How is Brakes India addressing the evolving needs of the Indian commercial vehicles sector?
The Indian commercial vehicle sector has seen a lot of change in the past years and is continuing to be hit by new regulations and changes at a rapid pace. Though the long-term implications of these changes are positive, we see the industry going through turmoil in the short term which impacts customers and future investment in the absence of a strong long-term roadmap.

With respect to our focus on commercial vehicles, we see a high level of differentiation in the future for different vehicle segments, which was absent in the past. For inter-city and city buses we see the need for a high level of safety, stability and low maintenance costs where we are offering our heavyduty disc brakes and electromagnetic auxiliary retarders. The feedback from customers is extremely strong, with some customer is running our system for over 5,00,000 km without service! For tippers again, we see a similar system where the usage conditions are the highest duty levels in the market. For long line haulage, we are designing lighter and more cost-effective systems to improve efficiency.

In the 5T to 10T commercial vehicle segment, we have a paradigm shift with our Unibooster couple with Caliper Disc Brakes. The feel on these vehicles is similar to that of a passenger car and the weight reduction can be in the range of 100kg for a similar specification vehicle with an air braking system.

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