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Maharashtra Has Extended The Early Bird Electric Vehicle Subsidy Until March 31, 2022.

Buoyed by the strong response to its EV Policy introduced earlier this year, the Maharashtra government has decided to extend the additional discount it was offering to early adopters to March 31, 2022. The previous cut-off date for this discount…

Delhi Receives The Prototype Of The First Electric DTC Bus

The prototype of the first electric bus has reached the national capital, informed Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot. “Congrats Delhi! After a long wait, the prototype of DTC’s first 100 percent Electric bus has reached Delhi!,” the Minister tweeted along…

eBikeGo To Produce And Sell European Muvi E-scooter In India

Mumbai-based e-two-wheeler platform eBikeGo has acquired the rights to manufacture and sell ‘Muvi’ e-scooter from Spanish automotive company Torrot. It maybe recollected that eBikeGo recently also acquired rights to manufacture all-electric Velocipedo trike in Pune. With Muvi, the company aims…

The Fern Hotels & Resorts Partners With Magenta To Deploy EV Charging Across All Properties

The Fern Hotels & Resorts, an India-based environmentally sensitive hotel chain, has tied up with Magenta, the fastest growing Indian Charge Point Operator (CPO) company, to install Electric Vehicle Charging Stations (EVCS) across all its properties in the country.  Three…

Hyundai Invests $530m To Bring Electric Vehicles To India

South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co plans to invest 40 billion rupees ($530m) to launch six electric vehicles in India by 2028, making a push for clean driving in a country that’s home to some of the world’s most polluted cities….

About 1.65 lakh EVs Supported As On Nov 25 Under Phase-2 of FAME India Scheme

About 1.65 lakh electric vehicles have been supported as on November 25 this year under the second phase of Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles FAME India scheme, Parliament was informed on Tuesday. The Ministry of Heavy…

FAME-II to PLI, Govt Lists Out Initiatives Taken To Make India an EV Hub

To make India a manufacturing hub for electric vehicles in the coming five years, the government has taken several initiatives, Anil Firojiya, Minister of Heavy Industries, said during a rewritten reply in the Lok Sabha today. He said recently, the…

BMW Seeks Temporary Import Duty Relief For Electric Vehicles In India, To Launch Three EVs In Six Months

While it may be late to the party, BMW will soon join the likes of Mercedes-Benz, Jaguar and Audi to launch a luxury electric vehicle (EV) in India, as the Germany carmaker readies to introduce the BMW iX SUV next…

Darwin Group Forays Into E-Scooter, Launches Affordable Range. Check Price, Features

Due to the increasing demand for electric vehicles in India, one after the other companies are launching electric vehicles. Now Darwin Platform Group of Companies (DPGC) has launched three new models of electric scooters Darwin D-5, D-7 and D-14 in…

Ola Electric has announced plans to expand test ride locations for its electric scooters to more cities later this month. The next set of test ride locations will be operations in more cities from November 27, the fledgling electric vehicle…