Text: J Srikant Auto Ignition, one of the well-known names in the tractor industry for starter motors and alternators, after catering to almost all the majors in the agricultural equipment industry, is now training its guns at the Commercial Vehicle (CV) segment. The move comes at a time when the CV industry is looking to get back on its feet[Read More…]
Text: T Murrali As part of its initiative to offer insights to global automotive technologies and support policy makers with relevant inputs, the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) had organised the Symposium on International Automotive Technology (SIAT) at its Pune campus recently. ARAI organised the 14th edition of the biennial event in association with SAE India and NATRiP. Held[Read More…]
Text: J Srikant ACMA in association with Messe Frankfurt is all set to host the second edition of ACMA Automechanika in New Delhi in February. One of the biggest auto shows to happen in India, the expo will prove to be a tool to gauge the sentiment of Indian auto industry which is limping back from the longest slowdown which[Read More…]
Text & Photos: Bhargav TS Schwing Stetter, the German construction equipment manufacturer, has launched its self-loading mixer, a miniature concrete mixing equipment that will undertake construction activities in urban and rural construction sites. The new machines code named SLM 4000 and SLM 2200 have an engine capacity of 110hp and 60hp respectively, created to meet the requirements of Tier-2 and[Read More…]
Text & Photo: Bhargav TS As engine downsizing along with boosting performance, improving fuel economy and keeping emissions in check increasingly gain steam in the auto industry, lightweighting seems to be at least one of the prominent answers. To manufacture lightweight components Switzerland-based machine builder Buhler Group is bringing its new ‘Lost Core’ technology to the Indian market, which[Read More…]
Satish Khatu, Helmut Matschi, Samir Salman are appointed Advisory Board Members Continental Intelligent Transportation Systems, LLC, headquartered in Silicon Valley, California has recently announced that effective January, 2015, Satish Khatu, former IBM General Manager, Global Industrial Sector, Helmut Matschi, member of the Continental Executive Board and Head of the Interior Division, and Samir Salman, CEO NAFTA Continental Automotive Divisions, will[Read More…]
Power management company Eaton has expanded the company’s UltraShift® PLUS automated transmission offerings with a new A-Ratio model specifically designed for a wide range of extreme performance applications. The new MXP (Multipurpose Extreme Performance) transmissions have lower overall numerical ratios and higher torque ratings. The ratios and even steps on the new transmissions deliver better shift performance to improve grade shifting in[Read More…]
2014 sales rise 33% over 2013 as European built car accelerates sales Nissan LEAF leads with 26% of the rapidly growing electric car market Sales driven by strong customer advocacy with 95% recommendation rate The all-electric Nissan LEAF has smashed its own sales record with a 33 percent increase in sales in 2014 over the previous year, taking more than[Read More…]
For the second consecutive year Volvo Trucks has received Europe’s prestigious Quality Innovation of the Year Award. Volvo Trucks received the award for its new transmission, I-Shift Dual Clutch, whose main benefit is that it makes the driver’s job simpler and safer. “I-Shift Dual Clutch represents a new-for-the-industry product innovation with strong improvements in parameters that influence drivers and transport[Read More…]
Air Liquide held a ceremony to celebrate the completion of two hydrogen filling stations in the cities of Nagoya and Toyota, located in the Aichi Prefecture of Japan. These two hydrogen filling stations are the first public-use hydrogen filling stations for Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles in the central Nagoya area and in Toyota City, respectively. They will make it possible to fill Fuel[Read More…]
