The Global New Car Assessment Programme aims for a world without road injuries, and has a vision of seeing all new cars in production exceeding minimum UN crash test standards by 2020. it also promotes vehicle safety technologies with proven effectiveness and encourage their accelerated use across the globe by increasing consumer awareness and where appropriate by supporting mandatory application.

After passenger cars and commercial trucks, the agriculture and industrial segment is also moving from bias to radials. Globally, Europe is far ahead in terms of adoption of radials, and the rest of the world is also moving in that direction, informs Brijesh Menon, AVP and Head Marketing APAC, ATG.

Firetech Global is a 100 percent Australian-owned-and-operated company that specialises in producing innovative fire safety products built to a very high standard. Recently,etc.

BS-VI requires stringent controls on tailpipe emissions for carbon dioxide (CO2), CO, HC, and NOx. For this, sensors are added before and after catalytic converters.

Maxion Wheels is the world’s leading wheel manufacturer for passenger cars, commercial trucks and trailers, agriculture and military vehicles.

While steel wheels dominate the market with around 80 per cent market share, alloy wheels are gradually gaining popularity.

In today’s time, the quality of tyres will improve depending upon the increase in performance requirements. So, there is a need to improve the quality of the tyres when new generation vehicles are coming into the Indian market.

Continental recently observed the groundbreaking ceremony of its greenfield powertrain Plant in Talegaon, Pune. APF’s Neellohit Banerjee caught up with Prashanth Doreswamy, Market Head, Continental India and, Managing Director, Continental Automotive India after the press conference.

At a time when pollution concerns are increasing, hybridisation and electrification will be trends that will grow with time. Even though there are hurdles such as high production costs, dependence on China for raw materials, lack of infrastructure, poor technical know-how in power electronics,etc.