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  • Honda Partners With IIT Delhi And Bombay For AI-Powered Driver Assistance And Automated Driving Research |

    New Delhi: Japanese auto major Honda on Wednesday said it has started joint research on AI technologies with IIT Delhi and IIT Bombay with plans to develop driver assistance and automated driving technologies applicable in various regions of the world, including India.

    The joint research is aimed to further advance Honda CI (Cooperative Intelligence)– the original Honda AI that enables mutual understanding between machines and people, the company said in a statement.

    Honda Cars India Ltd (HCIL), a Honda subsidiary in India, will sign a joint research contract with the two IITs. “The IITs are a home to a large number of excellent researchers and engineers, and through the joint research with those institutes, Honda will strive to advance the underlying technologies of CI, with an eye toward the future applications for technologies that reduce traffic collisions and enable automated driving,” it said.

    With an aim to achieve further advancement of CI, Honda and IITs have set joint research themes such as recognition of the surrounding environment and cultivation of cooperative behaviour, and will conduct research and development while utilising the cutting-edge AI technologies, it added.

    Under the partnership, for each research theme, Honda associates and IIT professors will engage with IIT students for planning, designing, developing and testing technologies which work beyond the confines of the laboratory and thereby proceed with the research and development more flexibly and with a high degree of freedom, Honda said.

    “This will enable Honda and IITs to work in a more flexible environment with deeper exchange of academic and industry insights,” it added.

    In addition, as part of this research, Honda with the help of IITs is aiming to conduct verification of driving assistance and automated driving technologies in the suburbs of Delhi and in Mumbai.

    Due to numerous variations in the road systems and a large number of road users, India has a complex traffic environment where situations that occur frequently are difficult for AI to predict.

    “By conducting technology verification in such a technically challenging environment, Honda and IITs will refine the underlying technologies of CI and strive to apply them to future driver assistance and automated driving technologies in various regions of the world, including India,” the statement said.

    Honda said it has been actively hiring IIT graduates since 2019, and many of them are now playing key roles in the areas of mobility intelligence, including the research and development of CI.

  • Honda sold more than 5 lakh motorcycles and scooters in India in September

    Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India (HMSI), one of the big two-wheeler companies, has sold 5,26,998 units last month. This is the highest level of sales for the company in any month of the current financial year. Its sales have increased by about two percent compared to the same period last year. HMSI’s exports in September stood at 35,196 units with an increase of about 19 percent. The company has updated its motorcycles to comply with BS6 Stage 2 norms. Apart from this, it has also launched some new products. The company has launched limited edition of Activa in two colors. Its 109.51 cc single-cylinder engine has been retained. It follows BS6 OBD2. Its maximum power is 7.37 bhp and peak torque is 8.90 Nm. Last month the company launched SP125 Sports Edition motorcycle. Its price is Rs 90,567 (ex-showroom, Delhi). It will be available at Honda Red Wing dealerships across the country. Booking for this has started. This motorcycle has been given better tank design, matte muffler cover and new graphics than before. It will be available in Decent Blue Metallic and Heavy Gray Metallic colors. It has bright LED headlamp, fully digital instrument console. Mileage related information is also available in its instrument console along with gear position indicator. The SP125 Sports Edition has a 123.94 cc, single cylinder BS 6, OBD2 compliant PGM-FI engine, which can generate 8 kW of power and 10.9 Nm of torque. HMSI is offering a special 10-year warranty with this motorcycle which includes three years standard warranty and seven years optional warranty. Earlier the company had launched Hornet 2.0 motorcycle. There have been some improvements in it compared to Hornet. This motorcycle has an OBD2 compliant engine. It has a 184.4cc single-cylinder air-cooled engine, which generates maximum power of 17 bhp at 8,500 rpm and peak torque of 15.9 Nm at 6,000 rpm. This motorcycle also has a new assist and slipper clutch which makes upshifts easier. Price of Hornet 2.0 starts from Rs 1.39 lakh (ex-showroom).