Valvoline™ announced the extension of its exclusive partnership for service fill and after-sales with Eicher Trucks and Buses. This renewed commitment, for the next phase of growth, stands as a testament to the unwavering belief of their customers have in the strong alliance between Eicher and Valvoline. This is an opportune time for Valvoline Cummins Pvt. Ltd as the JV[Read More…]
Indian electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer, VTRO Motors Pvt. Ltd., has launched an “EV ecosystem incubator” that offers artificial intelligence (AI)-based software as a service (SaaS) solutions for the EV sector. The innovative software allows battery makers and EV vehicle manufacturers to monitor battery consumption, battery lifecycle, and consumer usage patterns to enhance customization, lower costs, and become better connected to[Read More…]
EV charging network provider, Statiq, has won a tender from HPCL, one of the government’s maharatna PSUs, to install over 500 EV chargers at HPCL’s outlets across 12 states. The majority of the chargers will have a capacity of 3.3 kW, with over 100 having a capacity of 7.7 kW. All types of EVs will be able to make[Read More…]
Brakes India, a renowned Tier-1 supplier to Indian and global OEMs for over six decades, has launched ZAP brake pads with advanced friction technology for electric vehicles. The specifically designed brake pads are claimed to cater for the requirements of electric vehicle customers, claiming enhanced corrosion protection and quiet braking. With a focus on design, development, quality, and customer centricity,[Read More…]
Nirmal K Minda, Chairman and Managing Director, of Uno Minda Group spoke upfront to Ashish Bhatia on the road ahead for component suppliers and the next tipping point on the horizon. Q. Is the post-pandemic recovery that accounted for a record turnover, sustainable going forward for the tier 1 suppliers like yourself? A. We faced tough times in the[Read More…]
Statiq’s Public Policy team has came up with a white paper on Skill Development in the Indian EV Sector. It has covered a vast amount of research in the automotive sector: employment potential, the importance of skill development, current initiatives in India, organisation and institute-level initiatives, and global context in skill development. This paper not only covers the importance of[Read More…]
BorgWarner will supply a major German vehicle manufacturer in Europe and the U.S. with innovative battery cooling plates destined for the carmaker’s next generation of electric vehicles. Compared to alternative solutions, the BorgWarner cooling plates provide cooling capacity in a more compact package with reduced weight and cost. The plate design also compensates for assembly tolerances. “We’ve collaborated with this customer[Read More…]
BorgWarner is building upon its current 400V inverter business with a major global OEM by now also supplying 800V silicon carbide-based (SiC) inverters. The efficient and scalable high-voltage inverters are destined for battery electric vehicle (BEV) platforms. Two variants will be used in the passenger BEVs: one 250kW for passenger cars and all-wheel drive crossover utility vehicles and a second 350kW module[Read More…]
Where there is hardware there is software. Assembly and machine-level programming have been around for years. Prateek Pardeshi visited a leading aftermarket player to understand the change in approach today. It is well known how the low-level binary skeleton of Assembly Language Programming (ALP) coexists with Machine Level Language (MLL). The latter converts ALP using an assembler and can be[Read More…]
Marelli has been awarded a contract to supply its Battery Management System (BMS) – a core component of electric vehicles design, also regarded as the “brain” of the battery – for the future BEV (Battery Electric Vehicles) small-medium cars of a major global carmaker, from 2026. Within the project, Marelli will provide both the hardware and the boot loader software[Read More…]
