Taking Centre Stage

Smarter auto electronics and electrical are taking centre stage. Ashish Bhatia looks at recent developments which suggest a growing impetus on resource allocation to build a robust ecosystem.

- Ashish Bhatia

Automotive electronics have taken centre stage and will command a greater focus going forward too from key stakeholders. The recent supply chain bottlenecks owing to the shortage of semiconductor chips, known to have impacted business, are a testament to the rising electronic and electrical content per vehicle. It is also a sign of the growing OEM dependencies that need to be hedged by developing a wider procurement strategy as well as the industry turning self-reliant. The fact that such a sub-assembly can stall and or delay production cycles in the absence of a well-oiled, localised ecosystem has ensured this stream takes center stage. Building on capabilities is in line with the collective vision of making India a global manufacturing hub for electronics and electrical. Sunjay Kapur, President, Automotive Component Manufacturers Association (ACMA) just ahead of the onslaught of Omicron had stated, “Despite the resurgence of demand for vehicles, supply-side issues of availability of semiconductors, increasing input costs, rising logistics costs and availability of containers, among others, continue to hamper recovery in the automotive sector.”