Industry
BEST to start 80 e-buses soonedit
BEST will soon in- troduce 80 electric buses on wet-lease as Bombay high court approved the proposal. BEST general manager Surendra Kumar Bagade told the BEST committee that the undertaking will receive a Rs 40-crore subsidy from the Union government. BEST will not have to spend crores as investment in the purchase of buses.
Electric Buses Will Run On Roads Of Jammu & Kashmir, First Batch Of 10 Buses Inducted In Fleetedit
The buzz around electric buses in India has been on a rise, with many states in the country already inducting these in their transport fleet. The latest state to add its name to this list is Jammu and Kashmir, with the region now receiving its first ever fleet of electric buses under a central scheme.
Competition
International
Plug-in cars see huge demand in UK, car ownership rises 76% in 2018edit
The number of plug-in electric cars on British roads grew by three quarters last year, according to the latest Motorparc data released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).
Rio Tinto eyes EV market, commits extra $302 mln for copper projectedit
Rio Tinto Ltd said on Monday it would invest an extra $302 million to develop its Resolution copper project in the U.S. state of Arizona, as it looks to expands output to meet the lucrative market for new energy vehicles.
In quest for electric supercars, engineers head to startupsedit
Rene-Christopher Wollmann, head of Mercedes-AMG’s 2.75 million euros Project One supercar programme, has moved to a job at Automobili Pininfarina in a sign that innovation in high end electric sportscars is shifting toward small startups.