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Bajaj to launch affordable car- price Rs. 1.1 lakh only. In short. Bajaj Auto needs no introduction, the company is a leading two as well as three wheel maker, it is gearing itself to launch a small car in India. Created On: 18 Sept 2026 3:16 PM IST Share: Bajaj Auto needs no introduction, the company is a leading two as well as three wheel maker, it is gearing itself to launch a small car in India. The price tag is restricted to Rs. 1.1 lakh, the competitor's Tata Nano, is priced in the range of Rs. 1.23 to 1.72 lakh (price ex-showroom Delhi). Bajaj Auto is partnering with Nissan Renault; this alliance will make the car a reality. This car would compete with Tata Nano, which was launched much long ago, which was built by young engineers. Unfortunately, the car did not appeal to many as the car was dubbed as the cheapest car. Ratan Tata had to face numerous problems when his dream project of building a very affordable car to Indians and across the world. The car was good, but its marketing, especially the salespeople to pitch more sales, has dubbed the car, as the cheapest car. So, many buyers did not want to get associated with labelling themselves driving one of the cheapest cars; they could have dubbed it as an affordable option. Hope Baja Auto pays special attention to its marketing their affordable car when it gets launched. In india, Renault and Nissan have been developing an ultra low cost vehicle with the Bajaj group, thus benefitting from their expertise in the light vehicle as well as knowledge of the indian market. Company is aiming for price of $2500, stated MR Ghosh, head of the Renault Group. Renault is keen in building low cost car, wheras bajaj desires to have high mileage and low maintence car.

Reconditioned electric motors have arrived, and they cost 30% less. Renault has begun selling reconditioned electric motors at an average price 30% lower than that of a new part, at a time when more and more EVs are coming out of warranty. With the aim of repairing rather than replacing, batteries may be the next step. The novelty was presented at Automechanika 2026, in Frankfurt, by The Remakers, a company specializing in automotive remanufacturing since 1949 and a subsidiary of The Future is NEUTRAL, the circular economy division resulting from a joint venture between Renault Group and SUEZ. Together, they launched a new reconditioning line for the 6AM electric motor, used in the Renault Mégane E-Tech, the Scénic E-Tech and the electric Master. The disassembly, inspection and overhaul process takes place at Renault's facilities in Flins, France, before the units return to the replacement parts circuit. Renault guarantees that the reconditioned motors have performance and reliability equivalent to those of a new motor, with a full warranty, despite costing, on average, 30% less. This offering joins that of the 5A motor, used in the Zoe and electric Kangoo, and that of the electronic power controller, which The Remakers already reconditioned. According to Renault, the project's viability is facilitated by the fact that the 6AM is a wound-rotor synchronous motor, which means it does not depend on permanent magnets made with rare earths, since the magnetic field is generated by an electrical winding, reducing dependence on critical materials and facilitating the entire reconditioning process. 67% less environmental impact. Renault commissioned the consultancy Quantis to carry out a life cycle assessment conducted according to ISO standards and subject to independent external review, which analyzed eight families of components reconditioned by The Remakers and assessed five environmental impact indicators: * Climate change; * Use of mineral and metal resources; * Acidification; * Freshwater eutrophication; * Photochemical ozone formation. The results show that reconditioned electric motors reduce environmental impact by at least 67% in each of the five indicators, while reconditioned power electronics reduce that impact by at least 47%. This latter gain results largely from the reuse of copper and electronic components, materials whose extraction and processing have a high environmental cost. The study also confirms similar benefits in the reconditioning of combustion engines and manual and hybrid transmissions. According to Renault, when electric car batteries are no longer able to power a vehicle, they can be recycled for use in electrical energy storage. At the Refactory, in Flins, more than 500 batteries provide large-scale stationary electricity storage (15 MWh). Batteries enter the same game. If the motor is not usually the most problematic component of an EV, the battery is the most expensive, so this trend of repairing rather than replacing may be even more relevant. On Renault's side, GAIA, another subsidiary of The Future is NEUTRAL, already diagnoses and repairs traction batteries, allowing them, depending on their condition, to continue being used in the same vehicle, have a second life in another application or go for recycling. Renault estimates that 99% of electric vehicle batteries are repairable and that, in 2025 alone, 3,000 electric or hybrid batteries were reconditioned at the Battery Specialization and Repair Center, also located in Flins. Outside the Renault universe, Chinese company CATL, the world's largest battery manufacturer, has been moving along a similar path through its after-sales brand Ning Service, whose Cell-to-Pack technology makes it possible to repair damaged modules or cells without replacing the entire battery, which can lower the cost of a repair to around 10% to 20% of the value of a full replacement. CATL already operates repair centers in Europe, including in Norway and Turkey, with the goal of reaching 100 cities worldwide by the end of 2026. Meanwhile, as electric cars accumulate years and kilometers, the problem ceases to be only how much it costs to manufacture them and also becomes how much it costs to maintain and repair them out of warranty, with motors, power electronics and batteries following the same path, of repairing by components instead of replacing the whole assembly.