The company is launching OHM Mobility Solutions as battery costs and the consequent EV acquisition remains a high-value proposition Switch Mobility, Ashok Leyland’s electrical vehicle arm, is looking at a subscription based model to drive zero carbon mobility on a mass scale. As battery costs and the consequent EV acquisition remains a high-value proposition, the […]
TVS Motor Increases FY22 Capex 33% in Boost For Electric Vehicles
TVS Motor Company plans to spend an additional Rs 200 crore this year to increase its EV production capacity and introduce new products. TVS Motor Company will invest more than originally planned in electric vehicles to accelerate the launch of new products and increase production capacity. The Chennai-based company will make its only electric two-wheeler, […]
Mumbai: BMC Planning to Procure Electric Vehicles to Replace Its Fleet
In the first phase, the civic body plans to procure about 100 vehicles for official purposes and transportation of garbage by the Solid Waste Management (SWM) department. Days after the state government rolled out its new Electric Vehicle Policy, the Shiv Sena-led Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has planned to procure electric vehicles (EVs) to replace […]
DPCC Becomes 1st Govt Body in Delhi to Completely Switch to Electric Vehicles
Convergence Energy Service Limited, a Public Sector Undertaking, will provide these E-vehicles to the city government for use from September 1. The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has become the first government body in the national capital to completely switch to electric vehicles, officials said on Wednesday. According to the Delhi Electric Vehicle Policy 2020, […]
Carmakers Plan Switch to Electric Vehicles: What’s in Store
Most leading brands plan to cut back on internal combustion engines Volkswagen wants to be the global leader in electric vehicles An electric car is seen plugged in at a charging point. Leading automakers have signalled their intention to scrap internal combustion engines by 2030 or cut back sharply on their production as the sector […]
Chandigarh Admin Proposes Incentives For Buying Electric Vehicles
The proposed purchase incentives are besides the demand incentives offered by the Central government. IN A bid to promote pollution-free electric vehicles, the UT Administration has prepared a draft of financial incentives for the purchasers of e-vehicles. The proposed purchase incentives are besides the demand incentives offered by the Central government. The Chandigarh Renewal Energy […]
Tata Motors Expects Govt to be Consistent With Support For Local Production of Electric Vehicles
Tata Motors NSE -0.99 % on Monday said it expects the government to consistently follow the policy of promoting local manufacturing of electric vehicles (EVs) under the FAME scheme amid demand from Tesla to lower import duty to sell its vehicles in India. The auto major, which plans to have 10 new battery electric vehicles […]
Electric Vehicles Get Cheaper Every Kilometer
Compared to their fossil fuel counterparts, EVs have far lower day-to-day running costs and servicing expenses CHENNAI: Electric vehicles (EV) have been around for a while and have been a tantalising, but difficult, choice for prospective automobile customers ever since the first one hit the showrooms. Tantalising, because fuel prices have been on a steady […]
Govt Spends Rs 871 Crore to Promote Electric Vehicles, Set Up Charging Infrastructure
As many as 87,659 electric vehicles and 6,265 electric buses have been incentivised under the second phase of FAME India, the country’s flagship scheme for faster adoption of electric vehicles till now, the government has told Parliament. The government has spent upto Rs 871 crore till June-end on its flagship national scheme to supercharge the […]
Bajaj Auto Sets Up New Company For Electric Vehicles to Make Partnerships Easy, Have Single-Minded Focus on the Sector
Two and three-wheeler major Bajaj Auto NSE -0.29 % is setting up a new subsidiary company to handle it’s electric vehicles business for a more hands-on approach to the emerging sector and make partnerships easy. While the exact set of operations the company will handle has not been finalised, Bajaj Auto felt that it needed […]