The Japanese tyre maker has raised the production capacity to 1.6 mn tyres per year in India from 0.7 mn tyres a year

As per World Road Statistics report in 2018, India ranked first for road accidents deaths across the 199 countries. Thalavai Venkatesan of Continental Automotive India explains the five safety technologies that promise to boost road safety in India.

The compact X35+ system consist of wheel hub motor, battery, and control units that can be integrated almost invisibly into a conventional bicycle frame.

The Metrodecker is a part of 107 Metrodecker EV order that Optare received since the product was launched 18 months ago.

This collaboration offers a unique battery subscription plan through an IOT backed platform to make the company’s EVs more affordable.

The company has sold in all 41, 300 units with 38, 200 units sold in the domestic market and 3, 100 units in the export markets in July 2020.

The JV - PV Clean Mobility Technologies - will focus on sensors and actuators, as well as fuel delivery modules for passenger car, commercial vehicle and two-wheeler-markets.

These scooters enable 90 per cent savings as against conventional scooters. Also, electric scooters are zero-noise vehicles, promoting quiet drives.

Through this collaboration, Praj and ARAI will jointly address technologies to propagate use of biofuels in variety of applications including usage in internal combustion engines (ICE) in the transportation sector.