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Ultraviolette unveils India-made F77 electric motorcycle for Rs 3.8 lakh

Company says bike has the most advanced battery pack in the industry

Elon Musk names South Korea among top candidates for EV investment

South Korean president Yoon Suk-Yeol had a video call with Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on November 23 and asked for an investment

Ather Energy takes on Ola, Okinawa, opens second manufacturing facility

Firm is in also in talks with various state govts to set up a third plant, which when completed, is likely to have a capacity of a million units a year

Ather Energy may venture into making electric motorcycles: Co-founder

'It took us a long time because we started at a time when nobody even believed that electric vehicles would become possible. It was an uphill battle for us'

Electric sports bike firm Ultraviolette get funding from Qualcomm, Lingotto

Bengaluru-based start-up will launch motorcycle on November 24, aims to be in international markets

Top Headlines: Auto sector's electrification race, e-comm deal at WTO

Business Standard brings you the top headlines at this hour

EVs lead climate tech funding but more needed for niche solutions: Experts

Climate tech start-ups traditionally require longer gestation periods due to which the sector has not generated strong commercial returns recently

Three-wheelers take charge in auto industry's electrification race

Over half all three-wheeler registrations are of electric vehicles; Surge in e-rickshaws puts category miles ahead of two-wheelers

Ola Electric to charge up capacity to 4 mn; may roll out e-cars from 2024

Ola Electric plans to eventually have the capacity to produce 10 mn two-wheelers, 1 mn cars

Make or buy: Electric vehicle makers' supply chain dilemma in India

With China dominating this space, companies have a critical decision to make as the market steadily expands

Indian techies writing 35% of 100 mn lines of code for the driverless car

Global auto Tier-1 firms already have 50,000-55,000 software engineers working in India, OEMs have another 25,000

Elon Musk floats possibility of someone succeeding him at Tesla

Murdoch, who did not name the potential successor, was testifying in a trial over Musk's 2018 Tesla pay package

EV start-up Chargeup raises $7 million in pre-series A1 funding round

The EV market in India is expected to grow aggressively from 2 million to 80 million vehicles by 2030 as per government estimates

Bajaj Auto eyes south east Asia to take e-scooter space by storm

Bajaj's presence in this market in ICE vehicles has been limited till now because the region is essentially a step-through two-wheeler and scooter market

Start-ups look to shake up e-car space, refresh form and functions

As of now, Tata Motors Tiago EV priced between Rs 8.49 lakh and Rs 11.79 lakh is the most affordable e-car in India

Mercedes-Benz slashes China EV prices by up to $33,000 as sales lag

The luxury automaker said in a statement on its website late Tuesday that it was reducing prices on certain models from its EQ range, effective Wednesday, and that it would provide subsidies

NMDC in talks to invest in lithium exploration companies in Australia

Investment would be voa NMDC's Perth-based arm, Legacy Iron Ore, which is already prospecting for iron ore, gold and base metals there

Indian Air Force procures electric vehicles to reduce carbon footprint

The Indian Air Force on Tuesday inducted a fleet of electric vehicles in keeping with the government's initiative on introduction of green mobility. Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari flagged off the first batch of 12 electric vehicles in the presence of other senior officers and staff. "In order to achieve reduction in carbon footprint and in keeping with the government of India's initiative on introduction of green mobility, the IAF has inducted a fleet of Tata Nexon electric vehicles," the IAF said in a statement. It said the force is planning to enhance the usage of electric vehicles in a progressive manner by procuring e-vehicles against downgraded conventional vehicles. "Augmentation of the e-vehicles ecosystem, including installation of charging infrastructure at various Air Force bases, is also planned. The first batch of electric cars introduced today will be deployed in Delhi NCR units for performance monitoring and analysis," it said. "To create a standardised inventory of

Top electric vehicle makers rev up projections, see higher sales

Manufacturers say 1.5 million two-wheelers could be sold in FY24

India has potential to become world leader in EV production: Report

India has the potential to become the world leader in electric vehicles production, a research by Berkeley National Laboratory and UCLA said, underlining that making the transition from diesel-fuelled trucks to electric-charged will enable the country to meet the goal of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2070. India imports 88 per cent of the oil it uses and of the total petroleum consumed by the country's transport sector, nearly 60 per cent used by freight trucks. A study by the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) on Monday revealed that electric trucks would be more affordable to operate than diesel and India could become a world leader in producing electric vehicles. The transition will also help India reduce its reliance on imported oil, improve the air quality, and meet the goal of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2070, the study said. Electric trucks would be instrumental in ...