This lecture part of SIAM’s ‘Walk the Talk’ campaign, highlighting the importance of design, development, testing and homologation aspects of hybrid and electric vehicles.

Light Bullet Proof Vehicles (LBPV) is an adopted version of Lockheed Martin’s CVNG (Common Vehicle Next Gen) and has been developed under TOT from LM to Ashok Leyland. It is completely indigenised and developed in India.

As part of the MOU, Siemens Financial Services (SFS), the financing arm of Siemens AG, will consider a minority investment in OHM Global Mobility Private Ltd., the eMaas platform company to be formed as a subsidiary of Switch Mobility Automotive Ltd.

To accelerate light commercial vehicle (LCV) exports from just 5 per cent to over 20-22 per cent over the next two to three years, Indian commercial vehicle manufacturer Ashok Leyland is developing left hand drive LCVs for markets such as Middle East, CIS and West Africa, among others, a top official of the company said.

Hinduja flagship firm Ashok Leyland BSE -0.53 per cent will invest Rs 400 crore to develop new light commercial vehicles (LCVs) within the next two years and plans to triple its sales in the segment by 2019-20.

The Forum discussed trends, challenges and opportunities for commercial vehicle industry and innovations required by OEMs in today’s ever-changing landscape.