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Sales of electric heavy trucks in August nearly tripled from a year earlier, according to First Commercial Vehicle Network

Electric two-wheeler maker Ather Energy on Saturday unveiled a new two-wheeler platform for a new generation of electric scooters across multiple segments. The company also announced a series of other significant product and technology developments, including showcasing a concept moto-scooter Redux, and AtherStack 7.0, which would alert riders to share live location, report on potholes and crashes, update them on tyre pressure, among others. Built for versatility, scalability, and cost optimisation, the new e-scooter platform is the first vehicle architecture since the launch of Ather 450, the company announced at an event here. "With the EL platform, we are laying the foundation for Ather's next phase of growth. Just as the 450 defined our first chapter, EL will define the next, enabling us to develop multiple types of scooters at scale far more efficiently," said Tarun Mehta, Co-founder & CEO, Ather Energy, at the event. This platform-first approach enables faster innovation and

For the financial year 2025-26, HMIL projects its domestic growth to align with industry estimates of a low-single digit increase

Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Friday launched the first scheme to provide customer facing incentives on purchase of electric trucks of up to Rs 9.6 lakh per vehicle as part of the government's PM E-DRIVE initiative, which has earmarked Rs 500 crore for electric trucks out of its Rs 10,900 crore outlay. Industries including ports, logistics, cement and steel will be the key beneficiaries of the scheme, which envisages support of up to 5,600 electric trucks. "Diesel trucks, though constituting only 3 per cent of the total vehicle population, contribute to 42 per cent of transport-related greenhouse gas emissions and significantly worsen air pollution. This pioneering scheme, guided by the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, represents India's first dedicated support for electric trucks. It will drive our nation toward sustainable freight mobility, a cleaner future, and the realization of Viksit Bharat by 2047, in alignment with our net-zero emissions goal by 2070,

Servotech Power Systems will invest Rs 300 crore to set up an EV charger manufacturing plant in Uttar Pradesh as part of an agreement with the state government. The manufacturing facility is being set up under the Uttar Pradesh Electric Vehicle Manufacturing and Mobility Policy 2022, the company said in a statement on Saturday. Servotech Power has signed an MoU with the Uttar Pradesh government in this regard, it said. The MoU was signed by Servotech's MD Raman Bhatia and UP's Industrial Development Minister Nand Gopal Gupta 'Nandi'. Invest UP CEO Abhishek Prakash and other senior officials of the state government were also present on the occasion. Bhatia said the state has huge potential to become the manufacturing hub of electric vehicles (EV), chargers, and batteries, etc. Prathamesh Kumar, Special Secretary to Chief Minister and Additional CEO, Invest UP said,"This MoU is a major step towards our goal of making Uttar Pradesh a leading EV manufacturing hub in India. We are ...

Addressing a press conference here, he said that the charge for using the station facility would be 'Rs 2 per unit', which he claimed would be the 'lowest in the country'

Okaya Electric Vehicles on Friday said it has launched high-speed e-scooter Faast at an introductory price of Rs 89,999 (before subsidies) at the EV Expo 21 held at Greater Noida. The company also announced the opening of bookings with an initial payment of Rs 1,999 through the Okaya EV website or at dealerships, it said in a release. Besides, Okaya also showcased its upcoming e-motorcycle Ferrato, which is expected to be launched in the second quarter of FY22. The IoT-enabled e-scooter offers a top speed of 60-70 kmph and a range of 150-200 km per charge, depending on usage. It comes packed with features and specs such as a 4.4 kW lithium phosphate battery, all LED lights, digital instrument cluster, daytime running lights and combi braking system, the company said. Okaya is fully dedicated to realise the vision of making India a 100 per cent EV nation. With the launch of our Okaya Faast, we have showcased our renewed commitment towards bringing innovative, low-cost but ...

Electric scooter rental startup Bounce announced its collaboration with parking solution platform Park+ for setting up battery swapping infrastructure at more than 3,500 locations

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Amazon will buy 100,000 electric vans from a start-up and invest $100 million to restore forests and wetlands.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had announced a reduction in GST on EVs from 12 per cent to 5 per cent in her maiden Budget

Global auto makers have warned that India is not ready for electrification, saying the govt must first lay down a clear, long-term policy, provide incentives to encourage manufacturing of e-vehicles

At least six cities and states are either already operating or are in an advance stage of procuring e-buses