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How Reva founder Chetan Maini is trying to redefine the future of urban transportedit
Chetan Maini was not at all impressed by what his elder brother was learning in college. Then in Class 12, he would read the books his brother Sandeep, who was then a third-year mechanical engineering student at Manipal University, would bring home during vacation.
Industry
This Foldable Electric Scooter With Bluetooth Speakers May Be Your Best At Beating Traffic Jamsedit
A big perk of electric vehicles is the fact that they are not restricted to the traditional automobile form, shape or size. That means that the use case is not limited to electric cars, bikes, trucks or even planes. With the rise in electric-motors powering transportation utilities, new concepts are coming to fruition — be it a Hyperloop or compact electric scooter.
Who will lead India’s transition in adopting electric vehicles?edit
In order to reduce rising oil imports and greenhouse gas emissions, the government of India is considering a 30 per cent penetration of electric vehicles (EVs) across two-wheelers and four-wheelers throughout the country by 2030. It has been providing substantial support in that endeavour. However, catapulting this transition from fossil fuel-based towards electric-based transport systems will also require altering the mobility-related consumer behaviour.
Competition
Bangalore’s e-scooter sharing platform inducts 70 Okinawa scooters, aims 5,000 e-2Ws by 2019edit
Once known as the perfect retreat for retirees and an oasis of beauty and comfort, Bangalore, is now perpetually in the news for its rising urban mobility challenges, deteriorating air quality and endless traffic roadblocks. The city has seen a growing trend towards ride sharing and adoption of electric vehicles. This can be seen with a wide number of ride sharing companies inducting EVs in their fleet.
International
Call to mandate electric vehicles in government fleetsedit
Experts welcome funding for national network of electric vehicle charging stations but call for coordinated government action to support the technology. Industry and researchers say that plans to build Australia’s largest network of charging stations for electric vehicles is a major boost for the technology.
Electric Vehicles Get The Green Light To Drive Fast In Austriaedit
If tax incentives aren’t enough to get people to buy an electric car, maybe a free pass to speed might do it. The Austrian government unveiled a new scheme to motivate people to switch to electric vehicles by raising the speed limit for them on some of its highways, according to an article in Teslarati.
Electric vehicles are inspiring the engineers of the futureedit
The event is run by the Greenpower Education Trust – a UK based charity that aims to get young people interested in science and engineering by challenging them to design, build and race an electric car – and is a culmination of six months of regional qualifying.
Electrify America already has 30 fast-charging stations online, hundreds more to comeedit
Electrify America is quickly ramping up deployment of its electric vehicle charging infrastructure ahead of the many new EVs rolling out next year. The VW subsidiary already has 30 fast-charging stations online, and it has hundreds more to come.
India home to 3 of the largest NO2 emission hotspots: Greenpeaceedit
As Delhi continues to battle alarming pollution levels, a new study has found that three of the world’s largest nitrogen dioxideemission hotspots that contribute to formation of finer particulate matter causing air pollution are in India, with one in the Delhi-NCR. The study by Greenpeace comes as Delhi’s pollution level climbed to alarming levels. Air quality continued to remain in the “very poor” category as a thick haze engulfed the city Monday.
What the History of Gas Stations Means for Electric Carsedit
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On my way to a conference in Ann Arbor, Michigan, last week, I took a little detour to Dearborn, to visit the Henry Ford Museum of Innovation. I wanted to see what a Model T’s gas tank looked like. The importance of the Model T, which the Ford Motor Co. began selling in 1908, is a familiar story: It was the first car that was both widely affordable and widely available, thanks to the mass manufacturing techniques Henry Ford developed and the economies of scale they made possible.
Even the World’s Biggest Miners Are Switching to Electric Vehiclesedit
BHP Billiton Ltd.’s giant Olympic Dam mine in Australia’s Outback is a labyrinth of 450 kilometers of tunnels and roads — an ideal testing ground for the industry’s burgeoning shift toward cleaner power. Taking about 30 minutes to drive from top to bottom, there’s ample opportunity for the world’s biggest miner to test electric SUVs in a bid to cut both costs and pollution, including potentially harmful diesel emissions.
Uber aims to fully electrify its fleet in London by 2025edit
With the growing trend of electrification the auto industry looks to go green, as are other stakeholders. The potential for electric vehicles to reduce emissions are manifold, but lack of charging infrastructure and comparatively higher initial price has remained a key challenge.