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From US to Japan, here's how strongest car unions deal with EV job losses

In South Korea, Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp.'s moves toward electrification are provoking similar anxieties in that country's highly active and organised labour movement

Will have our cells in EVs by early 2025: Ola Electric's Bhavish Aggarwal

These cells would be manufactured from its newly set up Ola Gigafactory in Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu

Electric scooter sales flatten while Ola, Bajaj garner more market share

The question is whether the two wheeler market will cross the one million registration mark which eluded the industry in the last financial year

Aim to make India a core part of the global energy revolution: Ola Electric

Bhavish Aggarwal, founder, says leading global products should be made in the country, for India and the world

Ola Electric working on building solid-state batteries: Bhavish Aggarwal

Solid-state batteries are expected to offer improved safety, a longer lifespan and faster charging compared with conventional lithium-ion batteries that use flammable liquid electrolytes

Argentina about to unleash four new projects to churn out lithium

So far in Argentina, the lithium industry has centered on the provinces of Jujuy, Salta and Catamarca

Cloaked Audis, covert CEO meeting: How VW's $5 bn Rivian bet transpired

Intense testing followed at the Palo Alto facility of how the US startup's architecture and software - controlling virtually every function - would work in the German cars

Low-priced Chinese EVs reaching US from Mexico pose a threat to automakers

It's a scenario that terrifies America's auto industry. Chinese carmakers set up shop in Mexico to exploit North American trade rules. Once in place, they send ultra-low-priced electric vehicles streaming into the United States. As the Chinese EVs go on sale across the country, America's homegrown EVs costing an average of $55,000, roughly double the price of their Chinese counterparts struggle to compete. Factories close. Workers lose jobs across America's industrial heartland. Ultimately, it could all become a painful replay of how government-subsidized Chinese competition devastated American industries from steel to solar equipment over the past quarter-century. This time, it would be electric vehicles, which America's automakers envision as the core of their business in the coming decades. Time and again, we have seen the Chinese government dump highly subsidized goods into markets for the purpose of undermining domestic manufacturing,' Sen. Sherrod Brown, an Ohio Democrat, .

Why the rise of China's EV makers holds lessons for other countries

The policies employed by China's leaders are now being emulated by Western governments, which are trying to make their own EV makers more competitive

Electric 2-wheelers may need more domestic value addition for subsidy

The EMPS replaced the FAME-II scheme, where auto companies were provided Rs 11,500 crore as subsidy

Volkswagen's $5 bn investment in US's Rivian boosts EV maker's shares

Shares of Rivian surged about 50 per cent in extended trade after the announcement

CAFE III emission targets to disrupt PV market trends 2027 onwards: Chandra

Shailesh Chandra, managing director, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles and Tata Passenger Electric Mobility, said that CAFE III standards, which will hit the industry around 2027

RR Global-backed BGauss aims for major EV market share riding on RUV350

The company envisions EV-2W category will maintain a 60 per cent market share by 2030, with the RUV category capturing around 25 to 30 per cent of the market

Copying China's EV model wrong, cautions Bharat Forge's Amit Kalyani

One of India's leading manufacturing multinationals, Bharat Forge, on Tuesday called for a more innovative approach to electric vehicles (EVs) in the country's climate action agenda which is not based on copying China's battery-based model. Addressing India Global Forum's Climate and Business (ClimB) session in London, company vice-chair and joint managing director Amit Kalyani pointed to great potential to incorporate inductive electric charging as the highway infrastructure takes shape around the country. He highlighted that the higher price tag of EVs is largely down to the cost of the batteries and having an alternative model will have a significant impact on sales of the more environmentally-friendly mode of transport. "I believe that we are all following the wrong model because everybody is copying what China did and is using the Chinese template for electric vehicles, which is a battery-based electric model, said Kalyani. "Most countries like India, where we are building ...

Hybrids in an EV era

The resurgence of hybrids signals that the electric mobility revolution in India may take much longer than assumed

China's BYD launches third EV in Japan, unveils most expensive model

The expansion of BYD, which stands for Build Your Dreams, in Japan could become a worry for domestic automakers

Hedging Chinese EV makers get costly with imminent tariffs from EU

After the US said in May it was planning to nearly quadruple tariffs, the European Union this month notified companies including BYD and Geely it will slap levies

Canada to start consultation to impose surtax on Chinese electric vehicles

Canada's government is investigating whether to impose a surtax on imports of Chinese-made electric vehicles. A 30-day consultation on the issue will begin on July 2 to counter what Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said Monday is a clear effort by Chinese companies to generate a global oversupply. Canada's move comes weeks after both the United States and the European Commission announced plans to impose higher import tariffs on Chinese EVs this summer. Our automotive sector supports nearly 550,000 good paying Canadian jobs, Freeland said. Canadian workers and the auto sector are facing unfair competition from China's intentional state directed policy of overcapacity that is undermining Canada's EV sector ability to compete in domestic and global markets. The consultation will seek input on what is driving China's surging EV exports, including unfair market practices as well as labor and environmental standards. In addition to a surtax, the consultation will consider whethe

BIS introduces new safety standards for electric vehicles to enhance safety

To improve the safety of electric vehicles, BIS has introduced new safety standards in the L, M, and N categories. Here's all you need to know

Musashi India to ramp up EV component localisation to 70% by year-end

The company aims to produce 1 million e-axles per year by 2030 to accelerate India's transition to green mobility