Industry
New spec criteria may increase cost of electric 2W & 3Wedit
Government has recently set basic benchmark specifications for electric vehicles to avail the subsidy that may lead to an increase in production cost of electric two-wheelers and three-wheelers, say industry leaders.
India needs to evaluate BESS as a storage tech: USISPFedit
US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) has said that grid-connected battery-based energy storage system (BESS) should be evaluated more actively as a commercial storage technology for grid services, as it offers superior performance and a declining price trend in the future.
Competition
Finnish firm to set up more EV charge points at Metro stationsedit
A delegation of Fortum, a Finnish company led by its senior vice president Risto Penttinen and executive vice president Mikael Ronnblad called on HMRL managing director NVS Reddy at Metro Rail Bhavan here on Thursday to discuss mutual collaboration between Fortum and HMRL.
International
Lack of electric car charging points ‘putting off drivers’edit
A “patchy” network of charging points is discouraging UK drivers from embracing electric cars, analysis suggests. More than a third of local authorities have ten or fewer locations where drivers can plug in their vehicles, with wide variation across the country.
For the first time ever, electric cars outsold gas and diesel vehicles in Norwayedit
Electric vehicles outsold gas and diesel models in Norway for the first time ever last month, accounting for 58.4% of all vehicle sales. Norway is a leader in the adoption of zero-emission vehicles and the government has set an ambitious goal to stop selling new gas and diesel passenger cars and vans by 2025.
This start-up claims to have built 1000 Km range batteryedit
Innolith AG, a German technology startup claims to have built a high-density battery with a range of 621 miles (1000 km) which can help break the short range problem of electric cars, reports an American technology news website. However, the company may take four to five years to be able to commercialize the battery.
New Mach 1 is a Ford Mustang-inspired EVedit
Ford has revealed that its upcoming Mach 1 electric crossover will have a WLTP-certified range of 600km (370 miles) between charges. The brand’s first all-new battery-electric vehicle, a ‘performance utility vehicle’ that it says is “inspired” by the Mustang, is set to make its debut later this year.