveries in the next few months. For this, the capacity of the supply chain is being increased.”
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HP partners with Google to manufacture Chromebook laptops in India
HP, which makes devices like personal computers and laptops, has partnered with technology company Google to manufacture Chromebook laptops in India. Chromebooks will be manufactured at HP’s factory near Chennai in Tamil Nadu. The company has been manufacturing desktops and laptops in this factory for almost three years. American devices maker Apple and South Korea’s Samsung are also increasing manufacturing in the country. ‘Make in India’ is being promoted by the central government. Because of this, many global technology companies are setting up their units in the country or are exploring the possibility of partnership with Indian companies. HP’s senior director (personal systems) in the country, Vickram Bedi, said, “Manufacturing Chromebooks in the country will provide affordable PCs to students. We will continue to support the government’s efforts related to Make in India.” Google’s Head of Education (South Asia), Bani Dhawan, said, “Manufacturing Chromebooks with HP is an important turning point in our efforts to drive a major digital transformation of education in the country.” Samsung has also made preparations to increase manufacturing in India. The company’s smartphones are already being produced in the country. Samsung can also make laptops in its factory in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh from next month. This will give a boost to the Make in India scheme of the Central Government. Under this scheme, incentives are given for electronics manufacturing. According to a media report, Samsung has prepared to set up a new laptop manufacturing unit in the Greater Noida factory that produces smartphones. This unit will have the capacity to manufacture 60,000-70,000 laptops annually. This unit will be started next month. Last month, the government had imposed licensing conditions for import of personal computers, laptops and tablets. Its objective is to increase manufacturing in the country. Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, Rajeev Chandrasekhar had said that the new rule will ensure the use of reliable systems and products in the country. American iPhone maker Apple, which has a major share in the premium smartphone market, has prepared to increase manufacturing in India. -
Mukesh Ambani eyes semiconductor manufacturing, Reliance in talks with foreign chipmakers
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries plans to enter semiconductor manufacturing. With this, the increasing demand for semiconductors in the country can be met. This company involved in business ranging from energy to telecom is in talks with foreign chipmakers for technology partnership. Sources with knowledge of this said, “This is a plan and there is no time limit on it.” Sources said that Reliance has not decided whether it wants to invest in this sector or not. It is not known with which foreign companies Reliance is in talks. A request for comment sent to Reliance in this regard has not received a response. The Prime Minister’s Office and the IT Ministry also did not respond to requests for comment. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said about two years ago that he wanted to make the country a hub of semiconductor manufacturing for the world. Recently Modi had told that an ecosystem is being prepared for the semiconductor industry in the country. Technology companies will be given 50 percent financial assistance for setting up semiconductor manufacturing units in the country. He said that India is becoming a hub for investment in the semiconductor sector. The world needs a reliable chip supply chain. There is no chip manufacturing plant in the country. However, Vedanta and Taiwan’s Foxconn have planned to set up semiconductor manufacturing plants. Sources, on the condition of anonymity, said that Reliance can get ease in its telecom and electronic devices business through semiconductor manufacturing. The company had postponed the launch of low-cost smartphones about two years ago due to chip shortage. The demand for semiconductors is also increasing in the country and abroad. The central government estimates that the country’s chip market will grow to about $ 80 billion by 2028. This market is currently worth around $23 billion. Arun Mampazhy, a former executive of US chipmaker GlobalFoundries, says that Reliance, with a market capitalization of about $ 200 billion, is among the companies best placed to enter the semiconductor industry in the country.