Industry
EV charging station inaugurated at NTPCedit
The NTPC Ramagundam, which is on the forefront in launching environment protection measures, has gone a step ahead and commissioned the Electric Vehicle (EV) charging station to promote e-mobility in NTPC projects, stations and office locations at the township on Thursday.
KSRTC launches electric vehiclesedit
Opening a new chapter in the transportation sector of the State, the State-owned Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) on Thursday launched 10 zero-emission and noiseless air-conditioned battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in its first step towards Green Mobility.
Competition
Mahindra Electric Mobility to invest Rs 1,000 cr by 2020 foredit
Mahindra Electric Mobility Thursday said it would invest a total of Rs 1,000 crore by 2020 for electric vehicles including the latest Treo and Treo Yaari vehicles. “We are investing Rs 1,000 crore by 2020 for electric vehicles including the electric three-wheeler range – Treo and Treo Yaari vehicles,” Mahindra and Mahindra Limited Managing Director and Mahindra Electric Chairman Pawan Goenka told reporters here.
International
In California, electric vehicles now make up 10% of all new cars soldedit
August was a good month for electric cars in the US. Sales of plug-in electric vehicles have reached 190,000 units as of August, nearly eclipsing total EV sales in 2017. That caps almost three years of consecutive monthly sales gains (year over year), reports CleanTechnica.
Your next car could be electric—and Chineseedit
When it comes to making and buying electric cars, there’s China and then there’s everyone else. As of April of this year, China accounted for about 35% of all the electric cars sold in the world. Its consumers are on track to buy 1 million (link in Chinese) electric cars by the end of the year.
Silicon eyed as way to boost electric car battery potentialedit
The race to build a better electric car battery is turning to silicon, with several companies working to engineer types of the material that can boost driving range and cut production costs.
VW Builds Europe’s Biggest E-Car Plant to Halt Tesla’s Marchedit
Volkswagen AG will invest 1.2 billion euros ($1.4 billion) to revamp a plant in eastern Germany into Europe’s largest electric-car factory, giving chase to Tesla Inc.’s move into affordable zero-emission vehicles.