Toyota Motor Corporation, as of January 31, 2017, has sold globally 10.05 million units of its hybrid vehicles, demonstrating the staying power of a technology that is now emerging as a mainstream solution to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants. Toyota has encouraged the mass-market adoption of hybrid vehicles across the globe. The company…
Fatigue – A Dangerous Wake-Up Call
By Stefan Pertz We all get a little tired now and then. The worst that can happen to you when working in an office is embarrassment when being found snoozing, but when you move a few tonnes of chemicals in your truck, things are different. Fatigue is a subjective feeling. It is distinct from weakness,…
Market Revival To Revamp Automechanika Dubai 2017
Automechanika Dubai, the region’s largest automotive aftermarket show, to be held at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre between May 7 and 9, 2017, will have more than 2,000 exhibitors from 55 countries, thousands of trade buyers and decision-makers from Middle East, and Africa. After having negative vehicle sales last year, the region is…
Logicity Enters Second Phase
Logicity, an industrial park promoted by Sree Kailas Group and created to house vendors of OEMs and other entrepreneurs, will expand capacity of the first phase of the project soon and then take up construction of the second phase in the same campus. The facility now has six lakh sq ft of built-up area, in…
Jaguar, Shell Launch In-Car Payment System
Jaguar drivers can now use their car’s touchscreen to pay for fuel with a new cashless payment app. The Shell app is one of several new enhancements to Jaguar’s F-PACE, XE and XF models. Other updates include the introduction of the latest efficient Ingenium petrol and diesel engines and the addition of convenience features such…
Passenger Vehicle Sales Up In January, Other Segments Decline
Passenger vehicle sale grew 14.40 percent in January 2017 to 265,320 units from a year earlier in January, according to the wholesale number announced by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM). This is the fastest sales growth in four months and after a marginal drop in December mainly due to lack of cash flow…
Automotive Engineering Show To Be Part Of ACMA Automechanika New Delhi
Having established itself as the prime sourcing hub for manufacturing professionals in the west and south of India through its renowned Pune and Chennai editions, Automotive Engineering Show is now set to enter North to tap the high-potential NCR cluster. Messe Frankfurt India has announced that Automotive Engineering Show will make its debut in New…
ATS, Amrita Varsity In R & D Link With West Virginia University
The New Delhi-based Automotive Test Systems (ATS) and Amrita University, Coimbatore, have signed an agreement with the West Virginia University to enable automotive research and development in India and the US. ATS, as part of its industry-academia partnership initiative, has already set up a state-of-the art Amrita Automotive Research and Technical Centre (AARTC). Arvind Thiruvengadam,…
IMTEX 2017 Sets New Benchmark, IMTMA Plans For Future Technologies
By APA Bureau The Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers’ Association (IMTMA) is working closely with NITI Aayog and the Union Ministry of Heavy Industries in shaping up the future technological initiatives and R&D efforts for the machine tool industry. Machine tools play an important role in making the Indian manufacturing successful by leveraging capabilities in design,…
ARAI Directs Research To New Trends In Vehicle Technology
By APA Bureau The Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI), the research association of the automotive industry with the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, Government of India, is revamping its research and development works on electric and hybrid-electric vehicles, autonomous vehicles and on vehicles running on alternate fuels like dual fuel , CNG,…