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T’S THE FINAL DAY OF THE 15TH SIAM I Auto Expo and going by the response it looks FINANCING SUMMIT like this will end up being the most visited Auto Expo ever. On Sunday over 100,000 visitors thronged the 14 halls of the Expo and the stream of visitors hardly slowed down with Monday clocking AT AUTO EXPO 2020 over 90,000 visitors. And not without reason! This Auto Expo, more than anything else, showcases ITH BANKING AND NON- the might of the Indian . Mahindra banking financial companies has made a massive statement of its intent to not just W under stress, the automotive assume a leadership role as far as the electrification of finance segment, which has been a major the Indian automotive market goes but also its enabler for the growth of automobile commitment to conventional IC engines. The mStallion manufacturing, needed across the board range of engines has been completely developed deliberations to explore ways and means for in-house and it will not only go into Mahindra vehicles developing a more collaborative ecosystem. brings style and substance but also future SsangYong and Fords. At the other end The first of its kind summit on automobile of the spectrum there’s the Atom EV that is set to financing kick-started the deliberations on to its vans with the new Winger revolutionise last mile connectivity. many pertinent issues faced by the industry Tata Motors also made a massive splash with their owing to economic slowdown. L to R: Mr. Deependra Sharma, senior general manager, Mahindra & Sierra and HBX concepts, the latter of which is going to About 85 per cent of passenger vehicles, Mahindra; Mr. Pankaj Singhal, head- marketing finance, VECV; Mr. Bhuvan Dheer, vice president & head- retail & channel finance, hit the roads very soon. At the other end of their stand 90 per cent of commercial vehicles and 50 ; Mr. Neelesh Arya, head- retail & channel finance, Winger they also had their massive trucks, the Prima range, per cent of two-wheelers are financed in the ; Mr.Rakesh Arora, senior president business manager, now looking even more stylish what with Pratap Bose country and hence financial sector plays an vehicle loans & dealer funding and his styling team working their magic on the design. important role in auto sector growth. The Winger van too has been completely revitalised Currentlythe automobile finance andleasing and now sports Tata Motors’ SUV styling treatment. industry is also going through a churning and I must close by also highlighting the commitment new imperatives are emerging. With this global auto majors are making in the Indian market. background, the summit witnessed Great Wall Motors is investing 1 billion US dollars which participation fromleading minds across includes a full-fledged manufacturing facility while the segments, includingfinance and marketing first fruits of the VW Group’s 1 billion euro investment heads of automobile industry, bankers, is on display in the form of the VW Taigun and Skoda NBFCs, automobile dealers, economists, and Vision IN mid-size SUVs. Go check them out and enjoy many more stakeholders participated in the the last day of the Auto Expo! event. The Chairman of SIAM Finance, Leasing & Insurance Group Mr. Gopal Bansal welcomed L to R: Mr. Kamesh Chaudhary, head- sales & distribution, @SirishChandran [email protected] everyone to the inaugural session of Volkswagen Financial Services; Mr. Sachin Khandelwal, MD& CEO, Automobile Financing Summit. Mamta Projects; Mr. Ajay Sahasrabuddhe, COO, Hero Fincorp; Mr. “The automobile sector contributes 7-8% Arun Malhotra, former managing director, ; Mr. Raman of GDP and is a major employment generator. Aggarwal, Co-Chairman, Finance Industry Development Council Having strong forward and backward linkages (FIDC); Mr. Prasad Salunke, executive vice president, Daimler Financial Services India Pvt. India EDITORIAL with multiple segments, any negative impact Email [email protected] to the automobile sector will have far Website www.evoindia.com / www.fastbikesindia.com reaching impact on the whole manufacturing Project GTO Publishing sector. 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Correspondents Hari Kudchadkar, Sudipto Chaudhury, Manaal Mahatme, The day long deliberations discussed many Suvrat Kothari Senior photographer Rohit G Mane other pertinent issues and industry trends Photographer Sachin S Khot such as the banking system transitioning Chief film maker Alameen Merchant from a local bank, to a network, to a Film maker Aditya G T L to R: Neha Gupta, partner, Boston Consulting Group; Mr.Gopal Editor-at-large Adil Jal Darukhanawala connected ecosystem, and now to digital Contributing editors Byram Godrej, Bansal, whole time director, CFO, SML ; Mr.Rohan Rao, partner, Aniruddha A Rangnekar, Yohann J Setna banking system; impact on two-wheeler KPMG; Mr.Nikunj Sanghi, past president, FADA; Mr. Ajay Srinivasan, Columnists Karun Chandhok segment, future products in terms of SML ISUZU HIROI Pg. 7 Senior art director Aslam Kabeer director- Industry Research, CRISIL; Mr. Avik Chattopadhyay, Image editor Jitendra Chillal subscription based vehicle leasing systems. co-founder, Expereal Senior designer Jayesh Ambekar Video editor Prathmesh Chouhan, Vernon D’Souza BIG

