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Read the latest news about Iran’s automotive industry, market trends, output figures, & import data, along with updates about Iran Khodro, Saipa and Pars Khodro
July 19, 2023 17:47
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December 05,2018Tire companies are to be provided with subsidized foreign currency at a faster pace, with the government raising the status of their raw material imports to ‘high priority’. In a move to preserve... -
December 03,2018Iran Tire Industry Association has sent a note to the Ministry of Industries and the Consumers and Producers Protection Organization demanding local manufacturers be allowed to raise prices by 30...
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December 03,2018Informed sources say the ban on auto imports introduced in June by the government will be extended to the next fiscal year that begins in March. President Hassan Rouhani will present next years’s...
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December 03,2018Vehicle emission rules are simply outdated and need to be rewritten, the secretary general of the High Council of Traffic says. Pouria Yazdi told ISNA that vehicle emission standards and...
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December 01,2018Following the strange and extended delays in delivery of thousands of vehicles presold by domestic carmakers, would-be buyers and sections of the print media are openly accusing the state-...
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November 26,2018With tire prices skyrocketing, the Taxi Union is providing cabbies with tires at rates 40% lower than the market prices. The tires are offered to the cabbies at prices around 3 million rials ($24)...
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November 26,2018Tehran Municipality’s long overdue plan for curbing air pollution took off at the weekend. The so-called Air Pollution Reduction (APR) plan bans dilapidated vehicles from the sprawling capital to...
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November 26,2018Carlos Ghosn's downfall from the top of the auto industry is almost complete after Mitsubishi Motors removed him as chairman. The Japanese carmaker's board voted on Monday to oust the industry...
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November 21,2018Head of Tehran Bus Company said import of secondhand buses should be considered as an option for renovating the dilapidated transportation fleet of the capital. Peiman Sanandaji told a local news...
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November 21,2018US researchers have said that air pollution, primarily caused by burning fossil fuels, is the world's top killer. The findings were published in the University of Chicago's Air Quality Life Index...
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November 21,2018With winter approaching, a blanket of smog is enveloping Tehran. As the mountains in the north gradually vanish in the autumn haze, residents and environmentalists are once again calling for action...
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November 19,2018Iran Khodro and SAIPA are planning to expand their overseas operations. SAIPA is poised to increase production in Syria and IKCO has started manufacturing its Samand model in neighboring Azerbaijan...
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November 19,2018Tehran Urban and Suburban Railway Operation Company is trying to adjust the expanding subway system to make it more friendly to the disabled. Entrance gates, elevators, and escalators are to be ...
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November 19,2018Despite extended delays, a plan introduced by Tehran Municipality to help curb air pollution will take effect on November 24. The plan bans dilapidated vehicles from the sprawling capital to...
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November 19,2018Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn has been arrested over suspected financial violations, the NHK reported, and the carmaker said it will seek a removal of the industry icon as its chairman...
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November 17,2018No decision has been made about increasing car prices, the Industries Ministry said in a statement released on Thursday following comments from deputy minister of industries Mohsen Salehinia to the...
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November 17,2018With car tire prices rising at a terrible speed, Iran Taxi Union said it will provide taxis with 30,000 tires at subsidized rates. ITU’ boss Morteza Zameni says that as per an agreement signed...
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November 17,2018As part of a joint effort between Japan International Cooperation Agency and Tehran Municipality to reduce air pollution, decades-old air quality monitoring systems in the capital are to be...
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November 14,2018While a new scheme was to be implemented in Tehran to help curb air pollution, the plan has been delayed. The inaction by authorities has raised concern among environmentalists who say further...
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November 14,2018US sanctions and economic headwinds have taken a toll on Iran’s auto industries with local car companies reporting 15.1% decline in output. In an offhand response to business insiders’ warnings and...
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November 12,2018Iran Standard and Quality Inspection Co. has carried out a Vehicle Dependability Study (VDS), which indicates that cars made/assembled locally show unacceptably high levels of wear and tear after...
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November 12,2018In the latest move to curb air pollution in Tehran Province, dilapidated vehicles and motorbikes will be barred from Eslamshahr County in the southwest. The decision is part of a plan ratified in...
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November 12,2018The 13th Iran International Auto Parts Exhibition opened on Monday in Tehran. Held at Tehran International Fairground, this year’s event brings together 191 foreign and 526 local automotive firms...
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November 12,2018The widely used ride-hailing application Snapp has made inroads in two more cities, increasing the number of cities to 69. Residents in Shahr-e Kord, in Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari Province and Amol, in...
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November 10,2018A member of the Majlis Industries and Mines Commission, Vali Maleki, has presented a report on ingrained corruption in car imports that confirms at least 6,481 cars were brought into Iran illegally...
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