Industry
India Preparing For The Future, May Soon Cut Import Duty On Electric Vehicle Partsedit
Slowly but gradually, Indian authorities are making efforts to embrace the electric vehicle culture in India. Building on this, the Heavy Industries Ministry has now proposed to the Department of Revenue that the customs duty on parts of electric vehicles (EV) which currently attract import tariff should be reduced. The proposal falls in line with the government’s 2023 EV mission and further suggests that semi knocked down and completely knocked down kits used for assembling EVs should be defined for appropriate customs duty.
Electric Vehicle infrastructure to have large pie in FAME II schemeedit
The second phase of Rs 5,500-crore FAME India scheme will have a major portion for development of electric vehicle charging infrastructure alongside local manufacturing of lithium-ion batteries, which form the core of electric vehicles, according to an official aware of the development.
Competition
Kia Motors signs pact with Andhra govt to build electric vehicle infraedit
Korean car maker Kia Motors India, which is setting up its first manufacturing plant in the country in Andhra Pradesh, on Thursday signed another pact with the state government to collaborate on the ‘Partnership for Future Eco Mobility’, involving the development of local electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure, among other things.
International
Electric cars will soon be cheaper to make than gas cars: battery-makeredit
Electric vehicle batteries will cost less than $100-per-kWh to make by 2020; and less than $50-per-kWh by 2025, significantly reducing manufacturing costs for EVs, according to a Chinese supplier of EV batteries.
East European energy firms charge into EV marketedit
For trips near their village in western Poland, Jacek Balcer and his wife zip around in their electric cars. But when they want to travel further afield they know it’s time to bring out their diesel van or risk being stranded. “If you want to go big distances in Poland you often can’t find a charging station,” said Jacek. “It is still impossible.” It’s a similar story in other central and eastern European countries in the EU but with such a small number of electric vehicles (EVs) on the road, building charging networks hasn’t been a priority for governments.
The World’s Most Remote Roads Need More Plugsedit
The whole four-hour drive to Coober Pedy, Wiebe Wakker knew the inevitable was coming. Less than 15 miles outside town, a sun-scorched outpost of Australia’s Outback that’s served as a backdrop for Mad Max movies, the battery of his electric car ran out.