BUSINESS OFFICE RAJESH MENON, DIRECTOR GENERAL, SIAM Email [email protected] General manager - North Vipul Jain said, “On behalf of the entire Auto Expo General manager - West Sujata Dedhia organising team, I would like to take this Dy general manager - South K Srikanth GUNS opportunity to thank all our exhibitors and SUBSCRIPTIONS & DISTRIBUTION consumers who showed keen interest in visiting Email [email protected] Chief general manager Sreekumar R Nair Auto Expo. I would also like to express gratitude Senior managers CN Venkatanarasimman, Devaraju Gowda to our venue and service partners, District Manager - North Ranvir Bisht BLAZING Administration, Greater Noida Authority, Police& MAHINDRA CONTROLLED CIRCULATION by invitation only the Uttar Pradesh state government for all their PRINTING help and support in making the Auto Expo – The SHOWCASES Chroma Print and Pack B-256, Phase-1, Naraina Industrial Area, New Delhi - 110028 Motor Show 2020, a great success.” ITS FLEET OF CVS AT THE EXPO

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HALL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON E9 CITY BUS 10 CLEAN MASS RECYCLING & CIRCULAR ECONOMY MOBILITY IN AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR JBM Auto introduce two electric buses, Eco-

N THE SUBSET OF THE 15TH Life e9 and e12, at the Auto Expo 2020 I Auto Expo,Society of Indian AUTO ART Automobile Manufacturers BM AUTO HAS LAUNCHED catalyst. Today countries across the globe (SIAM) under the patronage of Ministry of J two mass mobility electric are embarking on creating sustainable EV The Cartist exhibit Environment, Forest & Climate Change and buses, the Eco-life e9 and the policies and if India achieves the FAME-II has a section for Ministry of Steel organized an International e12 at the Auto Expo 2020. The company targets it will be amongst the top three Conference on ‘Recycling and Circular will produce these buses at its countries in the world, in terms of the furniture made Economy in Automotive sector’ today to manufacturing unit in Faridabad, that has a number of e-vehicles. This will also with unused car showcase the circularity of materials in capacity to churn out 2000 buses annually. generate around 10 million jobs and open parts, and we’re automotive sector and establish a ‘cradle These new buses have a range of many avenues for direct and indirect to cradle’ model aimed at eliminating 125-150km and the Eco-Life comes with employment in the e-mobility space and drooling! waste through recycling and reuse of an electronic braking system and a unique allied sectors.” end-of-life vehicles. electric drive system. JBM also looks after He further added, “Eco-Life e9 expands S PART OF CARTIST’S This conference was held in an attempt battery technology and charging our electric bus portfolio further with its motto of using the to highlight the continual utilization of infrastructure required to run these elder sibling e12 that was launched in the A unused, their section resources replacing the traditional linear vehicles. One of the claims JBM has made last Auto Expo. The Eco-Life series has which has furniture on display economy, which envisages a ‘Take, Make, is that the Eco-life zero-emissions vehicle been designed and localised keeping the caught our eye. It features everything Dispose’ model of production, which is in (ZEV) saves around 1000 tonnes of government’s Make in India vision. We from tables with legs made out of line with the draft National Resource carbondioxide and 3.5 lakh litres of diesel have also conceptualised the ‘Well to springs and the top made from tyre Efficiency Policy 2019, ELV Guidelines and over the operation life cycle of 10 years. Wheel’ concept of e-mobility in-house i.e. rubber to office chairs made from Recycling Guidelines issued by the These buses can be adapted to myriad solutions ranging right from clean energy the front seat of a car and even Government of India. uses, and can be used in different generation to green energy consumption.” lamps. One of the best pieces in our On this occasion, Mr Rajesh Menon, geographic regions. Public transport and mass mobility opinion, was a bench made out of Director General, SIAM said, “The circular Nishant Arya, executive director, JBM solutions are the best places to start the the bumper of an old Mercedes. For economy envisages continual utilization of Group, said, “We have a long journey to shift to electric powertrains. In addition to a petrolhead who is looking to do up resources replacing the traditional linear ensure zero-emission public transport fleet taxis, electric buses could go a long his house, there is no better place to economy, which envisages a ‘Take, Make, solutions and electric buses would be a way in cleaning up our cities. go, especially since all the pieces you Dispose’ model of production. The idea of see are up for sale! But hurry, these national policy is to drive the country to a are one-off pieces and won’t be green manufacturing to increase the usage around for too long! of six hours of sustainability and secondary TRAVELLER ELECTRIC raw material.” BRUTE FORCE HALL Force Motors step into the future with their 11 T1N van platform, Traveller Electric and new monocoque buses

