Truck apps proliferate

Truck apps have come to increase the efficiency and earning-ability of truckers with the help of IoT and AI.

What challenges do you anticipate with the move to BSVI and BSIV?

Challenges will be faced by the industry in first two years as technology matures. Consider fuel availability from 50 parts per million (ppm) to 10 parts per million (ppm). The government has invested much to ensure 10 ppm. Regarding higher technology complexity in BSVI, the need for a lot of calibration was a challenge. Another challenge was engine and aftertreatment development. It had to be done in a short time frame of three years. Europe took almost a decade whereas in India work started in 2017 and ended in 2020. The time available to calibrate as well as to develop the necessary infrastructure supply was very less.

How did you leverage your ability to produce Euro6 engines for the development of BSVI technology?

In India, most regulations have come from Europe. The government and the operating bodies have always looked at

Europe because Indian operating conditions are closer to Europe. In the case of BSVI and Euro6, the main difference is temperature. In Europe, the temperature is -30 degree Celsius. In India, it is -10 degree Celsius.

What challenges could customers face?

Challenges will be there in cost efficiency and energy efficiency. There will be technical difficulties. The ones that offer better reliability, better uptime and lowest cost will take the lead.

How about electrification?

Apart from BSVI, EV is one

route to reduce emissions. It is sustainable at this point of time. Neither from the supply chain point, and neither from the cost point. The journey from BSVI to CNG to LNG to EV to hydrogen fuel cell is long. The next 15 years will be very exciting. ICE engine will be absolute and EV and hydrogen cells as zero emission solutions will come under the spotlight.

With the push for BSVI and alternate fuel technologies, how has

VECV come to balance between cost and quality?

For us, customer satisfaction is the first priority. We want to ensure the best product, best operating economy and lifetime support. We feel that the more care we take of our customers, the more they will come back and spend. We have experienced that in the last two-to-three years. Wherever we are able to ensure better uptime, better operating economy and better profitability, they have come back. They have spent more.