Government to invite bids for 40GW battery plants
New Delhi: The government is considering a plan to establish battery making capacity of 40 gigawatts (GW) to give a boost to its electrical vehicles and renewable …
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India’s E-Vehicle plan has just one, but potentially debilitating, flaw
India is home to over 2 million electric two-wheelers and rickshaws — more than the number of electric cars in China. Sales of such …
Ratan Tata invests in Ola’s electric mobility business
BENGALURU: Ratan Tata, chairman emeritus of Tata Sons, and an early backer of Ola. They have invested an undisclosed amount in the ridehailing platform’s …
FAME needs to be supplemented with steps to boost EV adoption: CII
New Delhi: Policies like FAME need to be supplemented with measures such as domestic manufacturing of vehicles, batteries and components to boost mass adoption of electric vehicles by 2030, industry body …
Maharashtra state govt orders RTO to record all licence, other tests
In an effort to curb corruption and negligence taking place during the doling out of licences and vehicle fitness certificates at Regional Transport Offices …
Maharashtra: Electric vehicles to get subsidies of up to Rs 1 lakh
To encourage the use of electric vehicles, the state government is offering subsidies on their purchase. Buyers can get subsidies of Rs 5,000, Rs …
Fiat Chrysler picks Google, Samsung for global connected car system
DETROIT: Fiat Chrysler said on Tuesday it will use technology from Alphabet Inc’s Google and Samsung to connect all its vehicles by 2022, providing …
All electric cars to have green number plates
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Monday asked state transport departments to ensure that all battery-operated vehicles, both existing and new, have green number plates …
e-bike sales come to a halt in April
NEW DELHI: Electric two-wheelersales have ground to a halt this month as new norms requiring re-certification of all existing vehicles under FAME-II hit the availability of models in …
‘Developing Diesel Engines for Small Vehicles No Longer Cost Effective’
New Delhi: Tata Motors said on Friday the high cost involved in developing a diesel engine for small vehicles complying with upcoming emission rules would not justify the investment required, …
