The Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), the apex body representing automakers in the country, has announced the wholesales for August 2025.

The automotive industry saw a total of 2.23 million vehicles sold last month, which was 5 percent higher than, 2.13 million units sold for the same period last year.

In fact, barring the passenger vehicle segment, almost all segments were in the green. The passenger vehicle with sales of 321,840 units, was down 9 percent, on the back of inventory correction and automakers recalibrating dispatches as the recent reduction in Goods & Services Tax (GST) comes into effect starting 22 September.

The three-wheeler segment reported its best-ever sales performance for August with a total of 75,759 units being sold, which was 8 percent higher YoY.

The two-wheeler segment reported a healthy 7 percent growth with a robust 1.83 million units sold, which includes 1.10 million motorcycles (+4 %) and 683,397 scooters (+13 percent).

Rajesh Menon, Director General, SIAM said, “Sales of passenger vehicles in August 2025 de-grew by (-) 8.8 percent, posting sales of 3.22 lakh units as compared to August of previous year, primarily due to recalibration of dispatches by passenger vehicle manufacturers. Three wheelers posted their highest ever sales of August in 2025 of 0.76 lakh units, with a growth of 8.3 percent as compared to August 2024. Two-wheeler segment grew by 7.1 percent in August 2025, as compared to August 2024, with sales of 18.34 lakh units. The landmark decision of government of India to reduce the GST rates on vehicles will go a long way in enabling broader access to mobility and inject fresh momentum into the Indian automotive sector in the upcoming festive season.”

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Mumbai-headquartered JSW Green Mobility, a wholly-owned subsidiary of JSW Group, has announced a strategic investment in Bengaluru-based Lithium Urban Technologies, an enterprise mobility platform backed by Eversource Capital. This partnership is intended to accelerate Lithium’s expansion across India’s growing electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure and service market.

At present, Lithium Urban Technologies manages an integrated platform that includes over 3,000 electric vehicles, managing more than 25,000 daily trips, and a network of 1,300 charging stations. Fleet intelligence systems and centralised network operations centres serve over 100 enterprise customers.

The company is targeting 3x growth over the next two years. This expansion is expected to generate between 12,000 and 15,000 jobs as the firm scales its charging infrastructure and fleet deployment.

Parth Jindal, Managing Director, JSW Cement & JSW Paints, Chairman, JSW Dulux, said, "India’s mobility landscape is undergoing a structural transformation, driven by rapid urbanisation, electrification and the growing scale of digital commerce. We believe the future will be shaped by integrated, technology-led mobility platforms that can deliver reliability, operational efficiency and scale."

Don Thomas, CEO, Lithium Urban Technologies, added, "The opportunity ahead is not simply to replace vehicles, but to build the infrastructure, operating systems and technology capabilities required to make electrification work at scale."

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German luxury carmaker Porsche confirmed its financial forecast for the 2026 fiscal year and provided preliminary insights into its new ‘Strategy 2035’ at its 4^th Annual General Meeting held on 23 June 2026.

The strategy is designed to enhance profitability and strategic resilience through three primary pillars as outlined by Dr. Michael Leiters, CEO, Porsche, with full details to be presented at a Capital Markets Day on 7 October 2026.

• Brand & Customer: Porsche will refocus on its sports car DNA, design and exclusivity. The strategy shifts away from volume maximisation toward a focus on desirability and value.
• Products & Technology: The company plans to reduce model complexity by cutting the number of variants. Porsche will continue to invest in combustion, hybrid and electric powertrains, noting that the 911 will remain combustion-hybrid and will not move to a fully electric powertrain.
• Company & Operations: Porsche is structurally streamlining its organisation at all levels and investigating increased use of Volkswagen Group modular platforms. Discussions are ongoing regarding workforce adjustments to ensure long-term competitiveness.

Despite a challenging market environment, Porsche confirmed the financial targets for 2026 including 5.5 percent to 7.5 percent (factoring in EUR 800–900 million in one-off expenses and EUR 700 million in tariff costs) operating group return on sales. Group sales revenue to come at EUR 35-36 billion with automotive net cash-flow margin of 3 percent to 5 percent.

