Industry
Vice President Venkaiah Naidu Calls For Adopting A Public Transport Centric Approach In Traffic-Choked Citiesedit
Addressing public and Metro officials on the 25th Foundation Day Event Of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) in New Delhi, M Venkaiah Naidu- Vice President of India called for adopting a public transport-centric approach to decongest traffic-choked cities.
Fast Chargers For Electric Vehicles Installed At Parliament Houseedit
Electric Vehicles have been on Government’s agenda for long and all possible measures are being taken for its adoption. AC and DC fast chargers for electric vehicles have been installed at the Parliament House to charge the electric vehicles supplied to the government as part of the EESL tender.
FAME needs to be supplemented with steps to boost EV adoption, says CIIedit
Policies like FAME need to be supplemented with measures such as domestic manufacturing of vehicles, batteries and components to boost mass adoption of electric vehicles by 2030, industry body CII said Sunday.
Going Electricedit
With fatal pollution levels choking Indian metros, electric vehicles offer a most lucrative avenue for respite – but, with inadequate policies and crumbling infrastructure, the Indian dream of ‘going electric’ is still many miles away.
Competition
We want to be India’s premier electric vehicle brand: Okinawa founderedit
Gurugram-based Okinawa Autotech is a fast-growing player in India’s evolving electric vehicle (EV) market. With its manufacturing facility in Bhiwadi, Rajasthan, this electric two-wheeler manufacturing firm sold approximately 10,000 e-scooter units in 2017.
International
US to challenge China’s e-vehicle supply chain dominanceedit
On Thursday, the 2nd of May 2019, a US senator had introduced a plan of reinforcing legislations required to reorganize permitting requirements and regulations for the development of miners of graphite, lithium and other electric-vehicle supply chain minerals, as a broad-based effort to undermine China’s dominance in electric vehicle supply chain industry.
The electric car — a good old ideaedit
Electric cars are becoming increasingly attractive in the drive to cut down greenhouse-gas pollution and help to reduce climate change. The surprising thing is that electric cars are nothing new — in the 1890s they looked set to dominate the car market and fend off competition from the new-fangled internal combustion engine.