Autocar Professional Magazine - June 15, 2019

In this issue

Of the many countries that India has business and trading ties with, Germany easily stands out by the depth of its engineering and technological prowess, particularly in the automotive scheme of things. Reason enough for Autocar Professional to dedicate a special issue to the partnership each year.

As Indian OEMs tackle a host of challenges including BS VI and new safety mandates even as they contend with megatrends like lightweighting, connectivity and electrification, they are also looking up to suppliers to help them surpass the many challenges.

This Indo-German Special covers a number of leading suppliers like the Schaeffler Group, the FEV Group and Elringklinger, who say they have what it takes to assist Indian OEMs surpass the challenges of BS VI, ride global megatrends and also reduce costs.

The first half of June was a very newsy one, what with captains of industry coming together in one voice and taking on the government on the proposed mandate to fully electrify all two-wheelers (below 150cc) and three-wheelers a few years from now.

BS VI, which will continue to be a sustained theme from now on till the new emission norms finally kick in from April 2010, was another news maker what with Mahindra & Mahindra announcing that it has achieved compliance for a number of petrol and diesel engines and is readying for market demand transition. Eicher Trucks also revealed its new BS VI-ready Pro 2000 series of light duty trucks and both Honda and Hero announced their BS VI products on two wheels.