Page 2 - Latest Updates on Electric Vehicle
Dept of Heavy Industries sanctions 2,636 charging stations to support EVs
With this, the total number of charging stations planned to be installed across select cities has gone up to about 14,000
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Looking to create EV ecosystem in India through charging partners: MG Motor
'Will be looking to introduce more EVs in the market to cater to multiple sub-groups,' says Gaurav Gupta, MG Motors
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Working strongly on EV charging framework, battery recycling, says NTPC
NTPC had earlier said it has signed pacts with cab aggregators Ola, Lithium, Shuttl, Bikxie, Bounce, Electrie and Zoom Car for creation of public charging infrastructure for electric vehicles.
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Why RIL is upbeat about petrochemicals even as it moves out of auto fuels
The company's oil-to-chemical strategy assumes significance in the face of an electric vehicle-dominated future
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How Euler Motors is using EVs to power last-mile delivery for large firms
The company has been using about 100 electric three-wheeler prototypes for the past 6-8 months, to make deliveries as part of a dozen pilot projects currently underway for different clients
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How India's EV dream might be scuttling its natural-gas game plan
Bidders of CNG, CGD, PNG projects are left wondering if the electric vehicle policy would snuff out the viability of their natural gas-based projects
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China's 95% electric vehicle start-ups face wipeout
So far, only two ventures have obtained approval to build cars, based on a review of National Development and Reform Commission documents
The electric vehicle party
The govt wants 'most, if not all' vehicles to be powered by electricity by 2030
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Electric vehicles still decades behind gasoline cars: Martin Fraenkel
In a Q&A, president of S&P Global Platts does reality check on the global hype around electric cars
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EESL to lease electric vehicles to Ola and Uber
Initially it will procure only e-rickshaws and e-autos for leasing to operators
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Electric mobility needs to ride over these regulatory roadblocks
India has a negligible presence of electric vehicles at this point
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Renault working with govt on electric vehicle policy: company MD
The govt goal to achieve 100% electric mobility by 2030 would require right taxation, proper infra including charging technology and battery technology
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Govt's electric vehicle push may hit forging biz, drive job loss: industry
The problem: conventional vehicles have 2,000 moving parts, compared with only 20 in electric variants
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Indian Oil opens India's first electric vehicle charging station in Nagpur
Indian Oil has partnered with cab aggregator Ola to set up the charging station at an IOC petrol pump here.
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Transition to electric vehicles could save India upto Rs 20 lakh cr: Report
According to a Ficci-Rocky Mountain Institute report, even under a shared mobility paradigm, over 46,000,000 vehicles could be sold by 2030
Hackers can kill millions if cars are compromised, warns expert
Once a vehicle's internal computer network is hacked, the hackers would be able to tamper with key functions
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Mahindra to bid for second stage of EESL tender for electric vehicles
The order for the second phase will be issued after the completion of deliveries of 500 EVs in the first phase by November 30
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India among first markets in Toyota's global electric vehicle launch plans
Toyata said it aims to sell more than 5.5 mn electrified vehicles, including more than 1 million zero-emission vehicles - battery electric vehicles (BEVs), and fuel cell electric vehicles
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Govt departments in race to take credit for electric vehicles
Ministries oppose NITI Aayog's EV programme stewardship
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Getting the electric vehicle policy right
Set an ambitious target, finalise the incentives, drive it from the top and avoid flip-flops in policy decisions
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