Industry
Bengaluru to run 400 electric buses soonedit
Karnataka is one of the 10 states to have taken a lead with a separate policy in 2017. We are now in the process of adopting 400 electric buses, both within Bangalore and inter-city mobility. Youngsters are investing time, energy and money to help us in this revolution.
Rs 1000 crore electric bus manufacturing unit to come up in Andhra Pradesh’s Anantapuredit
The State government has signed an MoU with Veera Vahana Udyog Private Limited for setting up of an electric bus manufacturing unit in Anantapur district. Speaking to the media on Thursday, Industries Minister Mekapati Goutham Reddy said as per the agreement, the firm will invest Rs 1,000 crore on the plant in the first phase.
J-K sanctions transport subsidy scheme to encourage fuel efficient busesedit
To encourage introduction of eco-friendly fuel efficient buses, the Jammu and Kashmir administration has formally accorded sanction to a scheme to provide Rs 5 lakh subsidy to transporters for replacement of 15-year old buses.
How Electric Vehicles Will Modify Your Driving Habitsedit
A lot is going to change once electric vehicles become mainstream. Driving behaviour is one such. Electric vehicles do look and feel a lot like conventional petrol, diesel or gas-powered internal-combustion engine driven modes of transport, but they demand a new set of driving skills.
India to Organize Summit on Smart & Green Mobility in Novedit
The government is organizing a mobility summit, NuGen Mobility Summit 2019, in the month of November this year based on the theme smarter and greener future through automotive technologies.
International
BMW ups orders of battery cells for electric carsedit
German high-end carmaker BMW said Thursday it was massively increasing orders of battery cells for electric cars for the coming decade, as it plans dozens of new electrified models. The total increase of 6.2 billion euros ($6.9 billion) will come from a new 2.9-billion-euro contract with Samsung-SDI and an increase from 4.0 to 7.3 billion in orders from China’s CATL, BMW said in a statement.