Post Tagged with: "Safety"

JK Tyre Launches Levitas Ultra: Luxury Car Tyres

JK Tyre Launches Levitas Ultra: Luxury Car Tyres

  Indian tyre manufacturer JK Tyre & Industries has recently unveiled a new range of tyres named Levitas Ultra, specifically targeted towards luxury cars. The Levitas Ultra tyres were introduced in a press conference by Mr Anuj Kathuria, President(India) JK Tyres & Industries on March 24th at the Four Seasons Hotel in Worli. The Levitas Ultra range is aimed at[Read More…]

by March 28, 2023 Newscast
Automotive Lightweighting Technology Roadmapping – 2030

Automotive Lightweighting Technology Roadmapping – 2030

Dr Srinivas Gunti and Dr Shankar Venugopal write on the automotive lightweight, technology roadmap, composites, electric vehicles, and optimisation with a long-term view. The rate at which the number of ground vehicles is increasing will result in substantial environmental pollution, depletion of non-renewable energy sources and cause sustainability issues. According to a recent study [1], there would be two billion[Read More…]

by February 22, 2023 Special Reads
Automotive Safety And Security In The Indian Context – The Myths And Realities

Automotive Safety And Security In The Indian Context – The Myths And Realities

Shinto Joseph, Director – South East Asia Operations at LDRA Technology Pvt. Ltd., an associate of LDRA Ltd. UK. busts the myths and realities around automotive safety and security in the Indian context. Q. How do you see the 360-degree digitisation trend impacting the automotive industry? A. The entire design, development, testing, certification, production, distribution, sales, and the after-sales service[Read More…]

by February 1, 2023 Trending
Continental India strengthening Safety Solutions Portfolio for 2-Wheelers

Continental India strengthening Safety Solutions Portfolio for 2-Wheelers

Continental is reaffirming its commitment to Indian road safety by strengthening its safety solutions portfolio, particularly for the 2-Wheeler segment. Krishan Kohli, Head of Vehicle Dynamics (VED) and Hydraulic Brake Systems (HBS) business segments said, “The Indian 2-Wheeler market is growing swiftly, for which manufacturers are constantly looking at higher safety standards and technologies to tackle an equally high number[Read More…]

by February 14, 2022 Newscast
The Road Ahead

The Road Ahead

Upfront |   The Road Ahead   In an upfront conversation Manav Kapur, Executive Director, Steelbird International speaks to Sumesh Soman about the road ahead for safety and business.  How did the company cope up with the adversities caused by the pandemic? We probably had the highest sales in the pandemic year. Even in the following year, we are building on[Read More…]

by December 17, 2021 Upfront
Augmenting safety in everyday driving with 3M

Augmenting safety in everyday driving with 3M

In a discussion with 3M India on how safety is being integrated into daily driving, Pawan Kumar Singh, Country Business Leader, Transportation and Electronics Business Group at 3M shared the following. 1. Elaborate the product 3M Vehicle Conspicuity Retroreflective Tapes? How is it made? In India alone, over 150,000 people are killed in road traffic accidents annually. Many of these road traffic[Read More…]

by December 13, 2021 Upfront
Successful EU Research Project: MotorBrain Increases Range and Safety of Electric Vehicles

Successful EU Research Project: MotorBrain Increases Range and Safety of Electric Vehicles

30 European partners are carrying out basic research on electric drive systems Electric drives are to become significantly smaller and lighter Main focus lies on integration of electronics and more safety To design smaller, lighter, safer, and more efficient electric drives — with these objectives, researchers from nine European countries commenced the MotorBrain project, funded by the European Union, three[Read More…]

Ralph Lauxmann Becomes Head of Systems & Technology in the Chassis & Safety Division

Ralph Lauxmann Becomes Head of Systems & Technology in the Chassis & Safety Division

Effective January 1, 2015, Ralph Lauxmann will take over as Head of Systems & Technology in the Chassis & Safety division headquarters in Frankfurt, at international automotive supplier Continental. In this role, he will report directly to Frank Jourdan, Head of the Chassis & Safety division and member of the Executive Board of Continental AG and functionally to Christian Senger,[Read More…]

TRW highlights advanced rear seat airbag safety technologies at Airbag 2014

TRW highlights advanced rear seat airbag safety technologies at Airbag 2014

TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. is outlining at Airbag 2014 how a combination of advanced restraint systems can help to address the protection of rear seat occupants during frontal impacts. Dirk Schultz, director of Inflatable Restraints for TRW Occupant Safety Systems, said: “We conducted an analysis of the German In-Depth Accident Study database for information on injury patterns of rear-seated occupants[Read More…]

Delphi’s Electronically Scanning Radar Brings Safety to One Million Vehicles

Delphi’s Electronically Scanning Radar Brings Safety to One Million Vehicles

Delphi Automotive recently sold its one millionth electronically scanning radar (ESR) globally – a key milestone as car makers meet growing customer demand for new technologies that improve safety. Since its debut in 2009, Delphi’s ESR set the standard for long range automotive radar sensors.  Key features were introduced in this radar, including multi-mode operation, digital beam forming, and a[Read More…]