The furniture retailer IKEA has ambitious plans to adopt EVs across its operations and in the first year in India, around 20 per cent of the customer delivery fleet will comprise of EVs.

The second edition of the Castrol Super Mechanic contest, launched last year in India, saw an increase of almost 66 per cent in call-ins and 55 per cent increase in the number of mechanics who registered to participate in this unique event. Castrol, part of the BP group, manufactures lubricants and greases for customers and consumers in over 140 countries in the automotive, marine, industrial and energy production sectors.

Raasi Group will begin indigenous production of Lithium ion battery in India using a technology developed by Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR).

India’s increasing profile on the world’s technology stage was confirmed late last month by the release of KPMG’s 2018 Global Technology Innovation Report, which placed the country third on the list of the most promising places for technological breakthroughs in the year ahead.

Extending their collaboration in Mysuru, Hyderabad, Jaipur & New Delhi to Mumbai, Mahindra Electric and Zoomcar, India’s leading shared mobility platform, will now offer their unique service of EVs as shared mobility solution to the one of the most important business hub of the country

Zuken Inc, a Japanese firm specialising in software and consulting services for end-to-end electrical and electronic engineering, is organising a series of roadshows, Zuken Innovation World, in India to showcase its flagship electronic design automation platform, CR-8000 series, as well as the E3.series of products, used in cutting-edge wire-harness design (right across the world). The roadshows will be held in three cities of Bangalore (May 22), Hyderabad (May 23) and Pune (May 25).

The current disruptions in the auto sector such as policy changes, introduction of EVs and pollution norms can badly impact the industries that exclusively deal with metal parts

ZF India’s state-of-the-art India Technology Center (ITC), successfully completed one year since its inauguration last year in March in the presence of K T Rama Rao, Honorable Minister for IT, MA & UD, Industries & Commerce, Government of Telangana.

The Group showcased its EcoLife electric bus at the Auto Expo 2018. Speaking to Manish Pant, Nishant Arya, Executive Director, JBM Group said that the vehicle is part of the conglomerate’s endeavour to become an end-to-end ecosystem provider in the electric mobility space.