In this issue

The May 2021 edition of Motorindia has Go Extra Campaign on the cover. The edition has updates on Market Analysis, CV Industry Outlook and E-Mobility. It also has important stories on Fortpoint Automotive, Mavyn, Bebbco to name a few. Great Read!

APOLLO TYRES enters truck-bus segment in North American market

Tyres to be shipped from the company’s manufacturing facilities in Hungary and Chennai

3 mins

FORTPOINT AUTOMOTIVE Adopting new strategies to tackle difficult times

With prolonged remote working and several restrictions on vehicle movement, automotive dealers have been managing with a lot of challenges over the past one year. Rajesh Rajgor shares how Eicher CV dealer Fortpoint Automotive has been grappling with the new reality given the fact that the second wave has once again brought about a fresh economic slump

5 mins

Excellence and efficiency of Bridgestone delivers huge savings for YRC Logistics

This automotive veteran from Indore, Madhya Pradesh, hit upon a success streak a few years ago when he opted for Bridgestone tyres for more than half his fleet. Manoj Choubey, Director, YRC Logistics is only too happy to share with Sarada Vishnubhatla his experience with the tyre manufacturer and elaborates on how the tyre professionals have helped him in making his business successful while keeping down-time to almost nil! Here’s the report.

5 mins

COVID second wave disrupts CV sales

The second wave of COVID-19 has started to leave its mark on vehicle sales. While, for many OEMs the year-on-year April sales would appear positive, given there was hardly any sales in April 2020 due to a nation-wide lockdown, most companies have seen sales decline in April 2021 as compared to March 2021, notes Rajesh Rajgor

3 mins

ZF WABCO's ‘safety-first' technologies garnering traction from Indian OEMs and fleets

Growing awareness about road safety – be it of people or cargo – among all the relevant stakeholders is a step in the right direction – towards achieving zero accidents. With the central government’s focused initiatives on formulating safety regulations, OEMs, fleets and technology providers are working towards achieving the same. ZF WABCO, a pioneer in the field of intelligent and integrated systems for the CV sector, is ready with new and advanced safety-first technological solutions. P. Kaniappan, Managing Director, WABCO India talks about the company’s paramount focus on safety solutions in the Indian context with Motorindia’s N.Balasubramanian.

6 mins

MAVYN Winning with tech-enabled freight consolidation

Applying artificial intelligence and big data in the full truck load segment, Mavyn is fast winning immense trust and goodwill in an industry that is rapidly absorbing unified freight consolidation with automation, writes Rajesh Rajgor

5 mins

GO EXTRA CAMPAIGN Hitting the highway in Central India

Energy is always in motion — and the good news is that you get to decide the direction. Let yourself sink slowly into the quick sands of the Go Extra campaign, leap out of the fog and on to your upward path, eager to embrace the winding road. It’s time you choose boldness. It’s time you choose to begin. We bring you the first leg of the pan-India campaign of travelling in a truck to create awareness about Bridgestone V-STEEL Mix M721 – the 15% extra mileage tyre – and a host of other class-leading products for the CV fraternity

10 mins

BEBBCO takes agile approach to meet changing customer needs in CV bodybuilding

From meeting the requirements of customers in building tippers, load bodies, military trucks, ambulances to electric bus bodies, Bharat Engineering and Body Building Co. (BEBBCO) has been creating new benchmarks and proving its excellence with innovative work, observes Rajesh Rajgor

6 mins

SIAM hosts 12th Lecture Series on hybrid and electric vehicles

The session provided good learning on the technical aspects of hybrid and electric vehicles development, testing and homologation

3 mins

Transforming drivers into ‘SMART DRIVERS'

Raghuram Sharma narrates his experience of conducting training programmes for drivers under the aegis of an initiative undertaken by the Indian Oil Corporation

4 mins

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MOTORINDIA, started in the year 1956, is India's leading B2B automotive monthly. For over 56 years, Motorindia has been a credible source of information on the Indian automotive industry. Today, Motorindia is published in English and in Hindi, read in many countries across the globe. In addition to industry news, the magazine provides in-depth coverage, critical analysis, provocative columns and engaging feature stories. We keep our readers and advertisers coming back for more with a growing list of unique features, conferences, events, special issues, targeted editions, exclusive online and e-mail programs, digital edition sponsorship opportunities and lots more. Our aim is to keep readers abreast of what their competitors do, aware of the latest changes in legislation and fully informed about all key developments within the ever fast-changing industry.