Car India – May 2019

We had the chance to interact

with Alexander Klotz, the

head of Continental’s Technical

Center India (TCI) and the in-

house R&D center of

Continental Corporation, about

what safety technologies we

can expect in India and their

acceptance and integration

Story: Jim Gorde

Photography: Continental AG

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‘India is looking

forward to major

road safety norms’

90 CAR INDIA May 2019 http://www.carindia.in

Interview Alexander Klotz