Mention
Here’s What Can Make Or Break Bajaj Auto’s Electric Chetak Rideedit
Bajaj Auto Ltd.’s re-entry into scooters nearly after a decade with an electric version of its iconic Chetak may have an underlying message: the future of battery-powered transport in India is on two wheels. At least peers and analysts think so. It’s a “big move for the industry”, Sohinder Singh Gill, global chief executive officer at Hero Electric, maker of electric two-wheelers, told BloombergQuint over the phone
Industry
Merely moving to EVs won’t help India clean up its air. The fix: use renewable power to charge them.edit
Research points out that unless the share of renewables in the energy mix is significantly high, EV use might even increase the emission burden. While EVs can help improve urban air quality to an extent, the pollution in towns and villages adjoining thermal plants — which will produce the energy to charge the EVs — will increase.
In The Future, You Will Get Parking Only If You Drive An Electric Vehicleedit
The state of Karnataka is trying to pass a new mandate upon vehicle parking soon. By making changes to the Model Building Bye-laws 2017, the state plans to reserve 20 percent of the parking space of any residential or commercial infrastructure for electric vehicles. The space would need to offer charging facilities so that the EVs can be charged while parked.
Competition
BYD Introduces Wireless Charging for Electric Busesedit
Soon India will get to see electric vehicles plying on roads. These vehicles will help reduce pollution in the country. Several cities have already confirmed or prepared drafts for designated EV charging points where these electric vehicles can be charged. Talks for designated parking space for EV are also underway.
Mahindra’s educational arm MEC to set up laboratory to work on EV solutionsedit
Mahindra Ecole Centrale (MEC), an engineering and international technology school of the $20.7 billion Mahindra Group, is setting up a laboratory which will work on scientific and technological solutions for green and clean mobility. Students from all streams of engineering at MEC will work on the design, development and testing of electric vehicles.
Will not commercially launch EV for personal use next year: Marutiedit
Car market leader Maruti Suzuki India on Thursday said it will not commercially launch electric car, which it has been testing, for personal use next year, citing lack of infrastructure and government support. The company, which had earlier announced plans to launch electric car based on WagonR by 2020, said by next year the vehicle will be “at a stage which can go to the next stage of trials and testing”. “(It is) not going to be launched commercially for public use at the moment. It won’t be available for public,” Maruti Suzuki India Chairman R C Bhargava told reporters here.
International
Wheels of fortune? A new age for electric motorsedit
But what about the motor that actually drives the car? Car enthusiasts have long-obsessed about what is under the bonnet of a traditional car, but in the electric world the motor gets little attention. That might be about to change, according to Dave OudeNijeweme, head of technology trends at the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC), a joint venture between the UK government and the automotive industry.
Hyundai targets EV sales of over half a million by 2025, posts disappointing third quarteredit
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor pledged to boost sales of electric vehicles (EV) to over half a million by 2025 as part of a bid to focus on new technologies and catch up with rivals, but some analysts saw the target as conservative and warned of the costs. The announcement by Hyundai , the world’s fifth largest car maker along with affiliate Kia Motors , underscores the accelerating strategy shift under Euisun Chung who became the motor group’s executive vice chairman last year.