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Bengaluru first battery swapping station for EVs in the worksedit
A mobility solutions firm is scouting for a location to set up the city’s first battery swapping station, which could boost adoption of electric vehicles, or EVs. Sun Mobility, which is based in Bengaluru, has sought power utility Bescom’s help to identify a plot for the station, where users of two- and three-wheelers can swap their drained-out batteries with fully charged ones. Users will pay only the cost of electricity.
Industry
An answer to the problem of EV charging infrastructure in Indiaedit
It was the mid-1990s, and I was doing my MBA in Delhi. Every alternate Sunday morning, I would walk 30 long minutes to a public call office (PCO) booth to take a token that enabled me to make a call back home that night at a quarter of the prevailing rates. Back then, phones were a luxury in India. While everyone craved a device to talk to loved ones, decades of government control of the telecom sector had not helped make this happen.
Noida Authority Procures 5 Electric Vehicles For Official Useedit
The Noida Authority on Thursday procured five electric vehicles (EVs) for official use, as work is underway to prepare infrastructure like charging stations for clean energy-based mobility in the city, officials said.
Electric vehicle market in India: Evolution, challenges and solutionsedit
The global automotive industry is on the verge of disruption. Four technology-driven trends — electrification, shared mobility, connectivity, and autonomous driving—are leading the automotive industry to this disruption. These trends will shift markets and revenue pools, change mobility behaviour and build new avenues for competition and cooperation.
India A Global Leader In Electric 2, 3 Wheelers – Envision Amitabh Kant, Nitin Gadkariedit
Bajaj Auto Ltd marked its entry into the Indian electric vehicle market on Wednesday with the launch of its first ever electric scooter – Bajaj Chetak. The launch event was attended by eminent personalities involved in India’s EV transition, the likes of Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant as well as Transport minister Nitin Gadkari. Focussing on EVs, the duo had some interesting insights to share at the event.
Competition
Bajaj’s strategy on electric vehiclesedit
Bajaj has unveiled its all new e-Chetak, which is a premium offering from the Pune-headquartered company. While, the vehicle is expected to be priced between Rs 1 lakh and Rs 1.5 lakh, it would hit markets in January 2020. The auto major has released details of the e-scooter and Moneycontrol’s Shraddha Sharma talks to Swaraj Baggonkar to find what the company is offering buyers.
International
Where Are the Boring EVs?edit
The Volkswagen Group is getting charged up, and doing so in two vastly different ways. In September, the car conglomerate’s prized Porsche showed off the long-awaited Taycan, its entry into the luxury electric vehicle (EV) space. Taycan has a properly Porsche name (it translates from Turkish origin as “the soul of a spirited young horse”), ultra-fast charging capability, 200-plus miles of range, and a slew of fancy tech features and controls in the cabin.
Ford announces launch of largest electric vehicle charging network in the USedit
Ford doesn’t currently offer any electric vehicles, but it announced Thursday that, once it does, it will offer the largest North American network of electric vehicle chargers of any automaker — including Tesla.
How car ownership trends will pan out in the futureedit
For one, car manufacturers have begun investing in tech giants that offer new mobility services. Toyota, for instance, has parked millions in Uber. General Motors has invested in Lyft, and BMW in DriveNow. Secondly, and this is more the case with foreign markets, Tesla’s growth has prompted a response from car manufacturers to look at electric cars. Daimler has been seeking tie-ups with Tesla. According to estimates by the Boston Consulting Group, over 33 per cent of cars plying on the roads by 2030 may be electric.
Urban SUVs driving huge growth in CO2 emissions: IEAedit
The undying popularity of sport-utility vehicles has made them the second-biggest contributor to the growth of global CO2 emissions in recent years, just behind the power sector, the head of the International Energy Agency said Wednesday. “In 2010, 18 per cent of all car sales in the world were SUVs. In 2018, more than 40 per cent of all cars sold in the world are SUVs!” Fatih Birol told an electric energy conference in Paris.
LG Chem sees electric vehicles accounting for 15% of all car sales in 2024edit
South Korea’s LG Chem, one of the leading electric vehicle (EV) battery makers, expects global sales of EVs to grow more than five-fold from 2018 levels to account for about 15% of global vehicle sales in 2024, it said on Thursday. LG Chem, which counts General Motors and Volkswagen among its customers, also forecast battery costs, which account for about one third of EV prices and serve as one of the biggest hurdles for the wider adoption of EVs, would fall to $100 per kilowatt hour in 2025 on average from $200 in 2015.