Over the past three decades, manufacturing scene in the Indian automotive sector has transformed drastically with digital tools being used right from product development stage to final manufacturing.

Industry 4.0 is here in which breakthrough technologies such as artificial intelligence, robotics, data science, quantum computing, and internet-of-things which will help enable advanced applications such as social robots, autonomous vehicles, virtual assistants, 3D printing and desktop manufacturing.

With many new launches in the automobile industry among the electric vehicle segment, Hybrids hybrids to act as a bridge in the shift towards EVs. Naman Chopra, Founder and CEO, Rexnamo Automotive takes a look at challenges and opportunities in electric passenger vehicles (PVs).

The Laser World of Photonics, a trade fair dedicated to the laser and photonics community to feature their concepts and innovations, was held between October 17 and 19, 2019 at the Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai.

Automotive industry in India is moving towards adopting e-mobility and clean fuels. Moving ahead electric vehicles (EVs) will dominate the industry as per government’s vision 2030. Considering automotive trend of light weighting and EVs, plastic and high performance plastic usage is estimated to increase.

The automotive plastics are bidding on trends like electric vehicles, rise in electronic components and 3D printing for demand.

Indian automotive industry is currently struggling through a tough time due to low demand while the rise in domestic raw material prices of steel has added fuel to the fire.

A closer look at India’s electric vehicles (EV) ecosystem shows that the sector is poised for 25 per cent increase in hiring in the next two years.

Musashi Seimitsu’s strategic investment in KeraCel will accelerate development of its additive manufacturing solid state battery technology to high volume production.