Page 3 - Latest Updates on Electric Vehicle
EVs won't bring quick gains, players must see volume growth: Pawan Goenka
Pawan Goenka says EVs need to expand gradually and a hundred per cent shift by 2030 is not possible
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Automakers' EV drive could be turning into a loss-making affair. Here's why
In the two biggest tenders for e-cars and e-buses that have been finalised in recent months, price quoted by some companies has left industry peers surprised
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Will diesel cars become dinosaurs in EU as the age of electric cars looms?
The issue has been politically thorny in Europe because around half the cars in the region are powered by diesel
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Why 3 mn electric vehicle batteries will be useful even after retirement
Repurposing efforts may slow if it becomes more profitable to extract materials like cobalt and simply make new batteries
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SmartE plans to set up EV charging infrastructure around metro stations
Treasure Vase was launched by Srivastava, a former communication and marketing manager for United Technologies, India and Asia Pacific
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Delhi electrician's son bags US job with annual package of $100,000
Ali was selected for a course in architecture in NIT Jharkhand, but he couldn't join due to financial constraints.
Charging stations every 3 km in select cities, highways: Power secretary
Bhalla said that electric vehicles will become popular only after charging infrastructure is put in place
Blueprint ready for EVs, expects to take its share to 15% in 5 yrs: Gadkari
It's time that India should think seriously to promote green vehicles and curb pollution, says Nitin Gadkari
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This Chinese man, and not Elon Musk, is the biggest electric-car visionary
Two decades earlier, Wan Gang persuaded China's State Council to throw its vast power behind the risky, unproven technology of electric cars
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$6 trillion is what the world has to spend for an electric car-only future
We're at least five years away from bringing the price of a good electric car down to that of comparable conventional one
Indian battery maker SAR Group plans to manufacture electric vehicles
The group had already developed prototypes of city commercial and passenger vehicles and is currently in the process of fine tuning the specs of a battery powered two-wheeler
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BHEL to set up electric vehicle charging points on Delhi-Chandigarh highway
India is pushing for greater use of electric vehicles to reduce vehicular pollution and cut dependence on oil imports
EVI plans investment of Rs 100 crore to set up 20,000 EV charging stations
EVI Technologies, which started in June 2017, offers its charging stations on lease for private users
Kerala govt okays e-vehicle policy; to procure 6,000 buses by 2025
The govt has also started discussion with a Swiss company to manufacture electric buses, as a joint venture
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Honda sees hybrid, not electric, as a future to green strategy
The government has announced sops only for pure electric vehicle
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India's EV industry likely to see higher interest from PE, VC investors
In 2019 till date, PE, VC investment in the sector has been Rs 2.1 crore, in one deal
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Uber, Ola may have to make 40% of vehicles electric by 2026: Report
Indian think-tank Niti Aayog, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and which plays a crucial role in policymaking, is working with several ministries on the new policy
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Govt refuses to budge on electric vehicle deadline for 2- and 3-wheelers
The start-ups said unless India had size and scale in EVs, it would miss the worldwide e-mobility revolution
NITI Aayog gives scooter, bike makers 2 weeks to draw up EV plan: Report
NITI Aayog officials met with executives from companies including Bajaj Auto, Hero MotoCorp and TVS late on Friday
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Customers forgotten in rush for electric vehicles, says TVS Motor chairman
While we need to move to EV, I think we need to move in a calibrated manner, says Venu Srinivasan, Chairman and Managing Director, TVS Motors
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