MG Motor India and PPG Asian Paints launch a technology that can enable CO2 reduction of 1500 tons/annum MG Motor India takes another step in the direction of long-term sustainability. The company just became the world’s first car brand to employ PPG Asian Paints’ ULTRAX Degreaser, a liquid alkaline degreasing cleaner. The advent of a degreasing pre-treatment chemical is in[Read More…]
Continental Tires, a premium tyre manufacturer, launches its new CrossContact AX6 SUV tyres in India. The new Generation 6 CrossContact AX6 all-terrain tyres provide excellent durability, low noise, and a tread design engineered for good control and performance on all terrain and wet road conditions. SUV sales in the country have increased significantly in recent years. According to reports, SUV[Read More…]
Press Release BorgWarner’s All-New 800-Volt Integrated Electric Drive Module Drives Leading Chinese NEV Brands Forward BorgWarner has won a contract to supply its new integrated drive module (iDM) with an 800V silicon carbide (SiC) inverter and hairpin electric motor to a Chinese premium new energy vehicle (NEV) brand. The 800V iDM220 uses BorgWarner’s compact Viper power module, which is[Read More…]
Press Release LANXESS appoints Neelanjan Banerjee as the Global Head of its Lubricant Additives Business After a brief work-in period, Neelanjan Banerjee will take over as the new Global Head of the Business Unit Lubricants Additives at LANXESS Corporation, the USA on July 1, 2022. Since August 2018, he has served as Region Head, Vice-Chairman, and Managing Director for LANXESS[Read More…]
The new generation Valeo LiDAR could hit the market in 2024. Deepti Thore brings out the latest advancements. Advanced Driving Assistance Systems (ADAS) are headed towards level 3 automation. Case-in-point, the third generation scanning Light Detection And Ranging (LiDAR) capability from Valeo. Set to hit the market in 2024, it made its debut at the recently held CES 2022 (Watch[Read More…]
Smarter auto electronics and electrical are taking centre stage. Ashish Bhatia looks at recent developments which suggest a growing impetus on resource allocation to build a robust ecosystem. Automotive electronics have taken centre stage and will command a greater focus going forward too from key stakeholders. The recent supply chain bottlenecks owing to the shortage of semiconductor chips, known to[Read More…]
Press Release Onboard video systems can increase vehicle and road safety Mumbai, February 2: Every year, a large number of traffic incidents and crashes occur worldwide. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), approximately 1.3 million people die each year as a result of road traffic crashes. There are many factors leading to this: road infrastructure, road users, vehicle speeds,[Read More…]
The automotive components industry has set expectations from the Union Budget 2022. Ashish Bhatia shares the industry’s wishlist from the annual spectacle. The Union Budget 2022 will be presented in the parliament on February 01, 2022, by Union Finance Minister (FM) Nirmala Sitharaman amidst the third wave of Covid-19 having a direct bearing on the fourth quarter of FY2022 (Q4FY2022).[Read More…]
Ola Electric, India’s leading manufacturer of EVs, today announced it has raised over $200 million from Tekne Private Ventures, Alpine Opportunity Fund, Edelweiss and others. The latest round values the company at $5 billion. Over the last 12 months, Ola Electric has built the Futurefactory, the world’s largest 2W manufacturing facility, Ola S1 – the best scooter ever made and[Read More…]
Startup company Kneron Inc. has launched the KL530. Prateek Pardeshi finds out how the next generation auto grade chip standsout. Vehicles can look forward to attain L1 and L2 level of autonomy in new vehicles as well as through aftermarket solutions from San Diego based full stack edge AI solutions provider Kneron Inc. The startup company has launched the KL530[Read More…]
