INTRODUCTION Air pollution is one of the prime concerns for global warming and climate change around the world. As per data published by World Health Organization (WHO), 30 Indian cities feature in ...
The newest Ford in town – the Freestyle – is what the company calls a compact utility vehicle or CUV. Based on the Figo platform, Ford India claims the Freestyle is an almost entirely new ...
The new Prius PHV uses a plug-in hybrid system based on the Toyota Hybrid System (THS). Electric driving performance has been greatly enhanced from the original THS for the current Prius without ...
Wiring harnesses used in the automotive industry have been undergoing tremendous development in recent times. To ensure optimum performance of vehicles as well as proper functioning of all electronic ...
The Indian automotive industry is growing rapidly, and is one of the largest in the world. Product design for modern-day automotive manufacturers is an iterative process that requires collaboration ...
With the Indian automotive industry strongly pursuing electromobility – driven by the Central Government’s vision of going all-electric by 2030 – Frost & Sullivan weighs and provides a ...
According to some recent studies, the average car driver in India could be spending as much as 600 hours or more every year in his car, of which up to 5 % of the time may be spent sitting in traffic ...
In its endeavour to be the powertrain supplier of choice, Cummins, the global power and technology leader, is working on developing a broad portfolio of technology capabilities so that it is able to ...
Global warming is a major concern today and countries are joining hands to arrest this alarming threat collectively. At 400 ppm, the earth’s atmosphere has crossed a record level of carbon dioxide ...
RDE legislation has led to a growing number of influencing factors with regard to emission formation. In order to safely stay within the mandatory nitrogen oxide emission limits, the Combustion ...
With the launch of the current Efficient Dynamics engine family, the BMW Group has attached great importance to achieve an extraordinarily favourable relationship across all vehicle segments between ...
According to US National Academy of Science, “Mobility refers to the time and costs required for travel. Mobility is higher when average travel times, variations in travel times, and travel costs ...
If two driven wheels are good, four must be better, right? Well, not always. Most regular sedans and hatchbacks have, for the last 3-4 decades, been front-wheel-drive only and for good reason. On ...
Automated Manual Transmission (AMT) gearboxes have gained immense popularity in India in recent years, and its use in affordable entry-level cars is more prevalent than before. AMTs make sense given ...
The Ford EcoSport was the vehicle that pretty much created the compact SUV segment in India, when it was launched back in 2013. While the vehicle has seen a number of special edition iterations and a ...
In order to meet the automotive industry’s demand for lightweight designs, an intensive effort is being made to develop new types of steel. In turn, this development demands increasingly complex ...
INTRODUCTION Most fleets across the globe provide performance-based incentives to their drivers. It is believed to be a very effective method of encouraging chauffeurs to drive responsibly, while ...
Lithium-ion batteries have become the most common rechargeable batteries for consumer electronics and automotive applications due to their high energy densities, decent power density, relatively high ...
Between 2013 to 2016, the global market for electric scooters and motorcycles grew at an average CAGR of around 3.3 %, going from $ 7,800 mn to $ 8,600 mn in that period. Due to the numerous ...
We have come a long way, in terms of evolution of technology, including wireless communication that has progressed from 1G 17 years ago to 5G, which we will see in the near future. However, the ...
Diesel has been a preferred fuel option for vehicles for decades, owing to its frugal credentials and easy availability across the globe. However, it is also associated with several ill-effects, on ...
Due to increasingly stringent emissions norms and the need for improved fuel efficiency, one option that automotive OEMs are increasingly going in for is engine downsizing. Fewer cylinders and ...
