Industry
बदल जाएगी उत्तर प्रदेश पब्लिक ट्रांसपोर्ट की तस्वीर, 700 इलेक्ट्रिक बसों को मिली हरी झंडीedit
इलेक्ट्रिक वाहनों (electric vehicle) को सरकार द्वारा काफी प्रोत्साहन दिया जा रहा है। जिसे देखते हुए कहा जा सकता है कि ये कार ऑटोमोबाइल का भविष्य है। अब खबर आ रही है कि उत्तर प्रेदश में 700 इलेक्ट्रिक बसे चलाई जाएंगी।
Carmakers plan blitz with nearly a dozen EVs in 2020: Maruti e-WagonR, Mahindra XUV300 electric & more!edit
Nearly a dozen electric cars will hit the roads next year, mainly in the hatchback and compact SUV segments, with several manufacturers planning to test the waters and identify the potential customer base, even as demand remains extremely low. Experts believe the move is to showcase technological strength and be ahead of the demand while trying to have a first mover advantage. Besides, the vehicles can primarily target corporate houses and for other commercial application, as private consumers are still apprehensive of spending on e-cars.
Electric vehicles will greatly reduce pollution: Minister Kamalakar in Karimnagaredit
BC Welfare and Civil Supplies Minister Gangula Kamalakar on Monday launched the e-Yano app in Karimnagar. Later, he said that pollution can be reduced to a great extent by using vehicles that run with electricity. The autos, which run either by petrol or diesel, will emit around 7 kgs of carbon-dioxide for just 100 kilometres and are major cause of pollution in towns and cities.
Tata Nexon electric vehicle spotted testing, unveil on December 19edit
Tata Motors will reportedly unveil the Nexon electric vehicle in India on December 19. However, before the automobile manufacturer officially showcases the Nexon EV, it has been spied testing in Pune. We are well aware of the fact that Tata Nexon electric vehicle will be launched in the country in the fourth quarter of the Financial Year 2019-20. We are expecting the Nexon EV to be priced between Rs 15 lakh and Rs 17 lakh.
Competition
DAO plans to launch electric two-wheelers in Hyderabadedit
Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer, DAO EVTech, is all set to launch its operations in India by February 2020. The company has started assembling electric two-wheelers at its leased factory in Hyderabad and will start rolling out the vehicles by February. However, 2020-end the company plans to set up its own automobile complex in Andhra Pradesh near Krishnapatnam Port and have its own manufacturing unit with a capacity of 500,000 vehicles per annum.
Mahindra Electric appoints Martin Murray as Chief Technical Officeredit
Martin Murray has been appointed as the new Chief Technical Officer at Mahindra Electric. For the electric vehicle unit of the Mahindra & Mahindra Group, Martin will be spearheading the product and project engineering, mobility solutions and program management moving forward and will report directly to the CEO of the brand Mahesh Babu.
This startup can convert any fuel-powered scooter to an electric scooteredit
The recent air pollution crisis in the capital city caused an inevitable hullabaloo in the region leading to the announcement of a public health emergency by the government. The clamour to tackle air pollution in India and across the world largely center around getting more electric vehicles on our roads and limit the use of vehicles powered by internal combustion.
International
480 km range in just 10 minutes of charge! New electric car battery that could be charged even fasteredit
The biggest deterrent to making an EV buying decision is the driving range it promises and more than that, it is the fact that reloading the electric car’s battery to full takes much more time than filling up the fuel tank with fossil fuel. Most EVs around the world use lithium-ion battery packs which evolve a bit every year but we’re still to see a revolutionary tech in the field. Now though, there is a word from the Penn State University where engineers have developed a battery that can provide enough charge to drive an EV 320-480 km after a charge of only 10 minutes.