UNE-BASED FORCE MOTORS commercial vehicles are expected to be have been in the headlines value for money propositions, comparable P quite often lately. They recently to the ones offered in the USA and Europe. unveiled their T1N shared mobility Also on showcase was the electric version platform and at the Auto Expo 2020, the of their flagship Traveller. The brand sells brand put forth a formidable display of thousands of Travellers every month and commercial vehicles based on three its all-electric iteration heralds a new era all-new platforms. for the iconic vehicle in 2020. The monocoque construction, the company world producing engines ranging from One of the major showcases was of Traveller’s electric motor produces 161bhp claims that these buses are lighter and 150hp to 1050hp for premium brands like course the T1N platform, that has been and it has a seating capacity of 13, structurally stronger than rival buses, the Mercedes, BMW and Rolls-Royce developed for both, ICE drivetrains and 100 excluding the driver. offering superior fuel economy. They will Power Systems. These engines were also per cent electric ones as well. The platform The brand also showcased two buses be available in 51-seater and 33-seater showcased at the Auto Expo 2020. Expect has been developed for global markets, built on a modular monocoque platform configurations. the brand to shell out production versions especially for Middle East, Africa, ASEAN, that was entirely developed in-house by Another notable aspect about Force of the vehicles based on the T1N platform and South America where T1N based the company’s R&D team. Thanks to the Motors is that it’s the only company in the towards the end of 2020.

Mr. Satyakam Arya, MD and CEO, Daimler India Commercial Vehicles; Mr. Anshuman Singhania, Deputy MD, JK Tyre& Industries; Mr. VK Misra, Technical Director, JK Tyre& Industries; Mr. SrinivasuAllaphan, Director - Sales & Marketing, JK Tyre& Industries along with other company officials at JK Tyre Exhibit in Auto Expo 2020

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ITIN GADKARI, UNION width. It also gets multiple USB ports, and rear, it gets MacPherson struts with coil EBUZZ Minister for Road Transport & WINGER lap belts for all seats. The Winger is driven springs up front. N Highways, Shipping and MSME, by a 2.2-litre Dicor engine that makes Another highlight at Tata Motors is the OLECTRA-BYD unveiled Olectra-BYD’s C9, India’s first 100bhp and 190Nm, mated to a five-speed new Prima 5530.S facelift. The industrial electric inter-city coach. The long-distance gearbox. It is a front-wheel drive system load-lugger gets a new cabin, updated Intercity Electric Bus gets a seating for better traction, better NVH and lower front fascia and restyled exterior. It gets a capacity of between 45-49 depending on weight. While it gets leaf springs at the 6.7-litre diesel engine, that puts out the configuration. The 12-metre C9 can 300bhp and 1100Nm. In addition to this, UNVEILS THE C9 travel up to 300km in a single charge with Tata has showcased its entire range of Travel in style in the C9, India’s first a lithium-ion phosphate battery with fast BS6-ready commercial vehicles. charging capability, allowing it to be fully HALL inter-city electric luxury bus charged within three hours. The C9 offers comfortable luxury push 14 K6 back seats and comes with an C9 infotainment system, Wi-Fi for all passengers and in-built USB chargers for IT WILL DO each seat. It also gets 5 cubic metres of luggage space. Olectra-BYD’s latest WELL TO GIVE offering can travel up to 300km on a single THE WINGER charge, with a power output of 360kW and a top speed in excess of 100kmph. A DISTINCT WINGS TO FLY IDENTITY Tata Motors showcases the new Winger NK Rawal, Managing Director, Olectra Greentech, said, “Olectra-BYD has been alongside all its BS6 commercial vehicles HALL spearheading the adoption of electric 11 vehicles in the country with focus not only ATA MOTORS SHOWED THAT the Winger a distinct identity. The new to ‘Make in India’ but also ‘Made for India’, it is really getting serious about Winger has a lot going for it. It gets a to meet the increasing requirements of T vans again, and has showcased car-like cockpit, with a gearshift indicator OLECTRA- our diversity in the landscape and terrain the new Winger at its pavilion. It gets fresh to make sure driving is easy and more of the country.” design, lots of features and tech to make it importantly, economical. There is even an BYD'S C9 CAN The buses are manufactured in India by a more appealing product now. Eco switch to enhance economy further. Olectra Greentech in a tie-up with BYD The styling has very obviously been The Winger also boasts of a rear park TRAVEL 300KM Auto Industry Co Ltd, the world’s largest carried over from Tata Motors’ passenger assist system to make managing its size ON A SINGLE electric vehicle company. Olectra-BYD also vehicles arm, with the bumper-integrated easier. For the passengers, it is loaded with showcased the eBuzz city bus and the K6 headlamps and DRLs near the grille. It is features like individual AC vents and seats CHARGE mini-bus at the Auto Expo 2020. bold and imposing, and will do well to give that slide horizontally for better shoulder

