Industry
India To Soon Have Its Own Standards For EV Charging Stations; Will Help Reduce Costsedit
One of the biggest hindrances in the adoption in electric vehicles pan India is the lack of charging facilities for these vehicles. Part of the reason for this is the fact that the firms looking to establish such charging stations need to procure the corresponding licenses from Japan, China and or other nations.
Competition
Mahindra and Ford’s secret EVedit
While many eyes will be looking at the upcoming Ford-Mahindra co-developed SUV — next-gen Mahindra XUV500/Ford’s C-segment SUV — the first co-developed product to come out of this partnership is an all-electric car. Based on the Ford Aspire, this new EV is due to arrive by the end of next year and we got an up-close look at an early mule.
FAME-II subsidy: Tata Motors hopes private electric vehicle buyers get incentivesedit
Tata Motors, India’s fourth-largest carmaker, has welcomed the government’s FAME-II scheme but hopes that private buyers of electric vehicles will also get incentives in the future.
Hyundai sharpens focus on electric cars that run on hydrogen fuel cellsedit
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group is placing strong bets on electric vehicles (EVs) that run on hydrogen fuel cells, even as several of its global rivals sharpen their strategies towards lithium-ion battery-based EVs for eco-friendly transport.
International
Usain Bolt Launches Nano, An Electric Two-Seater Meant For Intra-City Traveledit
Usain Bolt, the world renowned athlete who shattered the records for short distance sprinting, now aims to solve the mobility issues faced in major cities across the world. For this, Bolt kickstarted his own mobility company and conveniently named it as Bolt Mobility. The firm has now come up with its first electric car, the Bolt Nano.
How we can embrace the electrical vehicle transition by adopting smart chargingedit
The age of the electric vehicle (EV) is dawning, with two million of them sold in 2018. Whether EV purchases are motivated by environmental concerns, lower operating costs, increases in range coverage, or just plain envy of the neighbour’s EV’s constant torque acceleration, sales of all EV models are on the rise.
Why the UK’s lagging behind in the booming electric car revolutionedit
The UK’s electric car market is in trouble. The public aren’t buying electric cars, and the automotive industry isn’t making them either. “A lot of people in government think that the future is electric cars, and that we are going to be at the forefront of the electric car and the autonomous vehicle revolution,” says Andrew Graves, a professor of mechanical engineering at Bath University. But we’re lagging behind.