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Andhra Govt To Help Govt Employees Buy Over A Lakh Electric Two-Wheelers At Cheaper Rates

In a big push for the adoption of electric vehicles in India, Andhra Pradesh (AP) Government has decided to help its employees buy more than a lakh electric two-wheelers by arranging for domestic as well as global financing at attractive…

Rapido, Zypp Electric Join Hands To Provide EV Bike Taxi Ride Service

Rapido announced joining hands with Zypp Electric, to provide EV bike taxi ride service Rapido EV – to its customers. Rapido will provide 100+ riders and electric two-wheelers from Zypp as part of its fleet. The service will be a…

Tata Power-DDL Partners With SUN Mobility To Set Up A Network Of Swap Points™ In New Delhi

Tata Power-DDL, India’s leading power distribution utility serving a populace of 7 million in Delhi, announced today its partnership with SUN Mobility, a leading provider of an energy infrastructure platform and services for electric vehicles (EVs), to set up a…

India To Offer Incentives To Global EV Players, Aims To Attract $14 Billion Investment Over 5 Yrs

India plans to offer fresh incentives to companies making electric vehicles (EVs) as part of a broad auto sector scheme it expects to attract $14 billion of investment over five years, according to industry sources and a document. The country’s…

IIT Delhi Develops EV Charging Station With Inbuilt Solar PV Interface Capability

IIT Delhi researchers have developed a truly modular, scalable, and environmentally friendly electric vehicle (EV) charging station with in-built solar photovoltaic (PV) interface capability. The highly innovative 20 kW smart EV charging station was developed at the Smart Grid Lab…

Kailash Gahlot Asks Commercial Vehicle Owners To Convert Half Of Their Fleet To Electric

Delhi Transport minister Kailash Gahlot urged commercial vehicle owners to convert half of their fleet to electric by 2023, saying a five per cent interest subvention scheme will be soon launched for them. The Delhi government is working on a…

‘Boost to E-Mobility’: Indian Oil Partners With Israel’s Phinergy To Manufacture Metal-Air Batteries

The Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) entered into a collaboration with the Israeli start-up company Phinergy to form IOC Phinergy Private Limited. The collaboration will manufacture Aluminum-Air systems in India to boost the “Make in India” programme and recycle used Aluminum…

Electric Vehicle Startups Euler Motors And BLive Raise Funding

Euler Motors, an electric vehicle startup, has closed its Series A round at $9.5 million with an additional infusion of $2.6 million (around Rs 18.87 crore). In a statement, the company said it has raised this capital from ADB Ventures,…

Bharat Forge To Undertake Electric Vehicle Biz Through Wholly-Owned Unit

Auto components firm Bharat Forge said it intends to undertake electric vehicle (EV) business through a special purpose vehicle, which would be a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company. As an initial step, the company has decided to acquire newly formed…

Petition Filed To Bring Hydrogen Fuel Cell-Based Electric Vehicles Under FAME Program

In an attempt to bring the hydrogen fuel-based vehicles and infrastructure under the ambit of the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles (FAME-II) program, public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed before the Delhi High Court by a practicing…