Trelleborg Sealing Solutions Launches Innovative Products For E-Mobility

E-mobility, electromobility and electric vehicles are buzz words that we hear regularly. Over the past few years, this technology has gathered significant momentum and it shows no sign of slowing down. eMobility is not just about cars. It also applies to eBikes, e-Skateboards, e-Scooters and even electric passenger aircraft and helicopters.

ZF launches new WABCO Diesel Exhaust Fluid for BS-VI vehicles

With the Indian automotive industry moving towards cleaner vehicles on account of the implementation of BS-VI emission norms from April 2020, global standards are finally being met. The BS-VI norms are very stringent and are expected to reduce nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions by up to 70% along with a decrease in hydrocarbon emissions and particulate matter. As a result, OEMs are making several technical changes in diesel vehicles such as SCR provision for fitting diesel particulate filters and Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR).

Prasanna Purple places trust on Bridgestone to improve tyre life and optimize maintenance

Prasanna Purple Mobility Solutions Pvt. Ltd., with a fleet size of over 1300 vehicles, is known for its high level of service and maintenance standards. The company has placed its trust on Bridgestone, global tyre market leader and a trusted brand in the Indian TBR space, to improve tyre life and bring down maintenance cost. Rajesh Rajgor pays a visit to the transporter’s Head Office in Pune to find out details.

DÜRR adds new application DXQbusiness.intelligence for control technology

The best way to efficiently control production processes in the automotive industry is through the use of relevant, up-to-date, and transparent key figures. The new business intelligence application for control technology from Dürr makes this possible. DXQbusiness.intelligence saves information optimized for reading in a separate data warehouse, visualizes it using clear dashboards, and allows the user to create custom reports. This means that manufacturers always have a close eye on the availability, performance, and quality of their plants.

WEBASTO develops Compact HEPA Air Filtration System

Beneficial for Rescue and Local Public Transport Vehicles

Tata AutoComp Hendrickson Suspensions' ULTIMAAXTM, the ultimate choice for tippers

The ULTIMAAXTM suspension that Tata Motors launched at EXCON 2017 in its heavyduty tipper has resulted in many a happy customer. This gratification factor, be it in higher returns, minimum maintenance and zero suspension failure, has been the result of untiring hard work of the teams from Tata AutoComp Hendrickson Suspensions (THSL) for more than three and a half years to thoroughly validate and get the product market-ready. Rajesh Rajgor visited a few fleet owners in Pune to obtain first-hand feedback on the product and its impact on their business

iGloble making waves with cutting-edge Predictive Analytics

The SaaS platform by iGloble Software Solutions for connected vehicles enhances operational efficiency, reduces overheads and predicts a number of scenarios to diminish downtime for fleet owners and increase RUL. Dr. Amit Shekhar, Founder & CEO, iGloble Software Solutions, talks to Sarada Vishnubhatla about what gives iGloble a distinctive edge in predictive and prescriptive analytics.

BorgWarner optimizing CV turbocharger technologies

These are enhanced by the eBooster® electrically driven compressor or the electrically supported eTurbo™, inform John Zagone, Director (Product Development and Innovation, Commercial Vehicles), BorgWarner and Holger Gabriel, Director (Engineering, Europe Commercial Vehicles), BorgWarner

Freudenberg aggressive on ‘new mobility' solutions

Freudenberg has been active for the last couple of decades in developing future technologies to propel ‘new mobility’. The company is known for its robust research and development at a global level which has given the world innovative solutions to support four drive technologies, including improving internal combustion engines, hybrid solutions, pure electric vehicles and those equipped with fuel cells. Sarada Vishnubhatla speaks with the heads of the company’s three different divisions, namely, sealing and filtration technologies as well as the lubrication business to know more about the journey on the path of innovation

Agility-Advantek-Hexagon partnership steps on the ‘gas'