Furthermore, the Board of Directors of Porsche have proposed a dividend of EUR 1.00 per ordinary share and EUR 1.01 per preferred share for FY2025. While this payout exceeds the target ratio of 50 percent of consolidated profit after tax, it represents a decrease compared to the previous year, reflecting a move to maintain financial flexibility during the current transformation phase.

Dr. Wolfgang Porsche, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, reaffirmed his backing of CEO Dr. Michael Leiters, emphasising that while the necessary restructuring measures may be ‘uncomfortable,’ but they are essential for the company's future success.

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Ashok Leyland Foundation is expanding its education-focused corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives with an ambition to reach a million learners across India, betting that community-led implementation and teacher capacity building can help bridge persistent learning gaps in government schools.

The foundation, which has impacted more than 626,000 students in FY2025-26 and over 910,000 lives overall, is scaling its flagship Road-to-School and Road-to-Livelihood programmes across multiple states.

The initiatives focus on foundational literacy and numeracy, digital literacy, career guidance, sports, wellness and life skills primarily for students from underserved communities.

While India has made significant investments in school education, the biggest challenge lies not in curriculum design but in execution, according to T Sasikumar, Chief Operating Officer, Ashok Leyland Foundation.

“The government curriculum and the programme content are top class. Most governments have excellent curriculum. It is only the implementation part where the failure actually happens,” Sasikumar told Motoring Trends.

According to him, two structural issues continue to affect learning outcomes in many parts of the country viz-a-viz teacher availability and teacher commitment.

“The two gaps that we see today are the availability of qualified, competent teachers and the commitment levels in schools. Otherwise, the curriculum in the country for school children is excellent,” he said.

The challenge becomes more acute in remote districts, where sanctioned teaching positions often remain vacant in practice.

“When you move to Jharkhand or interior Uttar Pradesh, you'll find teachers are on the rolls but never come to the school," Sasikumar said.

The foundation has adopted a community-based model, recruiting resource persons from villages where the programmes operate instead of relying on external educators to address the problem.

The organisation hires local graduates, teacher-training candidates and in some cases Class XII pass-outs providing them with training before deploying them in government schools.

“After we exit the programme, these young people continue to live in the community and continue to serve it. That has been one of the major successes of our model,” Sasikumar said.

The strategy complements the foundation's Road-to-School programme, which has benefited nearly 492,339 students across 4,234 schools in nine states since 2015. The programme reports a 25-30 percent improvement in literacy and numeracy, a 98 percent transition rate from middle to high school and Grade 10 completion rates of 95 percent exceeding the national average of 85 percent.

Its Road-to-Livelihood initiative is operating across five states and has reached more than 133,700 students by providing career guidance, digital literacy, financial literacy and soft-skills training.

The programme reports that 85 percent of participating students enrolled in higher education of their choice, while more than half of female participants opted for STEM courses.

Beyond deploying community educators, the foundation is also exploring teacher capacity-building partnerships with state governments.

Sasikumar said discussions are underway with the Uttar Pradesh government to train government school teachers using the foundation's pedagogical model.

“The Principal Secretary asked us why we don't train government teachers using our model so that the sustainability part can be taken care of. We are working on teacher capacity-building programmes in states where regulations permit,” he said.

Apart from education, the foundation has expanded its CSR interventions into healthcare and environmental sustainability, supporting children with Type-I diabetes, operating 13 mobile medical units, planting more than one lakh trees and implementing water conservation projects in water-scarce regions.

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Tsuyo Manufacturing, an e-mobility component manufacturer, has appointed Prashant Ranjan as Director In-Charge – Sales & Service. The appointment is intended to strengthen the company’s leadership team and accelerate growth within India's electric mobility sector.

In his new role, Ranjan will lead domestic business operations, focusing on market expansion, business development, customer engagement and the creation of a service excellence network.

Ranjan brings experience from organisations including Saint-Gobain, Wipro and Godrej, where he led business transformation and revenue growth initiatives.

Prashant Ranjan, said, "India's electric mobility sector is entering a transformative phase, driven by innovation, policy support, and increasing consumer adoption. Tsuyo has established itself as a key player in the e-mobility component ecosystem through its strong manufacturing capabilities and technology-led approach. I am excited to join the organisation at this important stage of growth and look forward to working closely with the team to contribute to the company's long-term vision of accelerating India's transition towards sustainable mobility."

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