The current market conditions are tough for auto industry on account of liquidity crunch and consumer confidence in both urban and rural hinterlands.

Detroit Engineered Products (DEP), a US based company with specialised engine design and development capabilities, has recently launched advanced IC sensor to improve the efficiency and reduce emission of internal combustion engines.

With safety and emission standards getting tighter, automakers are looking to develop car body which can fulfill these regulatory obligations.

Electric vehicles (EV), which are coming up in big way, will need different body structure compared to vehicles using Internal Combustion Engine (ICE). In this interview, Swapnil Sansare, CEO and Founder, Divide by Zero Technologies (DBZ), explains how automakers are leveraging on additive manufacturing (3D printing) technology to fasten the body design & development process.

In this interview, Ashok Khondge, Principal Engineer, ANSYS Customer Excellence, ANSYS Inc, explains how automakers are ensuring safety and performance of electric vehicles (EV) through the innovative methods of integration of body structures, battery packs, thermal management systems, and electric drive.

While reduction in GST rates on electric vehicles (EV) from 12 per cent to 5 per cent will give boost to EV adoption in India, creating reliable charging infrastructure will be the key for the success of e-mobility in the country, says this APF report.

Electric vehicles will have a significantly lower overall part count as compared to vehicles using internal combustion engines. EV body will have better optimised design, with more free space, says Sathyajith TK, Vice President at AXISCADES, in this interview with Rakesh Rao.

These IC sensors can be used in real-time for applications, functioning as a timing sensor, combustion sensor, performance sensor, emissions sensor and pressure sensor, delivering accurate and reliable results on a cylinder-to-cylinder, and a cycle-by-cycle basis.

The Indian machine tool industry is currently estimated at around $ 2.3 billion (Rs 14,692 crores), of which the domestic production accounts for almost 50 per cent of the total consumption.