Autocar Professional - APRIL 1-2020

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Autocar Professional's annual Green Industry Special is packed with refreshing news and in-depth features on the many eco-friendly advances the Indian auto industry has achieved. From the speedy run to BS VI through to developing compressed bio-gas, the battle between lead-acid and lithium-ion, or a 60-year-old IC engine components maker plugging into parts for EVs, we've got it all inside this 64-pager.
Plenty of exclusive interviews too.
- Find out why Sunjay Kapur, Chairman, Sona Comstar and Vice-President, ACMA is bullish on e-mobility and why India Auto Inc needs to build a more robust supply chain.
- Taiwan's JS Power is set to enter India with its cell and battery pack prowess; President Ann Wong is already scouting for licensing partners.
- Christina Bu, Secretary General, Norwegian EV Association, reveals how India can implement learnings from Norway's EV success story.
- Faraday Future's CEO Carsten Breitfeld on the launch strategy for the ultra-luxury EV, monetising digital services and India as a potential sourcing base.
- Evandro Gussi, President and CEO, Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association on how tanking up on eco-friendly ethanol can save India around Rs 4,440 crore a year.
- Vijay Sharma, Director, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, details the latest developments in the SATAT programme.
Flick through the newsy news section and you'll brake to read a captivating story about a Japanese carmaker which has nurtured 250,000 trees at its manufacturing site in Karnataka.
Even as the world and India combats Covid and industry, along with society, will now look at newer ways of working and manufacturing, what will remain constant is the need to decongest the air, develop greener technologies and to stay happy in a not-so-lonely planet. This Green Industry Special offers many a cue to that dynamic journey and will keep you reading at home in a time of lockdown.