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TECHNOLOGY VISION 2035

Fuel economy of a vehicle can be improved by various strategies as given in the Table 4.2 below.
TABLE 4.2 FUEL ECONOMY IMPROVEMENT TECHNOLOGY

Name of Description Remarks Investment Required
Technology for R&D

Reducing size of the engine for Technology used for
Engine Downsizing Nil
achieving same power SUVs and LCVs

Used for some luxury
Incorporation of electric battery Yes. Investment required to
Hybridization and motor to supplement the IC cars and being produce low cost electronics
introduced for small
Engine and batteries
cars, SUVs
Use of Use of continuously variable
Continuously transmission automatic gearbox Used for some Yes. Investment required to
Variable instead of epicyclical gearboxes passenger cars develop indigenous CVT
Transmission with torque converter couplings
Reducing vehicle weight by Yes. Investment required to
using lighter materials such as
Vehicle Light aluminum, fiberglass, plastic, Used for LCV and develop indigenous composites,
Weighting HCV vehicles high strength alloys, and nano
high-strength steel and carbon materials
fiber
Designing the shape of the
Vehicle vehicle and the internal cooling Used for some Yes. Investment required to
passenger cars and
develop wind tunnel facilities in
Aerodynamics system in order to reduce SUVs India. At present, there is none
aerodynamic drag
Increasing pressure of tyres to
Tyre Pressure lower tyre deformation under Used for some Nil
monitoring vehicles
weight
Investment required to develop
Regenerative Recapturing wasted energy while Used for hybrid hybrid vehicles with all
Braking braking Passenger Cars
technologies.

Synthetic Friction reduction by using better Used for all vehicles Investment required for
Lubricants quality synthetic lubricants development

Locking Torque To reduce slip and power losses Used for passenger
converters in the converter cars

Investment required for
Used for SUVs and establishing infrastructure
Biofuels Reduction in CO emissions HCVs for harvesting, production and
2
dispensing

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