Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) President Rajan Wadhera has said that Auto industry, which has been witnessing continuous de-growth, is staring at a tough road ahead for the rest of the year due to transition to Bharat Stage Six (BS VI) vehicular emission norms by April 1, 2020 from BS IV. Calling it as a huge challenge, he said on an average, each vehicle manufacturer is investing close to Rs 1,000 crore to upgrade all of their model line-up to meet the new emission norm within a short span.
Wadhera further said the entire value chain of the auto industry - from component suppliers to vehicles manufacturers and dealers - have been impacted by the slowdown. He also said that new technologies coming into vehicle, which has to be done in a span of three years across all models and have defect free products is a huge challenge. In order to ensure a smooth transition, he noted that sales forecasting and operational efficiency has become important on account of the upcoming BS-IV to BS-VI transition.
SIAM President stated that while the dealers will be managing the front-end, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) need to ensure that there should neither be loss of sales on account of unavailability of products nor allow inventory build up or write-off which will create more hardships for the dealers. In the near future, he said the auto industry will not only have to deal with slowdown and BS-VI transition, but also has actually prepared for the future mobility - electric, connected and autonomous.
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