Greaves Cotton Enters Into New Businesses
City-based engineering company Greaves Cotton, which earns a large chunk of its revenue from sales of automotive diesel engines, seeks to insulate itself from the slowdown in the automotive sector and the ensuing disruption due to BSVI emission norms by…
Hyundai Electric Kick Scooter Revealed
Hyundai Motor Group has developed a new prototype electric kick scooter. Building on its initial concept presented at CES 2017, the new model boasts rear-wheel drive, a highly-capable lithium battery and stylish front and rear lights. The latest concept features…
Mahindra Starts Export Of Peugeot Electric Scooter From India
Mahindra’s European subsidiary Peugeot Motorcycles has been continuing to loose money even after the takeover in 2015 but the scooter specialist has taken some bold steps last year to correct its course. The largest part of this course correction is…
What Lies Ahead In India’s EV Ride
India’s automobiles industry is seeing the worst slowdown in nearly two decades. Amid distress calls over the slump in national sales figures, auto giants have also been voicing concern over a Niti Aayog proposal to push for full conversion to…
Micromax Founder Rahul Sharma’s New Offering: Electric Bikes
Micromax co-founder Rahul Sharma’s new electric two-wheeler startup Revolt Intellicorp has launched two electric motorcycles with what the it calls the first plan in India that offers motorcycle-as-a-service. This plan claims to address the challenge of the high cost that…
MG Motor India will be Collaborating With Delta Electronics To Setup Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure In India
As part of its commitment to developing the ecosystem for EVs in India, MG Motor India today announced its partnership with Delta Electronics India, a leading player in the AC charging segment. As part of the association, Delta will install AC…
Amitabh Kant : Cost Of Electric Vehicles To Be At Par With Combustion Engine Cars In 3-4 yrs.
NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant on Wednesday said the cost of electric vehicles will almost become at par with combustion engine cars in the next 3-4 years, largely owing to decline in battery price and India should be ready for…
Maruti Will Fire 3000 Temp Workers Due To Low Car Sales
On Tuesday, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd former CEO and current Chairman Mr R.C. Bhargava has informed that their company didn’t renew contracts for 3,000 temporary employees as a consequence of the slowdown in the automobile industry. As he said that contractual workers give flexibility to operations…
KEL, Toshiba In Talks For Making Batteries For Vehicles
The State-owned Kerala Electrical and Allied Engineering Company is in discussions with Toshiba to manufacture fast charging lithium ion batteries for electrical vehicles. A team from Toshiba from Japan visited the Mamala unit of KEL on Tuesday. The Japanese team…
Will Trump’s Duties On China-Made Rechargeable Batteries Cause Drones, Phones, Toys and Electric Cars To Run Out Of Power?
American manufacturers of rechargeable electronic devices will be scrambling with a dilemma starting Monday: pass a 15 per cent import duty on China-made batteries to customers, or find alternative sources from China to power their smartphones, drones, or electric vehicles….
