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Kinetic Honda
Kinetic Honda was a joint venture between Kinetic Engineering Limited, India and Honda Motor Company, Japan. Kinetic was the first company to have a joint venture with HMSI. The partnership operated from 1984 to 1998, manufacturing two-stroke scooters in India. In 1998, the joint venture was terminated after which Kinetic Engineering continued to sell the models under the brand name ''Kinetic'' until 2008 when the interests were sold to Mahindra. Mahindra later wound up their two-wheeler business, owing to poor sales.''International Business Times'', 31 July 2008, "Mahindra & Mahindra buys Kinetic Motor for Rs.110 crore, forays into two-wheeler market" by Surojit Chatterjee. The brand ''Kinetic Honda'' is remembered for its legacy two-stroke scooters which were in fact based on the Honda NH series, with continuously variable transmission A continuously variable transmission (CVT) is an automated Transmission (mechanical device), transmission that can change through a conti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahindra & Mahindra Limited
Mahindra & Mahindra is an Indian automobile manufacturing company headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It was established in 1945 as Mahindra & Mohammed and later renamed Mahindra & Mahindra. Part of the Mahindra Group, M&M is one of the largest vehicle manufacturers by production in India; the Mahindra Tractors subsidiary is the largest manufacturer of tractors in the world by volume. It was ranked 17th on a list of top companies in India by Fortune India 500 in 2018. Its major competitors in the Indian vehicular market include Maruti Suzuki, Maruti Suzuki India and Tata Motors. Dr. Anish Shah is the current CEO and Managing Director of Mahindra & Mahindra. History Mahindra & Mahindra was founded as a steel trading company on 2 October 1945, in Ludhiana as Mahindra & Mohammed by brothers Kailash Chandra Mahindra and Jagdish Chandra Mahindra, along with Malik Ghulam Muhammad. Anand Mahindra, the present Chairman of Mahindra Group, is the grandson of Kailash Chandra Mahindra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
India
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since 2023; and, since its independence in 1947, the world's most populous democracy. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is near Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations averag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pune
Pune ( ; , ISO 15919, ISO: ), previously spelled in English as Poona (List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name until 1978), is a city in the state of Maharashtra in the Deccan Plateau, Deccan plateau in Western India. It is the administrative headquarters of the Pune district, and of Pune division. In terms of the total amount of land under its jurisdiction, Pune is the largest city in Maharashtra, with a geographical area of 516.18 sq km, though List of cities in India by population, by population it comes in a distant second to Mumbai. According to the 2011 Census of India, Pune has 7.2 million residents in the metropolitan region, making it the List of metropolitan areas in India, seventh-most populous metropolitan area in India. The city of Pune is part of Pune Metropolitan Region. Pune is one of the largest IT hubs in India. It is also one of the most important Automotive industry in India, automobile and Manufacturing in India, manufacturin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arun Firodia
Arun Firodia (born 1943) is an Indian businessman. He is the chairman of Kinetic Group, India's leading manufacturers and exporters of two wheelers. Arun Firodia obtained his B.Tech with distinction in Electrical Engineering from IIT Bombay in 1965. He later went to US and obtained his M.S. in Electrical Engineering from MIT. He completed his M.S. in Management from Sloan School of Management. He was awarded the Padma Shri, fourth highest civilian award of India, in 2012. Personal life Arun Firodia is the son of late Shri. H.K. Firodia, founder of Kinetic Engineering Limited Kinetic Engineering Limited is an Indian automotive manufacturer. The company was founded in the year 1972 by H. K. Firodia. Today it is an automotive component manufacturer which formerly sold two-wheelers under the brand names Kinetic Honda a ..., married to Dr Jayshree Firodia who is a renowned Pediatrician.They have one son Ajinkya Firodia and three daughters Sulajja Firodia Motwani, Vismaya Firo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sulajja Firodia Motwani
Sulajja Firodia Motwani (born 26 August 1970) is an Indian entrepreneur. She is currently the vice-chairperson of Kinetic Engineering Limited and is the founder and CEO of Kinetic Green Energy & Power Solutions Limited. The Kinetic Group witnessed expansion during her term, offering a range of two wheelers right from mopeds, scooters to motorcycles. She has recently restructured the group to expand group activities into automotive systems and green energy. Most notably, she has founded a company, Kinetic Green Energy and Power Solutions, that aims to launch electric autos, buggies and small electric taxis. Early life Sulajja was born on 26 August 1970. She completed her graduation in Commerce from Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce, Pune University in 1990. She is an MBA holder from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. She is the granddaughter of H. K. Firodia, founder of Kinetic Engineering and the daughter of Arun Firodia, founder and present Chairman of the Arun F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ajinkya Firodia
Ajinkya is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Ajinkya Deo (born 1964), Indian actor * Ajinkya Joshi (born 1986), Indian cricketer * Ajinkya Rahane Ajinkya Rahane (born 6 June 1988) is an Indian cricketer and former Indian captain in all formats and former vice-captain of the Indian team in Test cricket, who has played for Indian cricket team in all formats as a batsman. He currently capta ... (born 1988), Indian cricketer {{given name Indian masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinetic Engineering Limited
