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www.autotechreview.com June 2014 | Volume 3 | Issue 6 NOW, ALSO AVAILABLE ON It’s on 14 INTERVIEW Rafiq Somani, Country Sales Manager, ANSYS India 18 TECHNOLOGY FORESIGHT Electronic Vehicle Identification: Towards Enabling Intelligent Transportation System in India 60 NEW VEHICLE Triumph Speed Triple — Technology Legacy Retained TWO-WHEELERS — PERSPECTIVES ON FUTURE TECHNOLOGY POWERED BY MM Auto_New_ with new logo.indd 1 24-04-2014 10:11:38 EDITORIAL NEED FOR SPEED! Dear Reader, The election jamboree of India has finally culminated with Narendra Modi taking over as the nation’s 15th Prime Minister, with a mandate that gives him a great chance to bring about the “change” Indians are seeking. How much he succeeds will be judged over time, as he has himself sought to come out with a report card five years hence. Nonetheless, he seems to have set the right priorities for a turnaround India so desperately needs – remove hurdles for growth, contain inflation, ensure swift policy roll-outs and make the bureaucracy accountable. Infrastructure, education, health, energy and water are the major thrust areas that have been identified. How the overall Indian economy progresses would certainly depend on the rightful implementation of measures in all these areas, and more. Once considered a sunshine sector of the Indian economy, the automotive industry is in urgent need of policies that help regain its lost mojo. There is a glimmer of hope among most insiders we have spoken to. But these are early days, and what steps are envisaged for the industry would help form any further opinion on its likely revitalisation. The following is not an exhaustive, but indicative, list of our expectation from PM Modi and his team: 1. On taxation: Retain the existing excise duty structure for the time being; earliest implementation of GST. 2. On finance: lower interest rates for vehicle financing to benefit customers. 3. On infrastructure: reinvigorate road construction – both highways and rural roads; build more ports to encourage exports; ensure adequate power. 4. On transportation: boost transportation options in both urban and rural areas; build inter-modal connectivity in urban areas; introduce new forms of transportation technologies to decongest cities. 5. On energy: assign utmost importance to alternative fuels across bio, solar, gas and electric platforms. 6. On labour laws: renegotiate the archaic labour laws that exist in the country. 7. On R&D: provide aggressive R&D push towards viable, greener, sustainable automotive technologies. Offer long-term incentives to encourage investments on research. 8. On collaboration: build a robust government-industry-academia collaboration to further our capabilities in science and technology. Here’s hoping policy making catches speed, sooner. DEEPANGSHU DEV SARMAH Editor-in-Chief New Delhi, June 2014 @deepangshu autotechreview.com June 2014 Volume 3 | Issue 6 1 COVER STORY TWO-WHEELER — PERSPECTIVES ON FUTURE TECHNOLOGY 24, 30, 36, 40, 42 | The numbers India generates for two-wheeler sales as the global leader are mind- boggling and equally interesting is the wide mix of two-wheelers found here. All segments of two- wheelers, right from 75 cc mopeds to hyper bikes, sell and continue to grow as well. At the same time, from a global perspective, companies in this space are investing in future technologies such as fuel cells and active safety. In this issue, Auto Tech Review takes a look at the key trends and technical developments in the two-wheeler space, both in India and outside. GUEST COMMENTARY 12 Indian Forging Industry Seeks Opportunities in Non-Auto Sector Asheet Pasricha, President, Association of Indian Forging Industry INTERVIEW 14 “Followers Complain, Leaders Create Competitive Advantages” Rafiq Somani , Country Sales Manager, ANSYS India Ducati 821 2 CONTENTS NEWS COVER STORY SHOPFLOOR 4 Interactions 24 Air-Cooled Fuel Cell System 56 Prayag Polytech – Fuelling Growth 10 News In Hybrid Scooter with Local Technology Kengo Ikeya, Toru Eguchi, Kazuhiko Mizutani, Tohru Ohta NEW VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY FORESIGHT 30 Historical Perspective of BMW 60 Triumph Speed Triple — 18 Electronic Vehicle Identification: Motorrad One-Cylinder Engines Technology Legacy Retained Towards Enabling Intelligent Wolfgang