Industry
Eight states in India are racing ahead, boosting electric vehicles through policy groundworkedit
India’s first electric three-wheeler, Vikram SAFA, was developed by Scooters India Limited in Lucknow in 1996. Manufacturing an electric vehicle was a novelty then, but today there is a dire need to shift to clean mobility, given the harm vehicular pollution is inflicting on the environment.
iCAT to invest Rs 55 crore in EV testing infrastructureedit
In line with the government’s vision to promote electric vehicles, International Centre for Automotive Technology of India (iCAT) to invest about Rs 55 crore ($8 million) to set up test and validation facility for electric vehicles. Dinesh Tyagi, Director ICAT said, “We are preparing to test electric vehicles. The investment will be used to augment the Electro-Magnetic Compatibility (EMC) lab and test lab aligned with e-mobility. The investment will be done by September”.
India’s Electric Car Rollout Is Undergoing A Rethinkedit
Carmakers anticipating the second round of bids to supply electric cars to the government may be up for disappointment. The state-run Energy Efficiency Services Ltd. will now focus on public transport, delaying the tender further.
Fame II: Electric car and hybrid vehicle makers raise concerns, say scheme prepared in hasteedit
Weeks after the government announced a Rs 10,000-crore subsidy outlay for electric and hybrid vehicles, manufacturers have raised concerns over some clauses of the scheme, saying it has been prepared in haste with several complexities.
International
Plunging Costs of Lithium-Ion Batteries on the Verge of Displacing Coal, Gasedit
The latest analysis by research company BloombergNEF shows that the benchmark levelised cost of electricity, or LCOE, for lithium-ion batteries has fallen 35% to $187 per megawatt-hour since the first half of 2018. Meanwhile, the benchmark LCOE for offshore wind has tumbled by 24%.
This Online Calculator Shows The More You Drive An Electric Car, The Cheaper They Are To Ownedit
A constant debate has seen electric vehicles been pitted against their petrol and diesel engine counterparts in terms of the cost of ownership of the vehicles. Though a valid argument stands for both sides, putting those to solid numbers has been a difficult task for most. Not anymore, thanks to a new online calculator.