With the government keen to unleash the EV movement in India, mild hybrid solutions with 48V architecture can be a promising alternative, says Sharath Tengse

The new CVs will see improvement over BS4 technology such as up to 7 per cent higher fluid efficiency, up to 5 per cent better tyre life, up to 30 per cent longer service interval and up to 5 per cent lower maintenance cost.

The all-wheel tire offers the flexibility of fitment on both steer and drive axle

As per World Road Statistics report in 2018, India ranked first for road accidents deaths across the 199 countries. Thalavai Venkatesan of Continental Automotive India explains the five safety technologies that promise to boost road safety in India.

The JV - PV Clean Mobility Technologies - will focus on sensors and actuators, as well as fuel delivery modules for passenger car, commercial vehicle and two-wheeler-markets.

Tata AutoComp and Tellus will provide various sizes of AC chargers from 3 kW to 11kW for home and residential complexes as well as DC Fast Chargers from 20kW to 300kW

The company has curated detailed guidelines for each location and conducted intensive training for maintaining social distancing at workplaces. Enhanced sanitisation measures are being implemented.

MAHLE recorded its largest volume of orders and the orders ran into billions in the field of new technologies.

In FY20, the industry sales experienced a sharp decline of 14.8 per cent y-o-y vis-à-vis a growth of about 6.4 per cent during FY19 led by factors such as increased insurance costs, uneven monsoon, high ownership costs, curtailed lending by the NBFC segment,etc.