Association Partnership Germany – India

ACMA, SIAM, VDA

Workshop – 09.01.2018
Project between SIAM, ACMA and VDA

Generally:
• Joint project between ACMA, SIAM and VDA

• Project coordination in VDA since April 2017 and in India since July 2017

• Planning workshop with the partner associations in July 2017 in New Delhi

Objective of the assocation partnership:

• Deepening of the long-standing cooperation of the associations through further content-related cooperation and know-how
transfer

• Strengthen the automotive industry of both countries through targeted and continuous cooperation, especially with regard to
future technologies and topics

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Example projects in the near future

• Joint study with on future challenges for the automotive industry in India

• Capacity Building Workshop with ACMA in January 2018

• Workshop with German industry experts on CO2 regulation of heavy commercial vehicles,
future of diesel, introduction of RDE and electromobility on January 09, 2018 in New Delhi

• German pavilion at the AutoExpo New Delhi in February 2018

• Indo-German Working Group on Automotive on February 9th 2018

• Cooperation with the Charging Interface Initiative e.V. (charIN) to standardize charging plugs for
e-cars in India according to the German model

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Contact Persons:

Mr. Marius Ochel

Phone: +49 30 897 842 -355
E-Mail: ochel@vda.de

Mr. Arunachalam Karthikeyan

Phone: +91 9910513666
E-Mail: karthik@sequa.in

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Today´s workshop

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Key messages of today´s meeting from VDA
Session 1: Role of Gasoline & Diesel in Future Light Duty Vehicles (esp. with regard to CO2, RDE)
CO2
• Constructive collaboration with EU institutions on the recently presented CO2 proposal
• Proposal is in some points to overambitious and does not take into account all potentials of CO2 reduction
• Key of EU Commission was technology neutrality in proposal: no E-Quota or ban of any technology
RDE
• Since Sept. 2017 RDE mandatory for all new types in Europe. Regulatory development process in Europe showed that splitting a regulation in three
or four packages is not an effective way to get a solid regulation
• India could learn from the European experiences with RDE introduction: RDE should be finalized in one package with a lead time of at least 3 years
Diesel
• In Germany we are not talking about a ban, we are talking about some restrictions for some distinct cities driven by NGOs for cars older than seven
years. German Government is committed to Diesel technology.

Session 2: Development of Heavy Duty Powertrain

• After 8 years of development and regulatory work the European and German truck and bus industry welcomes very much the formal
implementation of VECTO (standardized measurement of fuel consumption of trucks)
• It will create transparency on CO2 emissions for customers which industry has never seen before
• This could be a role model for India as well

Session 3: Development in xEVs: Possible Future Options

• The German car industry is heavily committed to the market uptake of EVs
• The uptake very much requires infrastructural support by the local governments
• In this scope the harmonization of an internationally accepted charging interface solution is recommended

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Conclusion for the future

Federal Chancellor Merkel Sept. 2017:

“The challenges for Germany are visible strongly

in the automotive industry: Decades are still
needed for combustion engines, but at the same
time the path to new drive technologies and
digitalization must be taken”