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Centre aiming to replace petrol, diesel-powered fleet with EVs soon: Report

CESL, the agency that handles the acquisition of EVs for the centre and the state governments, said that it has received an order of 3,500 EVs

Tesla deliveries miss estimates in Q3, slowed by supply-chain snarls

It delivered a record 343,830 cars worldwide in the third quarter. Analysts had expected that nearly 358,000 vehicles would be shipped

Tesla's EV deliveries miss estimates in Q3, slowed by logistic snarls

Tesla delivered 343,830 electric vehicles, while analysts on average had expected 359,162, according to Refinitiv. A year earlier Tesla delivered 241,300 units

Indian PV exports to pick up speed as select companies step on the gas

E-passenger vehicles to open a new frontier for Made-in-India cars in the long term

Ola Electric back on top spot after 4 months for e-scooter registrations

EV makers said in view of the festival season, they expect overall numbers to go up substantially

Macro issues not impacting demand: Mercedes India CEO Martin Schwenk

With the launch of the EQB by year-end, Mercedes will have a portfolio of four EVs. It expects a fourth of its sales in India to come from electric in the next five years

India, California to collaborate for innovation in zero-emission vehicles

India has entered into a collaboration with California for research and innovation in the field of zero-emission vehicles to spur the development of its nascent EV industry and address climate risks. California has the world's most advanced zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) policies. It has an ambitious 100 per cent ZEV mandate by 2035. As part of the collaboration, the University of California, research institute Davis Institute of Transportation Studies, established a new India ZEV Research Centre. The California-India ZEV Policy programme is aimed at supporting ZEV uptake in India, spurring the development of an EV industry in India and contributing to India's industrial growth. In addition to addressing policy, technology, and investment strategies for a ZEV transition, it would identify opportunities for India to emerge as a strategic leader in the global ZEV transition. Announced in Pittsburgh last week on the sidelines of the Clean Energy Ministerial attended by Union Science and

India is where climate tech meets global venture capital

The country's post-Covid resurgence has been backed by better roads and infrastructure, and a manufacturing turnaround

New LML not primarily focused on price and range: MD Yogesh Bhatia

'The company is targeting to earn Rs 300 crore revenue in the first year after launching the first vehicle'

Price hikes in electric scooter models? 'Unlikely', says Ola Electric

The government has extended the earlier October 1 deadline for the implementation of new battery testing norms for electric vehicles (EVs)

Analysts remain bullish on Tata Motors as company drives in Tiago EV

Analysts at Nomura expect the Tiago EV to sell 3,000 - 5,000 units per month, and its overall EV sales to touch 60,000/ 96,000 in FY23/24

Godi India manufactures super capacitors to improve battery life in EVs

Market for device that can store a large amount of energy is expected to be worth $25 billion by 2030 globally

Top Headlines: FinMin won't exhaust forex for rupee; govt extends PMGKAY

Amid fast-depleting forex reserves, the Finance Ministry signalled that it was not in favour of selling the dollar to defend any particular level of the rupee

TaMo takes a shot at mainstreaming EVs with sub-Rs 10-lakh priced e-Tiago

India's first electric car is acknowledged to be the Lovebird, from Eddy Current Controls (India) in 1993

Tata Motors lines up electric models; drives in Tiago EV at Rs 8.49 lakh

Betting big on electric mobility, Tata Motors is gearing up to drive in a range of models across multiple price points as it expects the portfolio to account for more than 30 per cent of its overall sales by the end of this decade. The home-grown auto major also aims to keep investing on new models with conventional (petrol, diesel) and CNG powertrains as it expects the demand to remain robust even after 2030. On Tuesday, the company expanded its electric vehicle portfolio in the country with the launch of Tiago EV with introductory prices for first 10,000 customers ranging between Rs 8.49-11.79 lakh (ex-showroom). The company said 2,000 units will be reserved for the current owners of Nexon EV and Tigor EV. Tiago EV is now the most accessible electric passenger vehicle brand in the country and also the most affordable in the company's electric vehicle range. Tata Motors already sells Tigor EV and Nexon EV in the domestic market priced between Rs 12.49-19.84 lakh (ex-showroom) Wi

Jaguar Land Rover to train 29,000 workers, dealers for EV transition

Jaguar Land Rover said it would retrain thousands of highly skilled automotive engineers and production employees, who previously worked on the development of internal combustion cars

Oops! Wrong Hyundai. Govt's industrial policy misfires again with PLI gaffe

Picking the wrong Hyundai is just embarrassing. Going down a protectionist path reminiscent of the country's own, impoverished socialist past is the bigger folly

EV battery makers get more time to comply with new safety norms

New standards now applicable in two phases --- December 2022 and March 2023

Motovolt Mobility plans to invest Rs 200 crore next year for expansion

Electric two-wheeler maker Motovolt Mobility on Tuesday said it plans to invest Rs 200 crore next year on new products and to expand its manufacturing footprint and sales network. The company, which on Tuesday launched its electric bike URBN in two variants priced at Rs 49,999 and Rs 54,999, is looking to set up satellite manufacturing units to be closer to the market. "We have a plant at Kolkata now. We are looking to set up satellite manufacturing units in North and South India so that we can be closer to the market," Motovolt Mobility Founder and CEO Tushar Choudhary told PTI here. The Kolkata plant has an annual capacity of 50,000 units. "In the next phase, we are looking at capacity of one lakh annually for which we are considering a new unit, preferably in North India as Delhi is an attractive market for us considering the incentive we are getting for the URBN e-bike," he added. The company is targeting sales of 50,000 units by March 2023, he added. When asked about investm

Omega Seiki Mobility to supply over 5K electric cargo 3-wheelers to Porter

Omega Seiki Mobility (OSM) will supply over 5,000 electric cargo three-wheelers to Porter for last-mile delivery under a collaboration with the logistics operator, the company said on Tuesday. The vehicles are to be delivered to Porter by 2023. The logistics firm already has 1,000 EVs in its fleet and it is looking to expand it five times by next year, it said. Consumers across the world, including in India, have been shopping online in much larger numbers than earlier, increasing the demand for green mobility in the last-mile delivery solutions. The collaboration with Porter is aimed at catering to the surging demands in this space, the company said. According to a recent report, India's e-commerce firms are expected to see 28 per cent year-on-year sales growth at USD 11.8 billion during the festive month with a spurt in the fashion category. "We are seeing the last and middle-mile segment for the trucks growing significantly stronger with demand coming in not just from the ...