Tata Power Joins Hands With HPCL To Set Up EV Charging Stations At Its Petrol Pumps Across The Country
Tata Power, India’s largest integrated power company, has signed an agreement with Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL), a Maharatna Oil & Gas Public Sector undertaking, to provide end-to-end EV charging stations at HPCL’s retail outlets (petrol pumps) in multiple cities…
Startup Log 9 Materials Develops Fast-Charging Batteries For Electric Vehicles
Log 9 Materials, a startup incubated from IIT-Roorkee five years ago, has developed fast-charging batteries for electric vehicles, which will help extend the life of the power unit and adoption of EVs, an official said. The company is carrying out…
Goa Issues Draft EV Policy, Proposes All Two-Wheelers To Switch To Electric After 2025
The Goa government has issued the draft ‘Goa Electric Mobility Promotion Policy, 2021’. The policy would be enforced for five years, from the date of its notification in the official gazette. In February this year, Goa’s Minister of Power, Environment,…
Magenta Sets Up Largest Public EV Charging Station In Navi Mumbai
Mumbai-based EV solutions provider Magenta announced the setting up of the country’s largest public EV charging station in Navi Mumbai as part of its plans to provide 4,000 charging facilities by March next year. The company, which provides end-to-end hardware,…
Andhra Procures 25,000 Electric Two-Wheelers For Govt Employees
The Andhra Pradesh Government signed the deal with Convergence Energy Services Ltd (CESL), according to which the company would provide 25,000 electric two-wheelers to the government for its employees. The pact was signed through the New and Renewable Energy Development…
New Maharashtra EV Policy Draft Announced: EV Prices Set To Undergo Reduction
To complement the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicle II (FAME II) policy, the government of Maharashtra has announced the new Maharashtra EV Policy 2021. The new EV policy looks to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles in the…
EESL Subsidiary To Empanel OEMs To Supply E-Rickshaws Across India
Convergence Energy Services Limited (CESL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), has issued an expression of interest (EoI) to empanel original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to supply electric three-wheelers (e-rickshaws) in India. The scope of work would include…
Okaya Group’s EV Division Forays Into Electric Two-Wheeler Business
Energy storage solutions provider Okaya Group’s EV arm announced its entry into the electric two-wheeler business with the launch of a range of vehicles. Besides, the company which already has set up a two-wheeler manufacturing plant in Baddi (HP) and…
Electric Scooter-Maker Ather To Expand Capacity At Its Hosur Plant
Bengaluru-based electric two-wheeler manufacturer Ather Energy is set to expand the capacity of its new plant in Hosur from 110,000 units per annum to 500,000 by the end of next year. It will invest Rs 650 crore in the new…
Digital Lender “Prest Loans” Forays Into Electrical Vehicle EV Financing Segment Collaborates With Eqaro Guarantees And Terra Motors
Prest Loans, a Delhi-based, fast-growing digital lending company has forayed into the financing of electrical vehicles (EVs). It has collaborated with a leading Japanese electrical vehicle manufacturer, Terra Motors offering quality products and with Mumbai-based Eqaro Guarantees for providing guarantees…
