India’s leading fortnightly B2B Automotive news magazine, Autocar Professional presents the 3rd edition of “The Automotive Forum 2013”a series of B2B forums on the challenges faced by the automotive industry. The theme for the Chennai edition is ‘Evolution of Electric Mobility’.
Not many know that the history of the electric car is almost as old as the conventional car. Due to the development in internal combustion engines and the challenges faced by electric vehicles, the former continued to gain ground during the evolution curve of the automobile industry. Now with growing focus on environment conservation, stringent emission norms and depleting fossil fuel reserves, the Electric Vehicle is back as a serious option for sustainable mobility. The EV industry, now more than ever, is at a critical juncture of its evolution curve. But can electric vehicles be a part of the mainstream industry… how feasible are they as a sustainable mobility solution… is India ready to be an electric vehicle market?
The Automotive forum will debate this and much more. The speakers are:
Chikuya Takada,Head-Product Planning, Nissan Motor India Kartik Gopal, GM – mobility solutions & business development, Mahindra Reva Mohit Arora, Executive Director, JD Power Asia Pacific
Suvojoy Sengupta, MD, Booz & Company (India)
- Chikuya Takada,Head-Product Planning, Nissan Motor India Kartik Gopal, GM – mobility solutions & business development, Mahindra Reva
- Mohit Arora, Executive Director, JD Power Asia Pacific
- Suvojoy Sengupta, MD, Booz & Company (India)
- S.Thalavai Venkatesan, Head-R&D of Business Unit Engine Systems India and System Projects, Continental India
- Vikram Gulati, Director, National Automotive Testing and R&D Infrastructure Project
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