Powertrain Design

I partly agree with Mr.Kameswara Rao's argument, its cheaper to buy technology. That does not however change the equation in product cost analysis. I dont like to agree or compromise , on the fact that , we get outdated technology still for a price. Whom are we providing service with , for the company or the customer?

Outdated technology leads to pompous ness for a blink of time ranging to months and 1year, but imagine one day, XY company starts selling high end latest technology small cars at price better or equal to now available ones in Indian market , when the rules needs to be strictly followed about emmissions and safety standards -> every body shall again show fingers at the Indian technology branch. TATA has setup dealer ship branches in Switzerland and germany and so on.. but what happens in countries like the customer slowly gets to pay more tax on TÜV quality condition tests done every certain amount of time....slowly our cars loose name and fame , and standout with a badge of undurable technology.

We should realise the need of R & D and self development , TOYOTA could not be what it is today if not for its technical grwoth by itself.

Coming to the first statement again .. we have brilliant brains ......  , then R & D costs will also be low.. .i see a very positive sign and therefore , one should go for it ... no matter how many hurdles we may face .. initially ....

Imagine todays wipro computers in terms of laptop and their quality with their price, thats the right path in my opinion....

We need to grow , and growth is fighting the hurdles and hardships... else , we will stay there where we are until one wave comes to wash our brains , do we need that ? when not then we definitely need to take R & D seriously.

I agree with Mr. Kailash that powertrain design has been static for years , for this regard , my simple answer is lack of Capable Human Resources in this field. If you look at any patents website, you can hardly find a handful of patents awarded to Indians or Innovators in India,  the reason is lack of resources where people can combine , Mechanical , Control systems and Computational Analysis skills.

Such process oriented growth is only possible by big Automotive giants like TATA, Mahindra , Maruti.  More so in my personal opinion i have been in this field of Automotive Electronic systems design. Believe me its not a Godly knowledge, i have worked for Biggest names in design analysis and system level. It is more a trial and error , and not repeating the error ----> Infact  we all know , thats what a control system does with a right controller.

So in short, yes its doable and great idea to start towards fully 'INDI' genious that we should do our own products rather than collabrations , one day protectionism will again take over like in software industry today in America, I wish if we take lessons learnt from SW colleagues , and start our work towards MADE IN INDIA.

Well thought Mr.Kailash, but nonetheless buying Technical companies and copying the technology developed for smooth and never crumbling roads or only for Bumpy roads ( Jaguar or landrover ) does not fit in India. Because undoubtedly most roads in India today are a combination of both. I guess we all as automotive guys know, that what effects a vehicle can have due to change in road structure. High frequency -> low frequency sine curve in any wheel,  engine , gearbox adaptation can give never thought behaviour of systems. So we need to make MADE IN INDIA products for durability and agility of economy and Pride.

I agree with Kailash and Aftab, how ever powertrain/electronic systems design is to increase the overall performance of the vehicle while providing technologies that improve fuel efficiency  

I think its Lack of resources because not many people in India work on Engine design & development.