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January 07,2019
Tehran Metro will be extended to Eslamshahr, a working district in the southwest, to help residents commute easier and reduce the traffic congestion. Construction will commence next week.
The...
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January 07,2019
Knowledge-based companies and startups active in the automotive sector will get a boost following an agreement signed between the Vice Presidential Office for Science and Technology, and local...
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January 07,2019
Tehran Auto Show 2019 opened its doors to journalists for a preview on Monday. The public can visit the Jan. 8-11 event being held in Shahr Aftab (Sun City) Exhibition Center in south Tehran.
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January 05,2019
During the nine months to Dec. 21, 2018 Iran’s auto production plunged to 763,519 cars and commercial vehicles -- a 31% year-on-year drop.
According to Ministry of Industries data, during the nine...
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December 31,2018
In the coming fiscal that begins in March, the government expects to generate 99 trillion rials ($926 million) from taxes and duties on car production and imports along with auto-related services...
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December 31,2018
The joint venture company between France’s Citroen and Iran’s SAIPA delivered the first Citroen C3s made in the central city of Kashan to customers earlier this week in Tehran.
Ali Momeni, sales...
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December 29,2018
After carmaker Iran Khodro jacked up prices twice over the past few weeks, its archrival SAIPA apparently did not waste precious time! The second biggest carmaker raised the price of three models...
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December 24,2018
SAIPA-Citroen, a joint venture between Iran’s SAIPA and France’s Citroen says that it has enough spare parts to provide customers with adequate after-sales services.
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December 24,2018
In nine months since the beginning of the current fiscal in March an estimated 1.4 million vehicles approached the technical inspection centers in Tehran.
Following the Air Pollution Reduction (...
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December 24,2018
Iran Khodro on Sunday published a new price list for five models including the popular hatchback model Peugeot 207i and the locally-designed Dena+, jacking up prices by a hefty 50% for four models...
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December 22,2018
On average, vehicles used for public transportation in the northwestern province of East Azarbaijan are over two decades old and do not meet safety standards, head of the local Public...
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December 22,2018
Domestic auto production has plunged markedly with companies producing 721,363 cars and commercial vehicles during the eight months to November -- a 24.9% year-on-year decline.
According to the...
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December 19,2018
Struggling to improve the quality of life and help move Tehran towards a smart city, a local startup is providing dock-less bike-sharing services in two Tehran districts from Tuesday.
The first...
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December 19,2018
Over the past nine months, Tehran has had 41 days of unhealthy air. The omnipresent smog has compelled urban authorities to revisit the measures for curbing air pollution that has been in place for...
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December 18,2018
Poor roads, substandard automobiles plus reckless driving are pushing up road fatalities, says a Traffic Police deputy chief.
Ayoub Soleimani pointed to the rising rate of road fatalities and...
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December 18,2018
An estimated half million dilapidated trucks are plying the roads spewing poison into the air, head of the Transportation Commission of Iran Chamber of Commerce says.
Addressing a meeting on...
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December 17,2018
Iran Consumer and Producer Protection Organization (CPPO) and local automotive companies have reached an agreement to jack up factory prices between 50-130%.
After a long fracas, the CPPO and...
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December 15,2018
As part of a project of the Road Maintenance and Transportation Organization (RMTO), intercity roads will be equipped with 4,000 new surveillance cameras.
The project, which is financed by the...
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December 15,2018
Hardly 30% of the cars made in the country can be placed in the acceptable safety category, the Traffic Police chief said in a blunt criticism of local automotive companies that are almost always...
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December 12,2018
Cautioning potential car buyers against widespread malpractices in the market, the head of the local Auto Dealers Association made a long story short: The auto market is derailed.
Saeed Motemani...
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December 10,2018
Iran Khodro increased factory prices of three models at the weekend including vehicles based on Peugeot 405 and Renault Logan.
The company raised the price of a face-lifted version of Peugeot 405...
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December 10,2018
Since the Air Pollution Reduction (APR) scheme was launched in the capital late last month, an estimated 300,000 vehicles have approached the special car technical inspection centers. What is...
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December 10,2018
A new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) on the number of road traffic mortalities in 2016 ranks Iran as the 38th country with the world's most deadly roads.
The report which was...
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December 08,2018
After the government elevated the status of tire companies' raw material imports to 'high priority', the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration released a statement saying that the firms...
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December 08,2018
The government is mulling a national transportation development fund with an initial investment of 200 trillion rials ($1.75 billion), the Roads Minister Mohammad Eslami said.
During a visit to...