HISTORY OF ORIGIN
The history can be divided into four phases:
1898 to 1957
The first motorcar on the streets of India was seen in 1898. In 1903, an American company began a public taxi service with a fleet of 50 cars in Mumbai. For about 50 years after the first car arrived in India, cars were directly imported until foreign manufacturers began to realize the vast potential India had with its vast distances and large population. Before world war-1, around 4,000 motor vehicles were imported. During the wars, a start for an automobile industry was made by establishing assembly plants in Mumbai, Calcutta, and Chennai. The import / assembly of motor vehicles grew manifold post 1920s, crossing 30,000 units by 1930. It was towards the end of the war that the importance of establishing an indigenous automobile industry in India was realized when Premier Automobiles Ltd. (PAL) and Hindustan Motors (HM) set up factories in the mid 40s for progressive manufacture rather than assembly from imported components. At the time of independence, The PAL and HM focused on passenger cars, whereas the Mahindra brothers started Mahindra & Mahindra in 1945 with the objective of making utility vehicles. After Independence, Automobiles was defined as the industry of huge importance in India hence steps were taken for its control and regulation by the government. The starters, were restricted from importing completely built-up units, if not completely banned. In 1952 the government appointed the first Tariff Commission. As per suggestion by the Tariff commission, the government terminated the activities of assemblers that did not have any manufacturing program. It was also decided to keep the number of models selected for production to a realistic min...
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...try of the world. The next couple of years were a boom and led to unprecedented growth in the industry which forced assembly lines to work overtime to meet the demand. Dazzled by the potential of India's 100 million odd people, car companies planned ambitious capacities. However, India was a much tougher market due to huge competition from Indian firm Maruti on price and sheer value for money. This forced most of the new entrants into the mid sized luxury segment. With cars costing from five lakh to eight lakh, only few people can afford these cars. Daewoo, Hyundai, Mitsubishi, Ford, Peugeot, GM Opel, Mercedes Benz, Honda are all saddled with excess capacities.
Manufacturers are rethinking their strategies and rationalizing capacities to cope with the situation. Many are still optimistic about mid - sized segment and expect it to have the maximum growth potential.
After the steam engine was created in the early 17th century, many people and companies tried to take that same technology and apply it to automobiles. Nobody was successful until a British inventor by the name of Richard Trevithick created a multi passenger automobile that ran on a power source that was driven by a steam-propelled piston at high pressure (Bellis). Up until the mid 1900’s cars were only produced by specifically skilled blacksmiths, and were very expensive. There were only about 4,000 cars produced from the 1890’s to mid 1900’s (Bellis).
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Automotive production on a commercial scale started in France in 1890. Commercial production in the United States began at the beginning of the 1900's and was equal to that of Europe's. In those days, the European industry consisted of small independent firms that would turn out a few cars by means of precise engineering and handicraft methods. The American automobile plants were assembly line operations, which meant using parts made by independent suppliers and putting them together at the plant. In the early 1900's, the United States had about 2,000 firms producing one or more cars. By 1920 the number of firms had decreased to about 100 and by 1929 to 44. In 1976 the Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association had only 11 members. The same situation occurred in Europe and Japan.
The automobile sector has been a robust sector that has experienced tremendous growth in the past seven to eight years. Apart from two years in particular -2008-09 & 2012-13, there is general trend of ten percent plus growth in various segments like passenger car, commercial vehicles, two and three wheelers. The following chart shows the growth rate of various years in each sectors.
If the present day mom goes to the nearest grocery store, she might find that every price has a .99 behind it. When she goes home to make dinner, she’ll need to get 1.5 grams of salt for her grandma’s homemade lasagna recipe. But how does 1.5 mean one and a half? Between 320 and 550 CE, the decimal system that everyone worldwide uses today was invented during the Gupta Empire. In Northern India, everyday life was considerably different from then to now. Most citizens worshiped Hinduism which ultimately determined the civilization’s caste system. Artists and performers often experienced a more stable lifestyle than farmers. Wealthy families were able to afford entertainment and avoid heavy taxing. Life in the Gupta Empire was increasingly innovative
The first automobile production for the masses in the US was the three horsepower, curved-dash Oldsmobile which four hundred and twenty five of them were sold in 1901 and five thousand in 1904. This Oldsmobile is still a very popular car to most collectors today. From 1904 to 1908, two hundred and one automobile manufacturing firms went into business in the United States. One of the firms was the Ford Motor company which was organized in June 1903, and sold its first car on the following July ...
Cars changed the way people lived, worked, and enjoyed leisure time; however, what most people don’t realize is that the process of manufacturing automobiles had an equally significant impact on industry. The creation of the moving assembly line by Henry Ford at his Highland Park plant, introduced on December 1, 1913, revolutionized the automobile industry and the concept of manufacturing worldwide.
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The Gupta Empire The Gupta Empire was the most advanced empire to this date because of the . In my personal opinion The Gupta Empire opened doors for many other civilizations to grow stronger and become successful. For the Empire’s meaningful artwork, strong architecture, great inventions, respect for religion, jobs, and a well put together military we can assume this Empire held great meaning. To further our understanding of the Gupta Empire time period, we have to look more in depth into the art and sculptures shown within the time period.
The automobile industry began with Henry Ford’s production of the Model T in the early 1900’s. With the creation of the assembly line, cars became cheaper and quicker to produce, thus making them affordable for many people. There were originally 500 auto manufacturers. By 1908, there were only 200; and in 1917 only 23 remained. This vast reduction was due to large amounts of consolidation within the industry.
The Gupta Empire (320-540 A.D.) Golden age of India Civilization based in Magadha Modern day Bihar Ganges River - North Champa River - East Vindhya River - South Son River - West The Gupta Empire supported Hindu religion and Vedic traditions Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva Built many temples Made of stone, significant from earlier cultures Temples included sculptures of Hindu gods to show divine power The Vedic language rose which included the rising of Sanskrit Sanskrit ("refined") - The primary language for ancient Hinduism and Vedic religion Regarded as the high language of the Gupta Empire
My interest in the field of Automobile goes back to my early years in high school which is when I decided to pursue a career in engineering. As a child I was always fascinated by the very concept of automobile. Further, my father’s constant involvement in the automotive industry as an insurance claims assessor further enhanced my interests in automobiles. He was the one responsible for showing me the correct path to pursue my career in automobile field. Hence, after having completed my primary education, I decided to delve straight into the world of mechanics and engineering and pursued a diploma in mechanical engineering followed by a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. Since there were very few options in India & there was no direct path to get into automobile field.
As a result of the increased demand of cars, the competition among car companies is becoming intense. Although the market of car is the biggest growing market in the world, there are still some companies who make cars failing year after year. However, there are some outstanding car companies such as The BMW Group performing distinctly.
BMW having high market share in European and U.S luxury car markets, started facing issues with launch product qualities and also facing a fierce competition from Japanese producers. Currently the market share was still stable but the rigorous growth of Japanese producers would affect BMW in future. These Japanese competitors had set higher standards of conformance.
Vasco da Gama landed at Calicut, sailing via the Cape of Good Hope in 1498. This marked the beginning of