The event had presentations and conferences that held meets and discussions to understand complexities involved and challenges faced by the automobile industry for making electric vehicles, a means of mass transportation.

There seems to be no end to bad news on the economy front. The country’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth slowed to 4.5 per cent in the July-September 2019 quarter, its weakest pace since 2013.

Today, there are several areas or tasks that are automated or handled by robots at auto manufacturing units in India.

In spite of low automobile sales in the last few months, the auto battery market reported negligible impact as the market is majorly dominated by aftermarket.

The seminar served as an opportunity to promote welding technology which remains the most critical for industrial sectors required to assure long-term reliability across applications.

The domestic commercial vehicles (CV) industry is expected to grow in the range of 9-11 per cent in FY 2019 supported by the pickup in infrastructure projects, improved industrial activity, healthy demand from consumption-led sectors, etc, says ICRA report.

The domestic CV industry ended FY 2018 on a strong note, witnessing a growth of 20 per cent in volume terms over the prior year.

Stratasys India, a subsidiary of Stratasys Ltd (one of the leading global players in additive technology solutions), presented new 3D printed prototypes – that empowers customers to deliver highly realistic, vibrantly-colored parts.

With a population of more than 1.3 billion and widespread public transportation system that runs on diesel, India is an ideal location to run electric buses.