Bridging Capability Gaps

Sona Comstar continues to sign on strategic partners and bridge capability gaps. Ashish Bhatia with Deepti Thore looks at the equation to offer sustainable and cost-effective emobility solutions.)

- Ashish Bhatia with Deepti Thore

Sunjay Kapur, Chairman, Sona Comstar and President, ACMA India

Sona Comstar, supplier of vital automotive systems and components to automotive OEMs is also a big supplier of the burgeoning emobility segment. The company, naturally, has been on the hunt for strategic collaborators wherever deemed fit to acquire technical capabilities. In line with the strategy to become a one-stop automotive technology solution provider to manufacturers both in the domestic as well as global markets, the company recently signed on with Enedym Inc. (Enedym) based out of Hamilton, Ontario in Canada with an aim to licence the latter's technology for application in three-wheelers, high-performance electric motorcycles and four-wheeler cargo delivery EVs basis the power range. Previously it is known to have signed on with partners like Israel-based IRP Systems for joint development and localised manufacturing of magnetless e-motors and controllers aimed at the electric two-wheeler and three-wheeler market in India. It is with the focus on offering sustainable and cost-effective emobility solutions to its customers.