Autocar Professional Magazine - January 1 2018

In this issue

In this fortnight’s Autocar Professional – the first of the new year – we examine the impact of vehicle electrification on the automotive value chain. And follow it up with an in-depth report on a Scandinavian country which is going all-electric from 2025 and driving there rather smoothly with a host of incentives to motorists. Indian industry will have to dive deep into its current business to identify potential threats and opportunities from vehicle electrification and those who begin work soon could well ride the EV wave of the future.

For India to be more progressive, a strong culture of innovation and the power of youth will have to be harnessed. Ati Motors, a Bangalore-based start-up and its teenage co-founder promise both. Find out how 15-year-old Saad Nasser along with Dr V Vinay and Saurabh Chandra are developing an autonomous cargo carrier.

Ongoing as well as upcoming disruptions in the automotive industry are set to impact staffer skill sets substantially but new-age manufacturing calls for new skill sets. We offer a close look at the threatened jobs, the changing nature of jobs and the skill sets needed, and the new opportunities in India Auto Inc.

New manufacturing also means robotics. Universal Robots’ collaborative robots or cobots, work in conjunction with humans to handle some of the more mundane, repetitive and physically demanding manufacturing with aplomb. Now the company is targeting MSMEs, which are keen to enhance productivity and worker skills.

All this plus news and sales analysis of various vehicle segments.