Mention
Towards an electric futureedit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is right in saying that the International Solar Alliance (ISA) could replace the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) as the key energy supplier in the future. However, alongside a rapid use of solar power, the world also needs to switch over to battery-driven electric vehicles to substantially replace oil. The automobile, aviation, and shipping industries continue to be big oil guzzlers.
AL eMobility: Energy management and e-Power driveedit
“In the EV domain, we see the bus segment taking off first, but we are more excited by the opportunities offered by trucks where the profit and numbers are available; and waiting for that to happen. We have started developing products with different energy management strategies so that customised solutions can be offered for the applications,” discloses Mr. Karthick Athmanathan, Head – EV & eMobility solutions, Ashok Leyland Ltd. (AL)
Industry
Ampere Vehicles chief ‘fully charged’ to serve her motherlandedit
She was not born with a silver spoon. But the lessons that she learnt from her father and mentor Annamalai and the life that he lived seems to have inspired Hemalatha Annamalai, the Chief Executive of Ampere Vehicles, to lead a simple life with no airs about her rise. That said, it is not easy to get hold of her these days as she travels quite a bit. She, however, makes it a point to stay in touch.
Vijayawada Municipal Corporation to introduce 24 electric vehiclesedit
To protect the environment, as per the directions of Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, the Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC) will introduce 24 electric vehicles before December. According to the sources, the main objective of introducing EVs was to control pollution levels in the city and to cut down the use of petrol and diesel.
EVs, Smart Car Market In India To Boomedit
The electric vehicle market is set to grow in a big way owing to the ambitious plans and initiatives of the government to build Digital India. The government has taken a number of steps to incentivize and promote the deployment of electric vehicles and public charging infrastructure to achieve significant electrification by 2030. India is targeting to reduce its excessive oil imports and curb pollution levels across cities in the coming years. Electric vehicles will play an important role in achieving this target.
Govt’s e-vehicle push doesn’t move energy deptedit
Of the 7,000 electric vehicles plying on Bengaluru’s roads, comprising both two-wheelers and four-wheelers, only five belong to officials of the energy department. Moreover, the department doesn’t own these vehicles, but has rented them out. Currently, additional chief secretary, energy department, P Ravi Kumar; Bangalore Electricity Supply Corporation Ltd (Bescom) managing director C Shikha and Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) chairman M K Shankarlinge Gowda use these electric vehicles.
International
Truck makers rev up for rollout of electric big rigsedit
Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk put electric heavy commercial trucks on the map in November 2017 when he unveiled the company’s futuristic, battery-powered Semi, booked hundreds of orders and said he would start delivering the vehicles by 2019. Now, it looks like 2020 could be the big year for electric big rigs. Incumbent truck makers are accelerating their electric truck projects toward launches that year, while Musk told investors in June production of the eye-catching Semi freight hauler should begin “basically (in the) first half of 2020” instead of 2019.
Government grants for low-emission cars slashed early after spike in demandedit
Government grants for new low-emission cars have been cut at an earlier date than originally proposed because of an unprecedented spike in demand. The amount of money available for purely electric vehicles has been reduced, while hybrid models are no longer eligible for the grant scheme.
U.K. Government Urged To Ban Gas and Diesel Cars By 2032edit
The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom says that the planned phaseout of gas and diesel cars by the year 2040 should be pushed up to 2032, along with more specific and stringent targets to phase in the ban. In a report to the country’s Parliament, the committee criticized the sluggish pace of building EV charging stations across the country, calling it one of the greatest barriers to faster adoption of private electric cars in the U.K.
The electric car comes of age, right when we need itedit
Imagine you’re mired in heavy traffic on I-95 on a steamy summer day, with plenty of time to study the car ahead of you. Something puzzles you about it, but you’re not sure what. After staring for a long minute, you realize — aha — that it has no tailpipe. It is an electric car. You are tailing a Tesla. If you’ve not yet had this experience, you soon will.
BASF, Nornickel join forces in electric vehicle battery pushedit
Germany’s BASF and Russia’s Norilsk Nickel (Nornickel) have entered a strategic cooperation to address growing demand for batteries to powerelectric vehicles, they said on Monday. Part of the deal is a long-term supply agreement for nickel and cobalt feedstocks, while BASF will build a plant to produce battery materials in Harjavalta, Finland, adjacent to a nickel and cobalt refinery owned by Nornickel.