www.autotechreview.com November 2015 | Volume 4 | Issue 11 NOW, ALSO AVAILABLE ON It’s on 14 INTERVIEW Gérard Detourbet, Managing Director of the Renault-Nissan Alliance A-Segment Development Unit 18 STUDY Emerging Trends, Technologies in The Automotive Sector 60 NEW VEHICLE Maruti Baleno Raises the Heat in the Premium B-Segment FUEL INJECTION SYSTEMS UPCOMING TRENDS & SOLUTIONS POWERED BY EDITORIAL PATENT TRENDS Dear Readers, At the SIAM annual convention in September this year, Takeshi Uchiyamada, Chairman of Toyota Motor Corporation offered interesting insights into the development of the world’s first mass-produced hybrid vehicle, the Prius. During the development stages of the first-gen Prius, Toyota had filed for 530 patents, which subsequently grew to over 2,000 systems and components on the Prius itself. In recent years, Tesla Motors has been leading the patent drive in electromobility. Then, there are the traditional German, American, French and Japanese manufacturers and suppli- ers, who continue to introduce cutting-edge innovations. And let’s not forget the rapid num- ber of innovations Hyundai Motor Company are patenting. A Thomson Reuters analysis released in early 2015 reported that patents on new propulsion technology jumped from under 2,000 patents filed in 2009 to nearly 12,000 by July 2014, in- dicating that propulsion technologies continue to drive most of the innovations in the auto- motive world. Other areas that have seen a surge in patents include batteries, infotainment, navigation, telematics, digital data processing, autonomous driving and safety. Interestingly, many of these patents are being filed by technology giants such as Samsung, Google, Microsoft and Apple – companies that are fast changing the way the world viewed cars. As per data released by SmartUp Legal, Samsung has filed for 510 automobile-related patents in the past decade, followed by Google with 308, Microsoft with 222, and Apple with 83. But these are very small numbers compared to the traditional automotive players. Thomson Reuters also reported that Toyota was assigned over 7,000 patent in the five year period. Japan, incidentally, has four other companies in the top 10 list, the other being Hon- da, Denso, Seiko Epson and Mitsubishi, making it the most for any country. South Korean Hyundai has seen the steepest climb to the top 10, from under 500 in 2010 to the third posi- tion in 2014. The company reportedly filed for over 1,200 patents in 2013 alone. It is heartening to note that all the key players in the Indian automotive industry are actively filing patent applications, but the numbers are still very small. The situation calls for more focus and investments on research, engineering, and technology development. DEEPANGSHU DEV SARMAH Editor-in-Chief New Delhi, November 2015 @deepangshu autotechreview.com November 2015 Volume 4 | Issue 11 1 COVER STORY FUEL INJECTION SYSTEMS — UPCOMING TRENDS & SOLUTIONS 24, 30, 36 | What goes in comes out and in an internal combustion engine if fuel doesn’t go in properly, it won’t come out clean. One of the key factors for determining power, economy, efficiency and refinement is the way the fuel goes into the cylinders of the engine, a process known as injection. Fuel injection in diesel and petrol engines have witnessed a host of new technologies to ensure better performance overall. With the advent of newer fuels such as gas and bio-fuels, injection technology too is adapting. In this issue, Auto Tech Review takes a look at the present and upcoming technical trends in the area of fuel injection. 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Interior linings for commercial ment panels, consoles & cockpits, flooring & vehicles, for instance, have been made using jute, acoustic systems, headliner & overhead systems, making them substantially lighter than many and interior & exterior components, IAC is present polypropylene woodstock-based products. The only in over 100 locations in 22 countries, and is the additional component that these require, Gandhe largest automotive interiors components and pointed out, is some sort of fabric or vinyl cover- systems supplier in the world. It has been growing ing to protect an occupant’s feet from the coarse- at a frantic pace globally, with its sales growing ness of natural fibres. over 10-fold in the past seven years to $ 5.9 bn in To cater to the ever-growing demands of 2014. Although this is largely a result of acquisi- weight reduction and efficiency, IAC has also de- tions the company has done in North America, veloped a hybrid technology, combining natural Europe and Asia, IAC’s growth has also come fibre and injection-moulded plastics. “Natural through substantial investments in innovation fibre products are compression-moulded, which and technology development. means you’re unable to integrate attachments The biggest concerns for the industry as into them. Attachments are required to be glued well as consumers today are either driven by or welded to the part. In the technology we’ve consumer requirements or by regulations, said developed, the part can be compression-mould- The International Automotive Components (IAC) Gandhe. And hence, a lot of focus is on devel- ed, which is then put into an injection moulding Group made its foray into the Indian market in oping solutions to address safety, comfort, aes- tool, and the attachments are injection-moulded 2008, roughly two years after the company was thetics and lightweighting. on the back side,” explained Gandhe. The hybrid built from the former global interiors divisions of In fact, most of IAC’s products are developed technology is yet to be introduced in India, but Lear and Collins & Aikman in 2006. Clearly, India with an objective to save weight for its custom- Gandhe said this might find acceptance in areas was right at the top of IAC’s global agenda from ers, Gandhe said. One of the key changes that such as pillar trims and doors. the word go. have become quite standard world over is re- Seven years since then, the company has placement of metal with plastic. A lot of metal ROUND-UP made significant inroads into vehicle pro- structures behind the dashboard, for instance, grammes for manufacturers across segments, are being replaced by plastic structures. And so IAC’s technical centre in Pune makes a substan- and counts India as a market with the most solid are metal structures behind door panels. On the tial contribution to the company’s India busi- fundamentals for future growth. The market may other hand, components used to cut down NVH ness. The centre undertakes the complete de- have been subdued for the last couple of years, (noise, vibration and harshness) add a signifi- signing and engineering work of IAC’s products but the signs of revival are visible, said Gajanan cant amount of weight to the vehicle, whether for India.