In this issue

Autocar Professional’s May 15, 2023, issue is out

This 72-pager is power packed with news, features, interviews and technology articles that will keep you up to date on developments in the Indian and global automotive sector.

The highlight of the issue is about a possible revolution taking place in India’s automotive and energy sector with significant discoveries of lithium reserves in the country by the Geological Survey of India (GSI). In a response to an RTI application filed by Autocar Professional, we learnt that the GSI is exploring the potential of finding lithium across nine different states and union territories. We have the in-depth story and more.

Brandwatch

Mercedes-Benz's high performance arm AMG is moving from internal combustion engines to EVs and the first step is hybridisation.

Market analysis

We take a look at how the passenger car segment and EVs have done so far and the emerging trends from it.

Trends

Education firms are upskilling the workforce to prepare them to cater to growing demand in the EV ecosystem.

Special report

The business of sunroofs is catching up in India and more and more companies are investing in this premium product segment.

In conversation with

Saurabh Dalela, Director of ICAT.

Karthik Ramnarayan, R&D Head - Business Area Smart Mobility and Cloud Solutions.a

Aashis Bhatia, President, Visteon India.

The great White Gold rush

The recent find of lithium reserves in the country may revolutionise the EV industry and reduce reliance on costly imports. A deep-dive report by Shahkar Abidi, Radhika Dave and Amit Vijay M.

10+ mins

Will the Lithium find be a hit or miss for India?

Radhika Dave connects with an industry expert to find out more about the viability of the greatest recent mineral resource find in India in recent times that could have a profound impact on the EV ecosystem.

3 mins

Understanding the market dynamics of lithium prices

The market is closely monitoring lithium price movements and Autocar Professional attempts to gauge what the near future will hold for EV companies as they contend with more price fluctuations for 2023.

3 mins

Education firms bet big on EV, IoT as futuristic courses

How are education technology firms preparing for the new auto era? Radhika Dave takes a look at how companies are betting on an intersection of EV and AI courses to steer the future of skilling.

6 mins

Hyundai Motor India commits Rs 20,000 crore in Tamil Nadu

The investment will help create an EV ecosystem in the state. The move comes as a response to the recently introduced new Electric Vehicle policy by the state government.

2 mins

Electric Vehicle sales in India rise 41 percent in April 2023

The fourth month of CY23 was the seventh consecutive month when overall EV sales crossed the 1,00,000-unit mark in India with the exception of e-buses

6 mins

Schaeffler India starts CY23 business with strong orders

The technology company has a healthy order book and has recently bagged its first system-level solution order from an electric vehicle manufacturer in the country, reports Shruti Mishra.

5 mins

Skoda moots India's safest small SUV and EV

The Czech brands' recently launched Kushaq and Slavia have been rated as the safest family cars in India which protect rear occupants in case of a crash, reports Ketan Thakkar.

5 mins

MG Motor India plans to dilute majority stake to Indian partners

The British automotive brand and carmaker is in talks with multiple strategic investors including high-net-worth individuals, corporates and financial institutions. Ketan Thakkar reports.

3 mins

'Challenges opened up an opportunity to monetise the MG brand'

Rajeev Chaba, CEO Emeritus, MG Motor India announced recently that the carmaker plans to divest majority stake and Indianise the company as it moves forward with an ambitious business plan.

3 mins

Maruti Suzuki aims to grow by 15-16 percent in FY24

The automaker is planning to increase its output by 15-16 percent to 2.278 million units in the current financial year, over 1.96 million units it produced in FY23, writes Ketan Thakkar.

2 mins

ICAT plans new ADAS test track, electronic labs

New infrastructure at ICAT is likely to come up by CY26 to support upcoming technologies in automotive electronics and safety systems in vehicles.

2 mins

Escorts Kubota carves out earthmoving as separate vertical

The new vertical will be operational in the early part of the financial year 2023-2024 and will initially have two major products: backhoe loaders and mini excavators

3 mins

ARAI to develop broad guidelines for the upcoming PLI for hydrogen

ARAI seminar held at Pune had participants from the industry discussing in-depth the qualitative and quantitative challenges related to the mobility application of the gas

3 mins

'Working an aggressive strategy for the H2 economy, H2ICE, Fuel Cells and RDEs'

Dr Rajeev Gautam, Corporate Officer, Horiba Japan and President, Horiba India and RT Desai, Segment Head-Automotive, talk about plans to deal with the changes and disruptions in the sector.

5 mins

Mercedes-AMG to accelerate into an electrifying future

The luxury carmaker's performance arm aims to deploy F1-inspired P3 hybridisation layout and says it will meet Euro 8 emission standards with its ICE powertrains

2 mins

Hostile or friendly?

The CCI is likely to examine whether the initial acquisition of 15.7% was a pure financial investment or a means of reaching 24.5% ownership of Pricol by Minda. ShahkarAbidi and Shruti Mishra examine the case.

4 mins

'Good design can lend style to our machines while being functional and cost effective'

David Wilkie, Industrial Design Director at CNH Industrial, discuses the evolution of modern tractor designs and cutting-edge applications for products made for India with Mayank Dhingra.

6 mins

'AI, machine learning can be deployed to keep track of cyber security threats'

Karthik Ramanarayanan, Head of Research and Development at Continental India spoke with Shahkar Abidi about cyber security threats and measures taken to counter them.

6 mins

Zooming ahead of times

Self-drive rental start-up Zoomcar's journey in India has been marked by a series of pivots and strategic moves that dwarfed its desired results. The company is now in a reinvention mode

5 mins

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