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Chinese electric vehicle suppliers prefer tech tieups, shun 'risky' JVs

China is the largest cell and battery manufacturer in the world. Its companies have explored a possible entry to India but did not proceed due to stringent FDI norms for companies from China

Modernisation of SCL fab plant likely to cost govt Rs 20,000 crore

The government has offered two models to those showing an interest in setting up the fab plant

The localisation story of Elon Musk's Tesla: India versus China deal

The Tesla factory in China, on the other hand, sources 95% of its components locally after 5 years

Electric vehicle plant to spacetech: All eyes on X ahead of Elon Musk visit

Elon Musk is expected to meet PM Narendra Modi and announce that Tesla will set up a car and battery plant in India. He may push plans to launch Starlink's broadband services

Boost to local manufacturing: India-made chips may soon power iPhones

Micron plans to supply chips from Sanand unit to Apple

Powered by iPhone exports, electronics become India's fifth largest export

Apple's iPhone exports alone now constitute 35% India's entire electronics export goods basket

Musk's satellite venture Starlink may still take time to enter India orbit

The telecom dept hasn't issued a global mobile personal communication licence to Starlink, a prerequisite for it to start commercial services in India

Smartphone makers pin hopes on new launches after tepid March quarter

Slowdown in the decline of 2G subscribers hurting smart phone sales

Apple sets record: iPhone exports under PLI double to $10 bn in a year

Exports expected to cross 80% of its production

Five per cent someone: What kind of ride is Tesla likely to have in India

Initially, Elon Musk's Tesla will address only 5-6% of India's light vehicles market. What kind of ride is it likely to have?

Apple drops term 'state-sponsored' attacks from threat notification policy

Replaces it with 'mercenary spyware' warning in India, 91 other countries

PLI for mobiles has choked production growth: Zetwerk's Josh Foulger

It suggested that a PLI 2.0 for mobile phones should be modelled on the revamped PLI for IT hardware so that incentives are linked to value addition to avoid the failures of the first scheme

US electronics trade: India lags global peers in plugging China gap

Vietnam has been the biggest beneficiary. It saw an incremental increase in electronics exports worth $39.1 billion between 2018 and 2023

Electric two-wheelers surge in March: Has the tipping point indeed arrived?

The new EMPS, valid for four months, halved the subsidies per KWH (kilowatt hour, a measure of battery capacity) to Rs 5,000 per vehicle

In foreign direct investment, China's loss is not India's gain: OECD data

It's other countries that are mopping up what would have gone to China

Battery cell demand for EVs to rise, India's reliance on imports continues

S&P Mobility said that while Maruti has a tiny EV market share, its battery cell demand is expected to be 20 per cent by 2035, as against Tata Motors at 22 per cent

Meity chips away at doubts, defends its domestic semiconductor policy

Govt's sequential approach targets mature nodes, foreseeing a conservative $100 billion chip demand in five years

Strong signals: Mobile phone output tops Rs 4.1 trillion in FY24

Industry experts attribute the increase in the average sale price of a phone to customers' shift towards premiumisation, bolstered by the growing adoption of 5G phones

Setting the pace: Ola Electric sees momentum continuing after record March

Ola's CMO, Anshul Khandelwal, also pointed out that there have been fundamental changes in the buying patterns of customers - for instance, more women are now buying electric vehicles than earlier

Now, artificial intelligence to help spread access to govt schemes

Beneficiaries will be prompted to join other schemes on meeting criteria