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City’s first battery swapping station for EVs in the worksedit
“Recently, Sun Mobility approached us; they are trying to identify a location to set up a battery swapping station in Bengaluru. As per its demonstration, one will be able access the station using an RFID [radio frequency identification] card,” said CK Sreenath, DGM, smart grid and EV, Bescom. “The idea is that one can leave their EV battery at the station for charging and replace it with a fully charged one,” said CK Sreenath, DGM, smart grid and EV. “If the company decides to build this battery station on Bescom premises, we may work out a profit-sharing model.”
This summit explores creation of a safe, secure and sustainable energy storage ecosystem for Indiaedit
The India Energy Storage Summit (IESS) 2019, a two-day interactive summit, was organised by underwriters laboratories, the not-for-profit organisation within UL, in partnership with centre for battery engineering and electric vehicles (C-BEEV), IIT Madras, and with the support of GE Global Research and the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) on September 23 and 24, 2019, at the IIT Madras Research Park in Chennai.
Industry
India should not miss the bus for local manufacturing of EVs: Nitin Gadkariedit
India’s bid to electrify its fleet is progressing swiftly and the country must not ‘miss the bus’ for creating a local manufacturing base for electric vehicles, union minister of road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari has said. “Our dream of electrification is progressing very swiftly. Electric as a fuel is so cheap, pollution free, and cost will be competitive once the scale increases,” Gadkari said at the launch of Bajaj’s electric two-wheeler here on Wednesday.
Going green: 15 electric buses to ply in Assam from October 30edit
As part of measures to check the deteriorating air quality of the state, Assam State Transport Corporation (ASTC) is all set to roll out 15 electric buses from October 30. ASTC MD Anand Prakash Tiwari said the state-owned road transport corporation will start off with 15 buses in the first phase but the goal of ASTC is to cover all major arterial routes in the city. “To start off, we are going to launch 15 electric buses for Guwahati. The buses will ply from Panbazar to Kamakhya temple initially.
Madhya Pradesh to exempt e-vehicles from motor vehicle taxedit
Ahead of the investors’ summit in Indore on October 18, the Madhya Pradesh government on Tuesday decided to cut paperwork for housing projects and do away with motor vehicle tax for electric vehicles.
India expected to be electric two and three-wheeler manufacturing hub in 6 years: Amitabh Kantedit
Discussing the EV landscape in India, Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said that India is expected to be a hub for electric two and three-wheeler in the coming six years. “We were late in making India a hub for mobiles, ICE four-wheelers, but we have to make sure the country becomes the manufacturing hub for two-wheeler and three-wheeler,” Kant said at the unveiling of Bajaj Chetak EV.
Rajiv Bajaj Takes Dig At Rivals For Trying To Make EVs Out Of Thin Airedit
On a day when Bajaj Auto Ltd. announced the return of its iconic Chetak brand in an electric avatar, the company’s Managing Director Rajiv Bajaj took a dig at rivals with different backgrounds for trying to create electric vehicles “out of thin air”.
No need for any timeline on switch to electric vehicles: Nitin Gadkariedit
While the government will continue to focus on making India world’s top electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing hub, road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday said there is no need for any timeline for automobile companies to switch to electric mobility.
Competition
MG Motor India partners eChargeBays for setting up home charging infrastructure for EVsedit
MG Motor India on Wednesday said it has partnered with eChargeBays, a Delhi-based start-up, for setting up home charging infrastructure for electric vehicles (EVs). The partnership comes ahead of the company’s launch of the its electric SUV, MG ZS EV, in December 2019.
Exide to start assembling lithium-ion batteries from Decemberedit
Eyeing at the country’s electric vehicle (EV) market and grid-based applications, Exide Industries Ltd will start assembling lithium-ion batteries from December, a top company official said on Wednesday. Country’s largest lead acid battery maker had formed a joint venture (JV) with Switzerland-based Leclanch SA, one of the world’s leading energy storage solution companies, in June last year.
Bajaj Chetak makes an electric comebackedit
The iconic Bajaj Chetak is back, but in an electric avatar. Bajaj Auto, which exited the scooter segment years ago, has made a comeback in the category, using the name of one of its most popular brands. The company plans to start selling electric scooters from January, starting from Pune, and then will move to Bengaluru. Any further expansion will happen after the company analyses response to the product.
Ampere electric scooters to be sold through Amazonedit
Ampere Vehicles Pvt Ltd, electric mobility subsidiary of Greaves Cotton Limited, has announced the availability of electric scooters on Amazon e-commerce marketplace platform. This partnership allows customers across select cities to buy the range of electric scooters of the company.
International
Survey Says Consumers Remain Skeptical Of Both Electric And Self-Driving Carsedit
As automakers begin to roll out a fleet of new full-electric vehicles in the near term and are pouring money into developing the autonomous cars of the future, they may have a hard time finding enough buyers to turn a profit on either. That’s according to the just-released J.D. Power Mobility Confidence Index Study, conducted in conjunction with SurveyMonkey.
Decarbonization efforts likely to keep global vehicle demand muted in mid-term: IMFedit
The changing economic policies of the countries and auto players effort to promote cleaner vehicles, notably decarbonisation of engines, is likely to dent global vehicle demand, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned on Tuesday, adding that the near-term outlook for the industry remains sluggish.
Volvo electric vehicles to be branded as Recharge: Ambitious plans to be carbon neutral by 2040edit
As Volvo is planning to introduce its first all-electric model tomorrow with the new XC40, the manufacturer has announced that its all-electric and plug-in hybrid rage of cars will be branded as ‘Recharge’. Hence the XC40 Recharge will make its debut tomorrow and starting with the new all-electric model, Volvo will also calculate and publish the average lifecycle carbon footprint of each new model that it will introduce from here on out.