Kinetic Engineering Limited is an Indian automotive manufacturer. The company was founded in the year 1972 by H. K. Firodia. Today it is an automotive component manufacturer which formerly sold two-wheelers under the brand names Kinetic Honda and later Kinetic Motors. It introduced the Kinetic Luna moped which sold well domestically and was exported extensively to Argentina, Brazil, Sri Lanka, and the United States. Later Kinetic Engineering formed a joint venture with Honda Motor Company to introduce Kinetic Honda scooters, which had electric start and gearless transmissions. Kinetic and Honda parted ways in 1998 when the Firodias bought the majority stake of the joint venture from Honda. In 2008, Kinetic entered into a joint venture with Mahindra Automobiles, where Mahindra held an 80% stake. By this joint venture, Mahindra acquired the two-wheeler manufacturing facilities as well as the then selling brands of Kinetic. After ceasing two-wheeler manufacturing, Kinetic Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honda Motor Company
commonly known as just Honda, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate automotive manufacturer headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Founded in October 1946 by Soichiro Honda, Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, reaching a production of 500 million . It is also the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by number of units, producing more than 14 million internal combustion engines each year. Honda became the second-largest Japanese automobile manufacturer in 2001. In 2015, Honda was the eighth largest automobile manufacturer in the world. The company has also built and sold the most produced motor vehicle in history, the Honda Super Cub. Honda was the first Japanese automobile manufacturer to release a dedicated luxury brand, Acura, on 27 March 1986. Aside from their core automobile and motorcycle businesses, Honda also manufactures garden equipment, marine engines, personal watercraft, power generators, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMSI
Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India, Pvt. Ltd., abbreviated as HMSI, is the wholly owned Indian subsidiary of Honda, Honda Motor Company, Limited, Japan.HMSI --> About Us Founded in 1999, it was the fourth Honda automotive venture in India, after Kinetic Honda Motor Ltd (1984–1998), Hero MotoCorp, Hero Honda (1984–2011) and Honda Cars India, Honda Siel Cars India (1995–2012). The Group Companies">HMSI --> About Us --> The Group Companies HMSI was established in 1999 at Manesar, Gurgaon district, Gurugram, Haryana. Manufacturing Plants Total capacity = 7.05 million units per annum *Plant 1: Manesar, Gurugram District, Gurugram (Haryana) - 1.6 million units *Plant 2: Tapukara, Alwar District, Alwar (Rajasthan) - 1.2 million units *Plant 3: Narsapura, Kolar District, Kolar (Karnataka) - 2.4 million units *Plant 4: Vitthalapur, Ahmedabad District, Ahmedabad (Gujarat) - 1.85 million units Vehicles Motorcycles *Honda Unicorn *Honda SP 125 *Honda Shine, Honda Shine 125 *Honda Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two-stroke
A two-stroke (or two-stroke cycle) engine is a type of internal combustion engine that completes a power cycle with two strokes of the piston, one up and one down, in one revolution of the crankshaft in contrast to a four-stroke engine which requires four strokes of the piston in two crankshaft revolutions to complete a power cycle. During the stroke from bottom dead center to top dead center, the end of the exhaust/intake (or scavenging) is completed along with the compression of the mixture. The second stroke encompasses the combustion of the mixture, the expansion of the burnt mixture and, near bottom dead center, the beginning of the scavenging flows. Two-stroke engines often have a higher power-to-weight ratio than a four-stroke engine, since their power stroke occurs twice as often. Two-stroke engines can also have fewer moving parts, and thus be cheaper to manufacture and weigh less. In countries and regions with stringent emissions regulation, two-stroke engines have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motorscooter
A scooter (motor scooter) is a motorcycle with an underbone or step-through frame, a seat, a transmission that shifts without the operator having to operate a clutch lever, a platform for their feet, and with a method of operation that emphasizes comfort and fuel economy. Elements of scooter design were present in some of the earliest motorcycles, and motor scooters have been made since at least 1914. More recently, scooters have evolved to include scooters exceeding 250cc classified as Maxi-scooters. The global popularity of motor scooters dates from the post-World War II introductions of the Vespa and Lambretta models in Italy. These scooters were intended to provide economical personal transportation (engines from ). The original layout is still widely used in this application. Maxi-scooters, with larger engines from have been developed for Western markets. Scooters are popular for personal transportation partly due to being more affordable, easier to operate, and mor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honda NH Series
The NH series of Honda scooters was sold worldwide beginning in 1983, in 50, 80, 90, 100 and 125cc versions. All models have an air-cooled two-stroke engine with CDI ignition. All models except the Lead 50 have leading link front suspension, electric and kick start, and a fuel gauge. The Lead 50 has a traditional telescopic fork front suspension and only electric start. All models have drum brakes and CVT transmission. Models *Aero (USA, 1983–85) *Lead (Outside USA, 1983–87) *Vision (Outside USA, 1987–94) *Mascot (Canada) American regulations in 1986 required any motorcycle over 50cc to be four stroke to combat air pollution. * Kinetic (DX, ZX, Y2K Etc..) (India, 1984–2007) * Dio (India, 2001–present) Engine sizes *NH 50 (49cc) *NH 80 (79cc) *NH 90 (89cc) *NH 100 (96cc) *NH 125 (124cc) *NH 150 (149cc) There is also a more modern Lead in 100cc, 110cc and 125cc versions. Regional variations There were other regional variations as well as going by a different n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