Aspiring to make a shift away from diesel towards gas fuels for long-distance transportation, a tripartite alliance is ready with a host of tailor-made natural gas solutions for cars and commercial vehicles to start with. They consider converting the existing short-range buses to meet long-range requirements with their CNG systems as an immediate priority to kick-start the transition with a concurrent retro-fitment and OEM approach. Other segments including long-haul trucking and premium passenger cars are to follow suit

Kinetic Green Offers E-Vehicles For Sanitization Drives

In an interaction with Sulajja Firodia, Founder and CEO, Kinetic Green Energy and Power Solutions Ltd., Rajesh Rajgor gets details about the company’s new range of fogging and spraying e-vehicles and how such innovations are based on today’s need for automation and environment-friendly greener solutions

YUTONG goes global with ‘New Energy' buses

The world’s largest bus manufacturer, Zhengzhou Yutong Group delivers more than about 25,000 new energy buses every year, which is equivalent to 375 per day. With more than 120,000 ‘new energy’ buses built by the Chinese bus maker that are operating in over 380 cities to date, it enjoys a global market share of 15%. Bond Wang, Director (Overseas Marketing Department), Zhengzhou Yutong Bus Co. Ltd., shares some insights with Dhiyanesh Ravichandran on the company’s global prospects concerning electric buses and its assessment of the Indian market

iGloble's iotaSmart Platform – Ringing in paradigm shift in Connected Vehicles

Sarada Vishnubhatla talks to Dr. Amit Shekhar, CEO, iGloble Software Solutions, to find out how the company is slowly yet steadily transforming the automotive world through its connected vehicle platform – the indigenously developed iotaSmart technology

Sainik Mining and Allied Services Heavy hauling with Tata Motors tippers

The coal mining industry in India is definitely moving forward in the right direction and in that respect, Shailendra Wahal, CEO (Talcher Operations) of Sainik Mining and Allied Services Limited, elaborates to N. Balasubramanian & Rajesh Rajgor about the status of the industry, the entire spectrum of associated logistics and their fleet of Tata Motors’ trucks

Prasanna Purple places trust on Bridgestone to improve tyre life and optimize maintenance

Prasanna Purple Mobility Solutions Pvt. Ltd., with a fleet size of over 1300 vehicles, is known for its high level of service and maintenance standards. The company has placed its trust on Bridgestone, global tyre market leader and a trusted brand in the Indian TBR space, to improve tyre life and bring down maintenance cost. Rajesh Rajgor pays a visit to the transporter’s Head Office in Pune to find out details.

Bring back the Migrant Driver

We have heard of cases where truck drivers have abandoned their vehicles on the highways and returned to their hometowns to seek protection from the deadly virus as also find food and shelter. As a result, the road transportation sector has almost come to a standstill. But it’s time to coax them to return and keep the supply chain going, says Raghuram Sharma

EICHER launches all-new HD bus Skyline Pro 6016

First Eicher HD Bus with Volvo’s 5.1L VEDX5 engine, Mobile COVID ICU fabricated on Skyline Pro 6016 by a Hyderabad based foundation

Agility-Advantek-Hexagon partnership steps on the ‘gas'

Aspiring to make a shift away from diesel towards gas fuels for long-distance transporta tion, a tripartite alliance is ready with a host of tailor-made natural gas solutions for cars and commercial vehicles to start with. They consider converting the existing short-range buses to meet long-range requirements with their CNG systems as an immediate priority to kick-start the transition with a concurrent retro-fitment and OEM approach. Other segments including long-haul trucking and premium passenger cars are to follow suit, reports Dhiyanesh Ravichandran

COOPER CORPORATION strategizes for a fresh start

In this exclusive interview with Farrokh Cooper, Chairman and Managing Director, Cooper Corporation, Rajesh Rajgor gets details about the company’s operational plan to unlocking, including measures taken on the shop floor, dealing with supply-chain disruptions and actions taken to mitigate the business and virus-driven risks

ASL Logistics – Looking at unswerving growth

What first began as a group with an industrial construction project in Mumbai in 1981, expanded into the distribution of cement in 1991 and subsequently transportation of cement in 1998. 25 years after its inception, the Nawany group’s cement bulker transportation vertical was born. Today, the group has diversified interests in the construction of industrial and logistics parks, cement and fly ash supply as well as end to end logistics services to leading cement companies. Sarada Vishnubhatla puts across questions to Mohit Nawany, Director – ASL Logistics, to find out the Group’s insights during Covid-19, strategy and, future roadmap.

