TEHRAN- Car manufacturing in Iran rose 20.3 percent during the first four months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-July 21), compared to the same period of time in the past year, according to an official with Industry, Mining, and Trade Ministry.

Soheil Memarbashi, the director-general of transportation industries department of the ministry, announced that Iranian carmakers have manufactured 323,663 vehicles during the four-month period"...

Trading Enterprises Honda, part of Al-Futtaim Automotive and the sole distributor for Honda in the UAE has launched its “Extraordinary prices” promotion offering big savings on a wide range of new vehicles at affordable prices.

Featuring some of Honda’s best-selling vehicles, Honda’s “Extraordinary Prices” offers additional benefits new buyers can profit from, such as a three-month payment holiday, free service, and free insurance. Lease and Personal Contract Purchase (PCP)"...

I ran’s major automaker SAIPA and Sharif University of Technology have started collaboration to design and develop electric vehicles.

Late last week, SAIPA’s CEO Seyyed Javad Soleimani conferred with Mahmoud Fotouhi, the university’s chancellor, in a videoconference and signed a deal to help prepare the ground for the presence of EVs in the country for the first time, the automaker’s website Saipanews.ir reported.

TEHRAN- The 19th edition of international auto parts exhibition kicked off on Tuesday in Shiraz, the center of Fars Province, IRNA reported.

Mentioning the international event being held in Shiraz, Hamidreza Izadi, the head of Fars Province’s Industry, Mining, and Trade Department, said that holding specialized exhibitions like this one play some significant role in materializing the motto of this year, which is “Surge in Production”.

I ran’s auto part production sector is having a hard time procuring the raw material and key parts from foreign sources due to the restrictive US sanctions, an industry insider said.

Mohsen Razmkhah added that the industry has fallen into stagnation due to soaring foreign exchange rates that make it almost impossible to secure key auto parts through imports, ISNA reported.

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I ran’s major automaker Iran Khodro (IKCO) has signed a research and development agreement with the Iran University of Science and Technology to expand cooperation and technologically upgrade its products.

During a Tuesday visit to the company, Jabbar Ali Zakeri, dean of the university, and IKCO’s CEO Farshad Moqimi signed a deal on expanding their collaboration, Mehr News Agency reported.

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TEHRAN- Car manufacturing in Iran has risen 18 percent during the period since the start of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20) until Tuesday (July 14), compared to the same time span in the past year, the acting minister of industry, mining, and trade announced.

Hossein Modares Khiabani said that Iranian carmakers have manufactured 282,000 vehicles during the mentioned period of this year, while the figure was 238,000 in the same time"...

TEHRAN- Car manufacturing in Iran rose 31 percent during the third month of the current Iranian calendar year (May 21-June 20), from the same month in the past year, IRNA reported.

Iranian carmakers have manufactured 90,306 vehicles during the third month of this year.

As previously reported, the carmakers manufactured 203,146 vehicles during the first quarter of the current"...

TEHRAN- Production of tire in Iran has risen 24 percent during the first quarter of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-June 20) compared to the same period of time in the past year, IRNA reported.

As reported, 67,734 tons of tires have been produced in the country during the first quarter.

Of the mentioned figure, 36,512 tons were the passenger car tires, which"...