Leading automotive OEMs and solution providing companies are dedicating immense efforts to get automated cars on the roads.

In March 2017, WABCO India, a leading supplier of technologies that improve the safety, efficiency and connectivity of commercial vehicles, demonstrated its advanced systems on the race track, one of the most challenging operating environments for heavy-duty trucks. The company participated as the official braking technology partner for Tata Motors at the T1 Prima Truck Racing Championship Season 4 held at the Buddh International Circuit, Greater Noida. In an interview with APF, P Kaniappan, Managing Director, WABCO India, talks about the various products of the company and its plans for the future

Continental has developed a special algorithm that detects the typical features for the four different road conditions: dry, wet, snow-covered and icy. Wet and icy road conditions frequently cause accidents. Even experienced drivers can misjudge how well the tyres grip the road. The international technology company Continental is developing a new solution called Road Condition Observer in response to this threat. A specially developed algorithm detects the typical features for the four different road conditions: dry, wet, snow-covered and icy. Currently, detecting wet conditions is undergoing advanced testing at vehicle manufacturers.

The auto infotainment systems market in India is on the cusp of a technological revolution. These systems have become the very embodiment of all possible and futuristic ideas related to driver assistance, vehicle safety, diagnostics, connectivity, entertainment and comfort.

Bosch India is prepared to meet increased demand for ABS. Pune is gaining increasing significance, both as an auto and industrial hub. Recent visit of Winfried Kretschmann, Minister President of the Southwest German federal state of Baden-Württemberg, and his delegation at Bosch India’s Pune plant, underlines this.

The Symposium on International Automotive Technology (SIAT) held in Pune provided a peek into the automotive engineering of the future. Sound and vibration testing, safety integration and vehicle crash development for internal combustion engines, advanced sensors, solutions for hybrid and electric vehicles, engine signal interfaces etc.

Self-driving cars will be a reality everywhere. But even before then, Smart Driving technology will have made them safer, greener and more connected. An important waypoint in that effort — Advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) — is already a standard feature in many high-end vehicles and is rapidly filtering down into entry-level vehicles.

Pune is gaining increasing significance, both as an auto and industrial hub. The visit of Winfried Kretschmann, Minister President of the Southwest German Federal State of Baden-Württemberg, and his delegation at Bosch India’s Pune plant, underlines this. Background of the visit is the sister-state relationship the Indian state of Maharashtra and Baden-Wurttemberg share.

The next big thing after consumer electronics, computers, and mobile phones is the Internet of Things (IoT) which connects all of them in a homogenous way so that they can talk to each other. Ashish Gulati elaborates on Telematics services.