Ashok Leyland has a plan for riding out the BS-III ban: MD Vinod K Dasari

Plan includes exporting existing BS-III vehicles to neighbouring countries

T E Narasimhan  |  Chennai 

The Supreme Court's decision to disallow the sale and registration of BS-III vehicles from April 1 will not only impact auto makers but also other stakeholders, according to Vinod K Dasari, managing director of Ashok Leyland and president of Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM). Dasari also said that companies will find ways and means to address the challenge, including looking at export markets and converting the vehicles to BS-IV. The latter could see the cost of the vehicles increase by 8-10 per cent. However, while speaking to Business Standard, he admitted ...

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Ashok Leyland has a plan for riding out the BS-III ban: MD Vinod K Dasari

Plan includes exporting existing BS-III vehicles to neighbouring countries

Impact on the Supreme Court's decision to disallow sale and registration of BS-III vehicles from April 1, will not only impact the OEMs, but also the entire stakeholders, said Vinod K Dasari, managing director of Ashok Leyland and President of Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM). He said companies will find ways and means to address the challenge including looking at export markets, converting the vehicles to BS-IV, which may increase the cost by 8-10 per cent.Speaking to Business Standard, he said, the impact will be larger. It could be much larger it will hurt the supplier, auto OEMs, dealers, financiers and others. Fortunately Ashok Leyland, he said, had Plan-B in mind if something like this happens."I find it wrong. Because it's not like auto industry did not how to make Euro IV vehicles, since 2010 they have been making. The only reason why could not switch over was due to fuel availability. Wherever fuel is available we were selling only BS IV vehicles," said ... The Supreme Court's decision to disallow the sale and registration of BS-III vehicles from April 1 will not only impact auto makers but also other stakeholders, according to Vinod K Dasari, managing director of Ashok Leyland and president of Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM). Dasari also said that companies will find ways and means to address the challenge, including looking at export markets and converting the vehicles to BS-IV. The latter could see the cost of the vehicles increase by 8-10 per cent. However, while speaking to Business Standard, he admitted ... image
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