GREENER TRANSPORT SOLUTIONS

The return of Auto Expo 2023 The Motor Show had greener, higher performance CVs dominate the floor. Ashish Bhatia took stock of the OEM displays to gauge the dominant trends.

India Expo Mart at Greater Noida was abuzz again! Returning to the exhibition scene after a three-year hiatus, the Auto Expo 2023 - The Motor Show rose back up the charts to draw in stakeholders of the CV industry between January 11-18, 2023. Setting aside the lows of the Covid-19-induced hiatus, notwithstanding a fresh threat of the pandemic, the exhibition halls had CV players and their stakeholders put their best foot forward as they allayed fears. They came in with market-ready solutions and concepts, greener, higher in performance. The CV industry stepped into the business end of the current fiscal (FY202223) with buoyancy. Moving beyond electrification, there was ample for Natural Gas (NG) and Hydrogen fuel cell supporters to advocates of hybrids spread across the 64,000 sq. ft. exhibition expanse. The good-looking CVs hinted at sophistication akin to global markets. The OEMs offered advanced technology tuned to custom requirements across cargo and people movers. Connected Autonomous Shared and Electric (CASE) hit new highs too with the industry expected to settle in on L1-L2 ADAS and finding takers for telematics with assurance of higher efficiencies