Friday 25 January 2013

Maruti Suzuki developing petrol – electric hybrid car for India


Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL), the country’s favourite passenger car maker, is considering working on India’s first compact hybrid vehicle, which will be offered in both electric and petrol powered options. After ruling domestic scene for decades, the company’s seems to be taking on an ambitious new challenge.
As per the company’s top officials, the company’s new petrol and electric hybrid car project is still in early stages and a precise timeline cannot be provided at the moment. However, the two senior officers affirmed that Maruti Suzuki is seriously mulling over the possibility of the hybrid design along with its market viability for the Indian audience. The petrol – electric hybrid car project is extremely different than the usual assignments undertaken by the company.
The latest development from Maruti Suzuki could change the company’s brand and market perception among its domestic clientele and the entire automotive industry. The company’s renowned all over the world for its conventional and affordable small cars with absolutely no history of developing modern and cutting-edge technologies laden concept vehicles. Further, Maruti Suzuki has always neglected the market viability of electric vehicles in the country and has always stood firm and believed in its own petrol fuelled product portfolio. Accordingly, the new petrol and electric hybrid seem like a coming-of-age thing for Maruti Suzuki, as it intends to focus on previously ignored areas and take on new challenges along the way as well.
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Audi to Make Fuel Using Solar Power


he automaker is using technology from SolarFuel to make renewable methane for natural-gas vehicles.
By Kevin Bullis on January 25, 2013
Audi is building a plant that will use solar and wind power to make methane from water and carbon dioxide. The plant, which will use technology developed by Stuttgart, Germany-based SolarFuel, is scheduled to start operation later this year. It will produce enough methane to power 1,500 of Audi’s new natural-gas vehicles, which also go on sale this year.
SolarFuel’s process uses excess renewable energy generated as a result of Germany’s push to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. There’s now so much renewable energy in Germany that supply sometimes exceeds demand—such as when the wind is blowing late at night. That power could be cheap enough to make methane from water and carbon dioxide, even though the process for doing so is inefficient.
SolarFuel says its approach may be a solution to one of the biggest challenges with renewable energy—its variability. Methane, which can be stored in existing natural-gas storage facilities, provides a convenient, long-term option for storing the energy.
To make the methane, SolarFuel combines two existing technologies. One is electrolysis, which splits water to produce hydrogen and oxygen. The other is methanation, which combines hydrogen with carbon from carbon dioxide to make methane. The company says its innovation lies in the way it’s combined the two processes.
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Green News : Diesel price hikes make solar power attractive option


NEW DELHI: Rising petroleum prices are expected to benefit renewable energy solution providers as commercial establishments that use diesel generator sets for their captive requirements may find solar powerattractive.
The city gas distribution (CGD) players too expect commercial establishments to switch from diesel to piped natural gas in the areas where power supply is unreliable.
Several commercial establishments are now switching to solar solutions for their captive power needs as cost of solar modules is falling and the installation cost can be recovered within five years, industry officials said.
According to Megawatt Solutions CEO Siddharth Malik, “Every square meter of concentrated solar thermal collector can replace up to 200 litres of diesel annually.” Megawatt Solutions, in partnership with the renewable energy ministry, has a 0.5 mw project in Gurgaon, which provides a hybrid solution by integrating solar-thermal with fossil fuel. “The discounted payback time of a hybrid system can be about 2-3 years and is getting shorter with further diesel price hike,” said Malik.

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Friday 18 January 2013

Article: Electric Cars: Success by a Different Route

Article: Electric Cars: Success by a Different Route

Pure electric cars are a disaster. On-road pure electric cars continue to sell at a level barely above one quarter of the sales of pure electric golf cars or a tenth of pure electric forklifts. Those golf cars are profitable but in a saturated market and, because that business is going nowhere, Ingersoll Rand is thinking of selling subsidiary Club Car, according to the Wall Street Journal. Club Car is the world’s largest golf car manufacturer. It appears that Ingersoll Rand has too many lackluster subsidiaries and too little synergy between them according to activist investors. However, that is a pleasant world compared to pure electric on-road cars with over 100 companies missing plan while heroically absorbing Olympian losses, some even selling the cars at less than the cost of the traction battery alone.

