The commencement of the new ECU unit brings to India a whole new set of competencies opening up a significant segment - engine management, vehicle safety and comfort. A new milestone in the field of Automotive Electronics, the spanking new unit manufactures ECUs for diesel and gasoline fuel injection systems. The first batch of ECUs will be supplied to Tata’s dream car, Nano .

Usurped local competence and reduced costs
Situated at Naganathapura, near Bangalore, Bosch Automotive Electronics India Pvt. Ltd. is the sixth subsidiary and fourteenth manufacturing location of Bosch in India. It complements the future plans of Bosch to manufacture start-stop system and ABS in India. Presently, the state-of-the-art facility with near complete automated manufacturing systems has an installed capacity for one lakh units.

Investments in the new unit also aim to leverage the spirit and creativity of local employees, in addition to reducing production costs in the emerging low-cost segment. The production of ECUs in India opens significant markets, giving the opportunity to introduce innovation in the realm of vehicle safety and comfort. An investment of over Rs. 60 crores has been made for setting up the facility between 2008 and 2009, with plans of additional investment of Rs. 68 crores by 2010.

In modern automobiles with fuel injected engines, ECUs play a critical role to control their behavior across their operating spectrum while also having a great deal of logic built into them for optimum efficiency. ECUs from Bosch integrate all required functions of modern engine control in a single unit. Also they optimize emissions, noise, power, and consumption.
 The software for the ECU was specifically developed to suit the requirements of emerging markets.

* Main components of the ECU are microcontroller with software applications and power stages. Functions are integrated in a compact chip set which controls the fuel injection and ignition for motor vehicles.