As supply chains move from efficiency-led models to resilience-led ecosystems, Daimler India Commercial Vehicles is using India’s manufacturing, engineering and supplier capabilities to support both domestic requirements and a growing global mandate. The DICV shift is strategic and driving the industry at large, writes Ashish Bhatia. Every truck carries within it a chain of decisions spanning engineering, sourcing, supplier capability,[Read More…]
A Marathi proficiency drive for autorickshaw and taxi drivers is moving from classrooms towards compliance. But on the ground, the exercise is raising a larger question, write Upendra Kasbekar, Niharika Singh and Sahil Kesari. For a city that rarely stops moving, the autorickshaw is often the most immediate link between a passenger and the rest of Mumbai’s transport network. A[Read More…]
Commercial vehicles represent a mere two to three per cent of India’s total vehicle parc, yet they shoulder a staggering burden: nearly 40 per cent of all vehicular pollution. While many acknowledge this stark disparity, few have dared to build an entire founding premise upon it, writes Ashish Bhatia. In April 2023, Dheeraj Jhawar, Debasis Mohanty, and Sandeep Agarwal founded[Read More…]
The first batch of the total 260 Montra Electric Rhino 5538 EV trucks was flagged off. The deployment will help establish one of India’s longest electrified freight corridors, writes Richa Tyagi. The electrification of India’s heavy-duty freight is expanding commercially. At the forefront is Montra Electric, the clean mobility arm of the Murugappa Group. Montra Electric recently deployed 65 heavy[Read More…]
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