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India Goes Electric With Battery-Swapping Rickshawsedit
Pankaj Kumar drives his autorickshaw up to a charging station in a covered parking lot in Gurugram, a satellite city of New Delhi. He flips open a lid on the side of the box that was the driver’s seat. One at a time, he pulls out the two batteries powering the small vehicle, each about a foot high, five inches wide, and weighing 26 pounds.
Mention
From being written off to coming back with 16 patents in electric vehicles, here’s the story of GoGreenBOVedit
It was back in 2009, Dhivik Ashok, the then 25-year-old entrepreneur, and his father Ashok sat in their living room to discuss the future of mobility in India. From there, together, they went on to form the electric scooter company GoGreenBOV. By 2015, the father-son duo had a million dollars in revenue, and were poised to grow bigger.
Industry
A shot in the arm for electric mobilityedit
EESL Floats Tender for 200 Electric Vehicle Fast Chargersedit
Government’s Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) has issued a tender for 200 fast chargers along with three years’ on-site warranty and annual maintenance contract. The tender, extendable up to 10 years, will follow international competitive bidding process.
India seeks Lithium from South American nations to meet Solar Energy and Electric Vehicles Targetedit
With big plans to converting all its vehicles to an electric platform by 2030, India is reaching out to the `Lithium Triangle’ in South America- Argentina, Bolivia and Chile seeking the rare metal Lithium to realise its goal. Lithium is needed making batteries not only for the vehicles but is also required for laptops, and mobile phones.
Competition
Analysts cheer JSW Energy’s decision to scrap electric vehicles biz plansedit
When private power producer JSW Energy said on Friday that it had decided to drop an earlier decision to pursue an electric vehicle (EV) business, this was the second time in six months that it decided to step back from a formally announced diversification.
Tata Power, IGL join hands to set up EV charging stations, solar plantsedit
Private sector electricity generator Tata Power and Indraprastha Gas Ltd (IGL) today announced signing of a pact to jointly set up electric vehicle charging stations, battery swapping stations and rooftop solar power plants among other focus areas.
International
BYD launches world’s longest pure electric busedit
Chinese automobile maker BYD on Monday launched world’s first 27-m pure electric bi-articulated bus K12A at the company’s headquarters in Shenzhen. With a passenger capacity of 250 people, it is the longest pure electric bus in the world and can travel at a maximum speed of 70 km/h, the company said in a release.
Dana’s fuel cell tech to be used in public transportation vehiclesedit
Dana is applying its fuel cell expertise for designing and manufacturing composite and metallic bipolar plates for public transportation systems, such as the eBus and hydrail applications. The company says developing and validating the fuel-cell component solutions for emerging, environmentally friendly public transportation vehicles is the company’s efforts to enable the commercialisation of fuel-cell applications.