Page 6 - Electric Vehicles In India

Coronavirus fails to dampen spirits across electric vehicle eco-system

India more charged on first World EV Day; ABB, Green TV initiative comes at a time when best in tech available in the country

A bumpy road: Confusion clouds electric vehicles rollout sans batteries

Sohinder Gill, director general, Society of Manufacturers of Electric Vehicles, said delinking of batteries from EVs is a good idea, however, a lot needs to be done before it becomes implementable

How the electric car has evolved and why now is a good time to buy one

While improvements in mileage and battery capacity have been made and are ongoing, issues of high price points and availability of charging infrastructure are also being addressed

Mixed reaction to sale, registration of EVs without pre-fitted batteries

SMEV Director General Sohinder Gill said the move to delink batteries from EVs is a good idea

Govt plans sale, registration of EV two, three wheelers without batteries

Battery, which accounts for 30-40% of the total cost of a vehicle, could be provided separately.

EV market likely to be Rs 50,000-cr opportunity in India by 2025: Report

The report also said it expects 9 per cent penetration by 2024-25 in the two-wheeler segment and with the right macroeconomic environment, the number can further go up to 16 per cent

Slowing Chinese imports may delay automakers' electric vehicle target

Support from Centre on alternative fuel technologies and batteries holds key

Meet the EV entrepreneur who bagged seed capital from Matrix Partners

Mohit Sharma started Oye! Rickshaw in 2017, when the market for electric three-wheelers had just begun to take off

Coronavirus: Electric two-wheeler sales set to skid, new launch postponed

Any long-term slowdown in two-wheeler sales will not bode well for the national plan to electrify India's vehicles, says industry veteran

Mobility start-ups mull future biz models in first-ever summit on wheels

TiE, in collaboration with travel tech firms Ixigo and Gogobus, took a bunch of start-up founders, investors and journalist on a bus tour, with panel talk planned on board the vehicle

The renewables and e-cars link

Renewables means savings on power and that means an even stronger case for electric mobility

Betting big on aluminium fuel cells to meet India's clean energy goals

Two engineers seek to replace lithium and cobalt batteries imported from China with indigenous aluminium ones, which are cheaper and more efficient on mileage

MG Motor plans second India unit, may launch affordable EV shortly

Hopes to launch full-size SUV MG Gloster by Diwali 2020, and have four products in the market in one-and-a-half years of its operations in India

Sales of two and three-wheeler EVs to see huge improvement by 2024: Crisil

In the four wheeler segment, however, the traction is expected to remain low with EV sales accounting for just 5 per cent of the new sales, it noted

Carmakers next challenge: Getting Indian buyers to purchase EVs

More than half the passenger vehicles sold in India last year cost $8,000 or less, according to BloombergNEF

MG Motors' electric vehicle sold out before launch, firm halts bookings

This number is more than the total number (1,071) of electric cars sold in India in calendar year 2019. MG has stopped registrations for the ZS and will cater to 2,409 of the total bookings

Innovations that create markets

India leapfrogged from manual typewriters to PCs. Are we going to see rural India moving from cycle rickshaws to e-rickshaws?

Govt has approved 2,636 new EV charging stations in 62 cities: Javadekar

The Department of Heavy Industry had invited the expressions of interest from entities for availing incentives under the FAME India Scheme Phase II for deploying charging stations within cities

Auto industry yet to submit study to Niti Aayog on EV transition

Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran had also stated that migration to EVs needs to be planned to ensure that the entire ecosystem is ready through a multi-year road map.

EESL inks pact with HPCL to set up EV battery charging infrastructure

The MoU covers collaboration for planning, development and installation of charging facilities at suitable locations for two, three, and four-wheeler vehicles