Articles by: Ashish Bhatia

Committed to India

Committed to India

In an INDUSTRY TALK SESSION, Krishnan Kohli, Head of Vehicle Dynamics (VED) and Hydraulic Brake Systems (HBS) at Continental Automotive India speaks to Sumesh Soman on localisation and India commitment. Q. What are the localisation efforts at Continental Automotive India? A. Continental has been in the Indian market for over a decade now. And we have a presence across 15[Read More…]

by August 8, 2022 INDUSTRY TALK
Localising Ride-Assist Technology

Localising Ride-Assist Technology

Continental Automotive India is in sync with the disruptive shift to localise ride-assist technology. Sumesh Soman toured the Manesar plant to see the on-ground preparations, in line. Localised technology setups have been the ask for a while now. It’s the pace of execution at Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) that’s attained newer heights. Government interventions like the Production Link Incentive (PLI)[Read More…]

by August 8, 2022 Cover Stories
Liquid Cooling To The Rescue

Liquid Cooling To The Rescue

Battery Management Systems are increasingly finding a use case in liquid cooling. Ashish Bhatia looks at the grey areas of air-cooling that suppliers have overcome. Original Equipment Manufacturers are increasingly opting for liquid-cooled Battery Management Systems (BMS) in their Electric Vehicles (EVs). Drawing from the learnings gathered from liquid cooling in Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) vehicles, case-in-point, ICE vehicles using[Read More…]

by August 3, 2022 Cover Stories
Riding The Commercial EV Wave

Riding The Commercial EV Wave

With a common goal of net-zero emissions as the industry, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. doesn’t want to rush with commercialisation. Sumesh Soman finds out how the PV MAJOR is laying a solid foundation to ride the commercial EV wave. The industry as a whole is working on a common goal of attaining net-zero emissions. Not just cutting down on tailpipe[Read More…]

by August 3, 2022 Cover Stories