Article: Manufacturing revival ….Gandhian Engineering calls for great moves

Article: Manufacturing revival ;.Gandhian Engineering calls for great moves

Thursday 17 January 2013

Article: Manufacturing revival

Article: Manufacturing revival



Prof. C K Prahalad
Prof. C K Prahalad
‘The New Age of Innovation  ‘ by  Prof. C K Prahalad & Prof.M S Krishnan  – is the answer to Manufacturing Competency in India
The book argues that “the industrial system as we know it, has been morphing for some time. Now it may have reached an inflection point. Prahalad and Krishnan outline the approach that firms in the new economy must take to survive and become successful. The previous choice between low cost and differentiation is rarely the chief strategic choice anymore, firms must achieve what     Prahalad and Krishnan call N=1 and R=G.
N=1 states that “value is based on unique, personalized experiences of consumers.” That is, even companies serving 100 million consumers need to focus on individuals.
   N=1 requires companies to focus on the importance of individual customer experiences and tailor their product accordingly. It requires that companies have resilient, dynamic and flexible business processes. They also emphasize the importance of strong analytics which allow management to discover trends and unique opportunities and enable the company to engage in product co-creation with  their consumer base’’

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Event: Next Generation Batteries 2013 April 30 – May 1, 2013 Hilton Boston Back Bay Boston,

Event: Next Generation Batteries 2013 April 30 – May 1, 2013 Hilton Boston Back Bay Boston,

Mahindra names its next generation, electric vehicle as ‘e2o’

Mahindra names its next generation, electric vehicle as ‘e2o’

Download Book: Understanding Electric bikes for students and enthusiasts

Download Book: Understanding Electric bikes for students and enthusiasts


The book is useful for students, enthusiasts, dealers, service technicians, and all other who like to explore the concept of electric bikes.
The book gives much of practical and technical details for electric bikes in India. Hence who ever want to know technical details and
current electric bike products in India can purchase this. The topic includes
1. Electric bike market in India
2. Understanding the electric cycle components
3. Understanding the electric scooter components
4. Component level understanding
5. Various value added features of electric bike controllers
6. BLDC Hub motor and controller
7. Various electric components in Electric bike
8. Trouble shooting techniques for service personal and dealers
9. Various articles on electric bikes
Total number of pages: 24. No doubt you won’t get disappointed.

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2nd China International New Energy Vehicles Forum 2013 March 27th-29th, Shanghai China

2nd China International New Energy Vehicles Forum 2013 March 27th-29th, Shanghai China

2nd China International New Energy Vehicles Forum 2013 March 27th-29th, Shanghai China

2nd China International New Energy Vehicles Forum 2013 March 27th-29th, Shanghai China


Thursday 10 January 2013

Download Book: Understanding Electric bikes for students and enthusiasts

Download Book: Understanding Electric bikes for students and enthusiasts



The book is useful for students, enthusiasts, dealers, service technicians, and all other who like to explore the concept of electric bikes.
The book gives much of practical and technical details for electric bikes in India. Hence who ever want to know technical details and
current electric bike products in India can purchase this. The topic includes
1. Electric bike market in India
2. Understanding the electric cycle components
3. Understanding the electric scooter components
4. Component level understanding
5. Various value added features of electric bike controllers
6. BLDC Hub motor and controller
7. Various electric components in Electric bike
8. Trouble shooting techniques for service personal and dealers
9. Various articles on electric bikes
Total number of pages: 24. No doubt you won’t get disappointed.

Buy the book and download instantaneously

Mahindra names its next generation, electric vehicle as ‘e2o’

Mahindra names its next generation, electric vehicle as ‘e2o’


Mahindra names its next generation, electric vehicle as ‘e2o
The Mahindra e2o showcases Mahindra Group’s Vision of the ‘Future of Mobility’
e2o 
Mumbai, January 7, 2013 — Mahindra Reva Electric Vehicles Pvt. Ltd., a part of the US $15.9 billion Mahindra Group, today named its next generation, future ready, electric car as the ‘Mahindra e2o’. The Mahindra e2o is the manifestation of Mahindra Group’s vision of the ‘Future of Mobility’, which was revealed earlier this year by Group Chairman Anand Mahindra. It involves the creation of future-ready vehicles that meet the 5 C’s framework of – Clean, Convenient, Connected, Clever and Cost Effective. The Mahindra e2o is the first step in the creation of an entire electric vehicle value chain and ecosystem by the Mahindra Group.
Pronounced as ‘Ee-too-oh’, the electric vehicle has undergone extensive testing, validation and has been certified as road worthy in India. The Mahindra e2o is slated to be launched soon and will be produced at Mahindra Reva’s recently inaugurated plant in Bengaluru. This is India’s first platinum certified automobile plant and has a rated capacity of 30,000 cars per annum.
Started under the project code name NXR, the Mahindra e2o is ‘Powered by Reva’, benefiting from Mahindra Reva’s extensive experience in electric cars.
The Mahindra e2o has been named keeping in mind the overall Mahindra Reva philosophy of “inspired by orange to go green” for sustainable living. The ‘e’ in Mahindra e2o stands for the energy of the Sun which is abundant and clean. The ‘2’ pronounced as ‘to’ signifies the connected technologies in the car, while ‘o’, represents ‘Oxygen’, the life force that sustains all of our existence on Planet Earth. Thus, the name in its totality is a testimony to the Mahindra Group’s commitment to a cleaner environment for our planet.
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