About this app

ETAuto, a venture by the Economic Times offer in-depth news, views, analysis and global trends in the automotive industry. The venture is the biggest news caster on automotive industry in the country with coverage encompassing the entire events and segment of business including components, OEMs, policy, aftermarket, auto technology etc.

ETAuto is supported by a large number of highly respected journalists tracking the auto industry at The Economic Times, all the major global news agencies, and a dedicated editorial team. The initiative has received tremendous support from the top industry bodies and association in the country– hence becoming the choicest platform to read industry leadership’s opinion in the form of blog, webinars and interview. The news initiative brings out exclusive reports and surveys in association with its knowledge partners. It also publishes reviews of various automobile products and manufacturing facilities. The facility visit is intended to highlight the best practices being adopted which are frugal and enhances efficiency thus increasing the profitability.

ETAuto plays pivotal role in facilitating B2B transactions by publishing relevant data, information, survey, reports and other material on the automotive industry. It also deems to play an interface in establishing communication among various stake holders of the industry through events, round table discussion and seminar. The discussion and seminars are webcast on the ETAuto app. The stories and features also bring forth the strategies, decisions which turned into a debacle or a remarkable success for the readers to learn from.

India being a country of youths, it is pertinent to enrich them with right skill and employment. The Auto Industry of India has been recording tremendous growth over the years and has emerged as a major contributor to India’s GDP. This industry currently accounts for almost 8% of our GDP and employing about 19 million people both directly and indirectly.

Acknowledging this fact ETAuto.com offers an opportunity for the youth, looking to build career in the automotive industry, to interact with various mentors through various activity. It also has a dedicated job section where vacancies at –shopfloor, mid-manager, top management levels are directly published by the automotive companies.

Daily Newsletter

ETAuto also reaches to its reader through a comprehensive daily newsletter to subscribers - summarizing day’s essential news, reports and analysis. The newsletter accomplishes this by linking to stories from other media sources as well. It tracks all the top sources, including news sites, reporters, tweets, news agencies, TV channels and status updates to bring to our subscribers a comprehensive view of the latest updates in the industry.

The newsletter attracts a readership of decision makers, policy makers, investors and professionals from Automobile industry in India. The majority of the readers are part of the top management at various organizations.

New features

Fixed minor bugs and issues.

App Permissions

Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows access to the vibrator.
Required to be able to access the camera device.
Allows an application to modify global audio settings.
Allows an application to record audio.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows an application to write the user's calendar data.
Allows an application to read the user's calendar data.
Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.
Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting.
Allows access to the vibrator.
Marker permission for applications that wish to access notification policy.
Allows read only access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device.
Allows applications to connect to paired bluetooth devices.
Allows applications to discover and pair bluetooth devices.
Allows an application to broadcast sticky intents.
Allows an application to initiate a phone call without going through the Dialer user interface for the user to confirm the call.
Allows an app to create windows using the type TYPE_APPLICATION_OVERLAY, shown on top of all other apps.
Allows an application to change the Z-order of tasks.