Over the past three decades, manufacturing scene in the Indian automotive sector has transformed drastically with digital tools being used right from product development stage to final manufacturing. “Cover Story” of APF Nov 2019 showed how digital manufacturing is helping companies excel in not just product design engineering, but also in manufacturing. Considering general automotive trend of light weighting and EVs, plastic and its engineered plastic usage is estimated to increase. “Special Feature” discusses the opportunities and way ahead for use of plastic in automotive industry. The Indian automotive market is experiencing overall slowdown as the sales show a staunch drop compared to the last year. Passenger vehicles PV sales which went up same time last year have shown no mercy over Indian passenger car manufacturers. With Hyundai and Tata introducing their fully electric and hybrids respectively, electric vehicles EVs have also entered the arena of passenger vehicles. “EV Cover Story” takes a closer look on trends in PV segment and electrification of PVs.