LONG WITH THE ABUNDANCE SML HIROI of EVs at the Auto Expo 2020, A Mahindra also showcased its heavy vehicle lineup, comprising of the HEAVY HITTERS SML ISUZU Blazo X heavy truck, Bolero Maxitruck pick-up, Cruzio bus and Furio medium We get a look at Mahindra’s lineup of goods- and people-movers SML Isuzu showcase their new series of BS6 capacity hauler. compliant buses and trucks, now with Starting off with the Blazo X, which is the Blazo X is Mahindra’s BS6-compliant FURIO Mahindra’s flagship long-distance haulage 7.2-litre mPower FuelSmart diesel engine, better convenience and safety features model in the sub-49 tonne category, it is good for 274bhp and a peak torque of offered in cabin and chassis vehicle 950Nm arriving at an efficiency-friendly ML ISUZU LTD HAS BEEN switch for every seat. While the Hiroi bus options, with varying capacities of 28, 35, 1100-1700rpm. The Blazo X has a fuel tank present in India since 1985 and makes 113bhp and 400Nm of torque, the 42 and 49 tonnes, which was displayed. capacity is 415 litres with a separate S is the first company to rest come with same state of tune – Similar to most high-capacity haulers, the 50-litre tank for AdBlue. manufacture and supply state-of-the-art 101bhp and 310Nm of torque. The Samrat Blazo X gets a cabin that tilts up to access Next was the duo of buses – the MAHINDRA and fully built buses, ambulances and GS and Sartaj GS trucks also come with an the engine. The cabin also includes a 42-seater Cruzio and 65-seater Cruzio customised vehicles. The Auto Expo 2020 advanced telematics feature christened sleeper berth behind the seats. Powering Grande, both of which share the brand’s SHOWCASED was an opportune moment for the brand SML Saarthi, that provides real time ITS CV LINEUP to showcase the next generation of vehicle location, service reminder, trip cleaner and more efficient CVs for India. report and emergency support. BLAZO X 49 HALL AT THE AUTO At the India Expo Mart in Greater Noida, SML Isuzu’s portfolio includes a series of HALL SAMRAT GS 11 SML Isuzu’s line-up included the Hiroi bus, multi-purpose buses alongside a range of EXPO 2020 BH series school bus and two high-load trucks and special application vehicles. 10 carrying capacity trucks, the Sartaj GS and trademark MDi 3.5-litre diesel engine, the Samrat GS among others. All these CRUZIO making 140bhp and 525Nm. A retuned vehicles are powered by the same four version of the same engine is used by the cylinder, 3455cc BS6 diesel engine albeit in brand’s Furio truck, although in this case it different states of tune. makes 138bhp and 500Nm. Mahindra The Hiroi touring bus was the highlight displayed the Furio in container guise, at the SMl Isuzu stand as it offers a slew of though it is also available in open cargo features like reclining seats with armrests (HSD) and refrigerated (reefer) options. and seatbelts, grab handles and bottle THE HIROI Also on display was the brand’s Bolero holders, USB and Bluetooth connectivity, maxitruck pick-up, a variant of the two LCD screen for movies, individual AC BUS WAS THE decade-strong Bolero badge, and a staple louvers, LED reading lamps and USB ports in India’s small towns. The Bolero for every seat among others. The bus HIGHLIGHT AT maxitruck, with a payload of 1200kg, uses scores high on safety as well with two THE SML ISUZU an m2DiCR 2.5-litre inline-four diesel emergency exit roof hatches, emergency engine making 62bhp and 195Nm. exit door, parking sensors and a panic STAND

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