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Month: September 2020

EESL To Procure 250 EVs From Tata Motors, Hyundai For Govt Bodies

Energy Efficiency Services (EESL) has selected Tata Motors and Hyundai Motor India in an international bidding process for procurement of 250 electric vehicles (EVs) for government entities. Tata Motors will supply 150 Nexon electric compact SUVs and Hyundai will supply…

GM And Honda Explore Designing Cars Together

General Motors and Honda are teaming up in a budding alliance between two auto giants that were at one time bitter rivals. GM and Honda announced a nonbinding memorandum of understanding. The agreement follows preliminary talks between the Detroit auto…

Hero Electric To Launch Fast-Charging E-Bikes In Partnership With EV Motors India

Hero Electric plans to introduce fast-charging E bikes with batteries sourced from EV Motors India. The two companies have formed a partnership to introduce their products for last-mile delivery operation in India. In a joint announcement, EV Motors India and…

TVS Motor Raises Stake In Startup Ultraviolette, Invests Rs 30 crore

TVS Motor Company has raised its stake in Bengaluru-based electric vehicle startup Ultraviolette Automotive by pumping in Rs 30 crore. In FY20, it had invested Rs 11 crore in the startup, which aims to put a high performance electric bike…

NeoCharge’s Power Splitters Make Adding EV Charging More Affordable For Owners

With all of the positives that electric vehicles provide, they do come with their own set of challenges, many of which have nothing to do with the vehicle. One huge challenge for many electric vehicle drivers is home charging. Where…

C-MET Seeks Co-funding Partners For Li-ion And Na-ion Battery Cell Manufacturing

The Center for Materials for Electronics Technology (C-MET) has invited Expressions of Interest (EoI) from interested parties for collaboration with the Center of Excellence for rechargeable battery technologies (Pre-cell). The interested parties would include public sector units, private industry, and…

Mumbai’s Epsilon Carbon To Invest $70 Million In Battery Material Manufacturing Facility

Epsilon Carbon, India’s leading coal carbon company, is diversifying into the battery material business to develop and manufacture high performance and quality carbon products for anode components of Lithium Ion Batteries (LiB). The battery materials business is housed under a…

Lithium Australia’s Envirostream To Start Recycling Old Electric Car Batteries

Envirostream Australia, which is 90 per cent owned by Lithium Australia (LIA), has announced it will start recycling electric vehicle (EV) batteries. A transition to electric mobility can help mitigate transport-related carbon emissions and therefore climate change, but there are…

Dr. Paolo Castagna Ex Managing Director Fiat India Invests In Electric Vehicles’ Start-Up EVage

Dr. Paolo Castagna, Ex Managing Director, Fiat India Automobiles Pvt Ltd, has invested an undisclosed amount in mobility tech startup EVage. The mobility startup has built India’s 1st ‘Make in India’ ‘Exoskeleton Structure’ that will provide a common platform for…

Workhorse Enters Into Strategic Agreements With Hitachi And Hitachi Capital America

Workhorse Group Inc., an American technology company focused on providing sustainable and cost-effective electric drone-integrated vehicles to the last-mile delivery sector, announced today newly-formed strategic agreements between the Company and both Hitachi America, Ltd. (“Hitachi America”) and Hitachi Capital America…