Tata Nexon EVs Now Part Of Gujarat Government’s Fleet
Tata Motors have delivered 10 units of the Tata Nexon EV to the government of Gujarat. The new fleet of Nexon EVs has been supplied as part of Tata’s tender agreement with Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL). The Nexon EVs…
Telangana Government To Switch To Electric Vehicles
In a move aimed at generating clean energy, all government vehicles in the State would soon be switched to electric vehicles. Discussions were already going on to replace petrol and diesel vehicles used by government departments within the State with…
Electric Vehicle Battery Startup Ample Raises $160 Million
Ample, a San Francisco-based developer of swappable electric vehicle (EV) batteries, has raised $160 million in new funding round, the company said. The company has developed a battery for EVs and an automated process for quickly swapping out depleted batteries…
BMW Secures Funding For EV Battery Aiming To Rival Range Of A Traditional Engine
A BMW project centered around the development of a long-distance electric vehicle battery has been awarded £26.2 million ($36.07 million) in joint funding from industry and the U.K. government. The Oxford-based project, called BMW-UK-BEV, is one of four to receive…
XPeng Signs An Agreement For The Zhaoqing Smart EV Manufacturing Base Phase Two Expansion Project, Which Will Increase Annual Design Production Capacity From 100,000 To 200,000 Units.
XPeng Inc., a leading Chinese smart electric vehicle (Smart EV) company, announced it has signed an agreement with the Zhaoqing Municipal Government and the Zhaoqing High Technology Industry Development Zone to build the Phase Two expansion project of the XPeng…
Goodyear Ventures Invest In EV Charging And Software Company AmpUp
Goodyear announced that its venture capital arm, Goodyear Ventures, has added AmpUp, a leader in electric vehicle (EV) charging, to its investment portfolio. AmpUp supports the EV driving community through its advanced charging network and software solutions. With operations across…
CESL Seeks Bids For 100,000 E3Vs
Convergence Energy Services (CESL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Energy Efficiency Services (EESL), has issued a tender to procure 100,000 electric three-wheelers (E3W). A request for proposals (RfP) has been issued inviting original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to provide quotations for E3W…
Sugar-Fueled Automobiles In India Will Increase Food Inflation Concerns
India is pushing for more cars to run on ethanol made from sugar, a move that risks raising the cost of the sweetener globally. The government will fast-track an ethanol program that will divert as much as 6 million tons…
Automakers Commit To Increasing Electric Car Sales In The US
Declaring the U.S. must “move fast” to win the carmaking future, President Joe Biden on touted a commitment from the auto industry to make electric vehicles up to half of U.S. sales by the end of the decade. Biden wants…
Sertec Group Established UK’s First EV Battery Busbar Production Line
Sertec Group, a UK-based automotive component manufacturer, has invested £1.7m (US$2.36m) into its research and development (R&D) programs, to enable the UK’s first mass-production assembly line for electric vehicle batteries. The new assembly line will be fully operational in September…
