Google, Ford
Motor, Volvo Cars, and ride-sharing services Uber and Lyft have formed a
coalition to help speed up self-driving cars to the market. The Self-Driving
Coalition for Safer Streets says that it will work with policymakers,
regulators and the public to realise the safety benefits of self-driving cars.
The latter are considered safer and could become ubiquitous in the near future.
That would be a huge boon to the public. According to the National Crime
Records Bureau in India, road accidents claimed more than 16 lives every hour
on an average in 2014.
But safety is only one aspect
of the issue. Driverless cars are already driving massive disruptions in the
automobile industry. With tech companies such as Google and even Apple getting
into the car manufacturing game, the automobile industry as we know it may
cease to exist. Take for example Tesla, which is focussed on manufacturing
electric cars. Its sister company SpaceX makes space rockets. All of these
changes portend three stages that will completely transform the way people get
around. First, taxi-hailing and ride-sharing services are already challenging
the need for private cars – a trend which is likely to become increasingly
prominent.
Second, electric cars are
slated to become progressively affordable, faster and more practical. This will
also have the added benefit of drastically reducing air pollution. And third,
driverless cars will make driving obsolete much like smartphones have replaced
traditional cameras. Of course, before one can actually order a ride on a
driverless car through a smartphone cities themselves have to become smart.
Which brings us back to India and its potholed roads that are a challenge even
for the best of drivers. Satellites may guide driverless cars, but what should
one do if bovine livestock decide to block the highway? In that sense, can
Google cars really compete with India’s bullock carts?
The automotive sector,
comprising of the automobile and
auto component sub sectors, is one of the key segments of the economy having
extensive forward and backward linkages with other key segments of the
economyThe automobile and automotive parts & components manufacturers
constitute a major chunk of automotive industry throughout the world.
United
States, Japan, China, Germany and South Korea are
the top five automobile manufacturing nations throughout the world.
The United States of America is
the world’s largest producer and consumer of motor vehicles and
automobiles accounting for 6.6 million direct and spin-off jobs and represents
nearly 10% of the $10 trillion US economy.
INDIAN SCENARIO:
Indian Automotive is one of the largest industries
showing impressive growth over the years and has been significantly making
increasing contribution to overall industrial development in the country. India
is a key pillar in global automotive market wherein its policies, actions and
strategies have a fundamental impact on the global auto landscape.
Today India is the seventh largest vehicle manufacturer, second
largest two wheeler manufacturer and the fifth largest commercial vehicle
manufacturer in the world.
During 2010-11, the Indian automotive industry registered a
total turnover of USD 73 billion, with exports worth USD 11 billion. Of this,
the turnover by the auto component sector stood at USD 30 billion, with exports
valued at USD 5 billion.TENDERING
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also growing simultaneously you will also find numerous these automobile
tenders. At present there are more than 500 firms in organized sector that are
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