Mention
This Made-In-India Electric Bus By Ashok Leyland Has A Neat Trick That Gives It An Unlimited Rangeedit
Ashok Leyland showcased its all-electric bus at the Auto Expo 2018 back in February. The 31 seater bus, named as Circuit F, reflected a partnership between Ashok Leyland and Sun Mobility, an electric vehicles solutions firm. As per recent postings online, the bus has now been spotted undergoing test on the roads and hence might make its debut to the Indian market soon.
Industry
Delhi kicks off e-bus trial to curb pollutionedit
In its effort to promote pollution-free public transport, the Delhi government conducted a trial run of its low-floor electric bus and said it is in the process of procuring e-buses to ply on roads by 2019.
CM to decide on BMTC’s 80 electric bus procurementedit
Chief minister HD Kumaraswamy will decide whether Bengaluru gets electric buses for public transport. His intervention was needed after transport minister DC Thammanna and BMTC managing director V Ponnuraj airing differing views on the procurement of these buses.
How IT firms are trying to plug commute gaps for employeesedit
IT corridors in Bengaluru are notorious for traffic snarls – the city’s frenetic charm is visible on gridlocked roads as commuters’ brave bumper-to-bumper traffic, leading to increasing travel time. There are no readymade congestion busters, but companies are doing their bit to take at least a few thousand vehicles off the road.
Competition
Last-mile connectivity push to help maintain our SCV leadership: Diego Graffi, MD & CEO, Piaggio Vehiclesedit
Piaggio Vehicles sees the demand for small commercial vehicles, particularly the cargo segment, on the rise in India. With enhanced rural road connectivity, smart city initiatives/programmes and increased infra spending, Piaggo will target doubling its customers base in the next two years to 5 million.
ABB developing DC backbone for high-power EV chargersedit
ABB announced today that the company is engaged in a collaborative R&D project with North Carolina State University to develop the underlying power systems required to support rapid charging of electric vehicles (EVs).
International
The UK’s future electric vehicle charging infrastructureedit
The UK has published its Road to Zero Strategy, a policy roadmap for the UK’s decarbonization pathway to zero emission vehicles (ZEV). In this hoganlovells.com interview, Alex Harrison, an energy partner in the Hogan Lovells London office, explores the crucial role that electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure will play in ensuring that the UK is able to meet its 2040 commitment to end the sale of all new conventional petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2040.
New cars slowdown despite electric surgeedit
New car sales are continuing to fall and the figures might have been worse had there not been a surge in the buying of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles before a cut in subsidies announced for this month. The latest industry figures show new registrations in October coming in at 153,599, 3 per cent lower than in the same month last year.
Electric Vehicles Are Coming, And New England And California Better Watch Outedit
Electric vehicles have the potential to completely disrupt the energy landscape. Consider the following: the transportation sector (planes, trains, and automobiles) accounts for almost 29% of all energy consumed in the United States. The vast majority of that energy comes from oil-derived fuels, such as the gasoline and diesel we use in our cars.
Shenzhen just made all its buses electric, and taxis are nextedit
Shenzhen aims to electrify its entire taxi fleet by 2020. Shenzhen in China is the world’s first major city to run an entirely electric bus fleet. Some 16,000 buses in the city are electric. And its taxi fleet isn’t far behind. Over 12,000 (62.5%) of the city’s cabs also run on electricity. Shenzhen aims to make that 100% by 2020.
A $6 trillion barrier holds electric cars backedit
Wouldn’t it be great if we could all drive without dirtying the air we breathe? Alas, not everyone can afford an electric car. The good news is the death of the internal combustion engine is nearing and electric-vehicle sales are on a tear. Countries that together account for more than 10 percent of global auto sales have detailed plans to phase out conventional gasoline-powered cars. Include China, and that jumps to 40 percent.
Deutsche Telekom to build electric car charging network in Germanyedit
Deutsche Telekom on Monday said it will launch a network of electric vehicle charging stations in Germany by adding power cables to existing fixed line and cable infrastructure boxes found on residential roads.