Industry
What’s keeping the BMTC from inducting electric buses?edit
It was back in 2014 that the state-run Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) had announced its five-year plan to phase out all diesel buses, and induct CNG and electric buses. Cut to today — five years later — the BMTC still has around 6,500 diesel buses across the city. What is keeping the transport body from going green?
We want to make India number 1 in EVs, says PM Modiedit
What will be a feel good factor for the lovers of electric vehicles in India, prime minister Narendra Modi on Friday said “We want to make India number one in electric vehicles.” He made this statement while addressing the Economic Times Global Business Summit here. However, he did not declare any timeline to it.
India needs to do more to facilitate shift to electric vehicle: Tesla co-founder at ET GBSedit
The Indian government needs to do more to expedite the process of movement to electric cars from gasoline cars, feels the founder of Tesla. “We should try to move away from gasoline cars as fast as possible. But the Indian government needs to do more (to facilitate transition towards electric cars),” Martin Eberhard, founder and original chairman & CEO, Tesla.
How energy storage is becoming mainstream for Indiaedit
In the last few years, India has been making huge strides in transitioning to renewable energy, and is today, one of the top 10 countries in the world utilising solar power. However, there is still potential that remains untapped, and to make renewable energy a successful source to answer all power needs, it is important to have a means to store the surplus power generated.
Competition
Fuel cell electric vehicles may be complementing tech in India’s future mobility: Reportedit
Supply-side constraints may prove to be an obstacle in battery-driven electric vehicles becoming the only technology for future mobility in India and hydrogen-powered fuel cell EVs could become a complementing technology in future, according to a study by KPMG. In a report titled ‘Automotive fuel: Racing towards a multipolar world’, KPMG said battery electric vehicles (BEV) technology is currently far ahead in market maturity and is expected to be the obvious choice in a value conscious market like India to kick-start the shift towards cleaner fuel.
International
China Electric Vehicle Sales Jump 175%, Up To 4.8% Of Auto Market In January!edit
Traditionally, January, along with February, are the two slowest months in the Chinese plug-in vehicle market, but tradition is not what it used to be. Even with disruption hitting the Chinese automotive market (the mainstream market was down 18% last month), plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) sales were up an amazing 175% year over year (YoY), to some 96,000 registrations.
Electric Cars Are About To Absolutely Demolish Gasmobilesedit
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China’s drive to dominate the electric car industryedit
There is perhaps nothing more emblematic of the American century than the automobile. Assembly lines rolled out millions of Fords, Chryslers, Chevys and Buicks and made Motor City-Detroit, Michigan-the capital of the global car industry. But in the race to dominate the auto industry of the 21st century, it is China vying for the pole position. It’s Chinese auto-makers building the smart cars of tomorrow. And the energy fueling them is electric.