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Maini Returns to Make Hay as Sun Shines on Solaredit
Chetan Maini has been one of the pioneers in the electric mobility space for more than 18 years. After many years of trials and tribulations with Reva (now Mahindra Reva), he has finally moved on to building an entire ecosystem of renewable energy based infrastructure with his new venture Sun Mobility. In an interaction with ETtech’s Aritra Sarkhel, Chetan Maini, vice chairman, Sun Mobility talks about his first venture, govt. policies towards electric vehicles, Elon Musk & why their platform is cost effective.
Publication: The Economic Times
Industry
Is India’s all-electric dream finally getting off to a start?edit
Last week the Nitin Gadkari-headed Ministry of Road Transport and Highways concluded a tender inviting companies for leasing electric cars for its official use. A minimum of five such cars will be run daily for ‘at least 100 km at a stretch’, stated a notification. Further, the municipal corporation of Nagpur, the home town of Gadkari, is talking to Mahindra & Mahindra, the only manufacturer of electric cars in India, to procure 200 electric cars to be run as taxis in that city.
Publication: Money Control
Tata Motors plans test trials for electric vehicles across Indiaedit
Tata Motors plans test runs for its 9-meter and 12-meter electric buses across the country to generate interest among the State transport corporations, even as it urges government to pay higher subsidy on electric vehicles compared with hybrid vehicles under the upcoming electric vehicle policy. “We have already started test runs of our 9-meter electric vehicles in the state of Himachal Pradesh, and it is our intent to make a number of these vehicles available all across the country to generate interest,” Ravindra Pisharody, executive director, commercial vehicles of Tata Motors said.
Publication: The Financial Express
ISRO’s solar hybrid electric car completes successful test driveedit
After having accomplished some remarkable milestones in the space technology, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is now focusing on the automobile space with an emphasis on renewable energy. The agency has demonstrated successful test drive of a solar hybrid electric car. ISRO says the car was designed and developed with in-house expertise at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), which the lead centre for launch vehicles development in ISRO. The test was conducted in March where the sola hybrid electric car successfully managed an uphill drive.
Publication: BGR
Bold Move Towards Electric Vehicles – Ambitious or Unrealistic?edit
Starting today and over the next four weeks, I plan to solve the problems that the Indian automotive growth story faces. From emissions to safety and from urban clogging to alternative fuels, I plan to address them all. The solutions range from gun licenses to wooden tops and primary education to body shapers…so bear with me. A few days back, Piyush Goel – Minister of Power & Renewable Energy, stated that no conventional (fossil fuel powered) cars would be allowed registration after 2030. In simple speak this means that the government is pushing us towards an Electric Vehicle future.
Publication: The Financial Express