Mattes, Josef Miritsch Transportation System in India DECODING TECHNOLOGY 36 Adaptive Xenon Headlamp for Motorcycles 64 Mobility for the Masses Hubert Schuhleitner, Erwin Mosch Arun Jaura 40 Small Engine Starter Kit for Better Performance Efficiency OTHERS Johannes Huchzermeier 01 Editorial 42 Harley-Davidson Street 750 — 03 Imprint Small on Price, Big on Tech Arpit Mahendra TECHNOLOGY 46 Optimising Piezoelectric Energy Harvester in Car Tyres Nandita Roche 50 Mercedes-Benz S-Class — Setting Future in Motion FOLLOW US ON @autotechreview1 COVER FIGURE © BMW Motorrad IMPRINT Editorial & Business Office: Editor-in-Chief: Deepangshu Dev Sarmah Publisher & Managing Director: Springer India Pvt Ltd [email protected] / @deepangshu Sanjiv Goswami 7th Floor | Vijaya Building | 17, Barakhamba Road Principal Correspondent: Arpit Mahendra For Editorial Contribution, write to the Editor-in-Chief at New Delhi – 110001 | India [email protected] / @arpitmahendra3 [email protected] + 91 11 4575 5888 (P) | +91 11 4575 5889 (F) Senior Correspondent: Naveen Arul (Bangalore) For Advertisements, write to Deputy Manager – Ad Sales at Auto Tech Review (ATR) is a monthly magazine focussed on automotive technology, and appears 12 times a year. 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[email protected] [email protected] ©2013, Auto Tech Review Manager – Events: Chanakya Mehta [email protected] Design & Production: Bharat Bhushan Upadhyay [email protected] INTERACTION SOGEFI-MNR SOGEFI-MNR | DAWNING UPON A NEW ERA OF COLLECTIVE GROWTH Early in April this year, two Indian subsidiaries of technology in the Indian market, and that is a very three critical areas of innovation – materials, inte- the Sogefi Group merged as a part of the Italian healthy sign for the future. gration and processes. The primary material in fil- company’s global strategy of integrating its indus- Sogefi first entered India through a 60:40 joint tration is paper, and obviously, there are different trial businesses, technologies and people in the venture with the Manepally family in Bangalore in kinds of papers that can be utilised and are being engine systems business sector. Sogefi-MNR Filtra- November, 2008. SystèmesMoteurs, on the other experimented with. The group is also focussed on tion India, a joint venture between Sogefi and Ban- hand, was a 100 % subsidiary of Sogefi. becoming a system integrator by combining differ- galore-based MNR Filtration, has now been merged The merger meanwhile, was brought about ent products and technologies. The third aspect is with SystèmesMoteurs India to form a new entity to ensure the best synergies between the two processes, including the welding process of plas- called Sogefi-MNR Engine Systems India. companies that would lead to a larger product tics, for instance. Fiocchi confirmed the group has This new company would aim at capitalising portfolio and introduction of newer technologies multiple patents on welding systems. on the success achieved in the filtration business in India. Sogefi owns 70 % stake in the newly In the filtration area particularly, the primary by both partners, and try and replicate that in the formed company, with the Manepally family direction is towards reducing fuel consumption and engine air management and air cooling segments. holding the rest. weight. Replacing metal with plastics has helped Headquartered in Milan, Italy, Sogefi is a leading “With the right mix of products, right customers reach most of the desired objectives for Sogefi, and global supplier of filtration systems, flexible sus- in right places, and having plants in the right loca- its customers. In North America, for example, most pension components, air management and engine tions, you can play a bigger game,” said Fiocchi. of the OEMs were using steel for their oil cartridge, cooling systems. In 2011, Sogefi had acquired Naturally, it also allows access to each other’s cus- and Sogefi has been successful in helping two of SystèmesMoteurs. tomer base across vehicle verticals. Sogefi current- the big three OEMs to move to plastic. Fiocchi ex- “This JV has worked beautifully for both of us ly has business footprint in 21 countries across four plained, “That has resulted not just in cost saving, because we have access to the best technology in continents, with 43 production

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