Volvo Buses Driving Future Innovations

Akash Passey, Senior Vice President, Volvo Bus Corporation, is a man to be reckoned with. Having had the privilege to kick-start a hitherto unknown premium bus brand in India at the dawn of the century, he has been instrumental in making Volvo Buses a big hit in the domestic bus industry, making the brand synonymous with luxury and safe bus travel in common man’s lexicon. With over 25 years of experience, he is currently responsible for business performance of the Swedish bus maker in the international region covering Asia Pacific, Africa and the Middle East, China, CIS countries and India. In a detailed interview with MOTORINDIA, he tells Dhiyanesh Ravichandran that Volvo Buses has always been a global pioneer of tomorrow’s technologies since day one, and will continue to set new benchmarks on safety, environmental care and quality in every regional market it operates

Impact Of Covid-19 On Global Vehicle Sales

Vinay Piparsania, Global Consulting Director, Counterpoint Research, provides a global update on how vehicle sales have been impacted due to the virus outbreak

Can We Not Reduce Imports From China?

The current pandemic has clearly indicated that India does have the ability to undertake a higher percentage of indigenous manufacturing. As such, isn’t this the right time to start cutting down imports from China and boost local industry, suggests P V Balasubramaniam, Former Director and CEO, York Transport Equipment (Asia) Pte. Ltd., Singapore

ZF India

Once the government stimulus packages are announced and implemented, the industry should be able to get back on its feet, says Suresh K V, President, ZF India (P) Ltd.

Tata AutoComp Hendrickson Suspensions' ULTIMAAXTM, the ultimate choice for tippers

The ULTIMAAXTM suspension that Tata Motors launched at EXCON 2017 in its heavyduty tipper has resulted in many a happy customer. This gratification factor, be it in higher returns, minimum maintenance and zero suspension failure, has been the result of untiring hard work of the teams from Tata AutoComp Hendrickson Suspensions (THSL) for more than three and a half years to thoroughly validate and get the product market-ready. Rajesh Rajgor visited a few fleet owners in Pune to obtain first-hand feedback on the product and its impact on their business

Tata AutoComp charts robust plans for electromobility

Tata AutoComp Systems, one of India’s leading automotive component conglomerates, has set up a division for electric mobility, spearheaded by Dr. A K Jindal, former head of research and development at Tata Motors. In an exclusive interaction, Rajesh Rajgor caught up with Dr. Jindal in his new role as an advisor for emobility, new products and technology to know more about the company’s plans for the future

National Engineering Industries

If India plays its cards well, the pandemic might benefit Indian companies on account of investments moving out of China, believes Rohit Saboo, President and CEO, National Engineering Industries (NEI)

SOLARIS counts on diverse and innovative portfolio of buses

In an interview with Dhiyanesh Ravichandran, Solaris Bus and Coach CEO Javier Calleja elaborates about the Polish bus maker’s strategies on product portfolio and transition to zero-emission technologies – battery-electric and hydrogen included – for the European markets

Ashok Leyland

Access to working capital and liquidity through banks and non-banking finance companies is what will help kick-start the automotive sector, opines Vipin Sondhi, Managing Director and CEO, Ashok Leyland.

Ajmera Motors and Ashok Leyland: Growing with common vision

Amidst the growing presence of Ashok Leyland (AL) dealerships in the Mumbai region, Ajmera Motors is fast emerging as a popular player. At the opening of AL’s new LCV outlet, Rajesh Rajgor spoke to Jamir Ajmera, Partner, Ajmera Motors, to find out what made them invest in their seventh showroom in a span of six years