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Hop Electric Looks To Expand Retail Footprint To Over 300 Cities This Year

Electric vehicle (EV) maker Hop Electric on Friday said it is looking to expand its retail footprint to more than 300 cities by the end of the year. The Jaipur-based firm had entered the EV space last June and has over 100 retail stores already…

Indian Startup Signs Pact To Explore EV Production Facility in Saudi Arabia

Indian startup Pravaig Dynamics has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore setting up a left-hand drive electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing unit in Saudi Arabia. The unit will have a capacity of up to one million vehicles to cater…

Chargeup Sets Up Solar-Powered EV Battery Swapping Station In Jaipur

Delhi-based EV Fi-ne-tech startup Chargeup has set up India’s first solar-powered battery swapping station in Jaipur. This EV charging station, equipped with solar technology, will cater to the battery swapping needs of electric vehicle owners in the state by using a solar-power grid. As…

India’s Tata Will Build a $5-Billion New Electric Car Battery Factory In The UK

India’s Tata Sons plans to build a 4-billion-pound ($5.2 billion) electric car battery factory in the U.K., the conglomerate said Wednesday. The plant is expected to become one of Europe’s largest battery cell manufacturing sites when it begins production in…

Man Sets His Ola Electric Scooter On Fire After It Breaks Down In The Middle Of The Road

For a few months, many shocking instances where electric scooters are breaking down and catching fire have been reported from several parts of the country. This is making people with e-bikes worry about their safety.   Now, a man who got frustrated with the…

Tata Chooses UK For New EV Battery Plant

India’s Tata has chosen to build an electric vehicle battery plant in southwest England, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, a win that would bolster the country’s automotive industry against stiff global competition.  Tata has chosen a site in Somerset to supply…

Hero MotoCorp Releases New Colors For The Vida V1 Electric Scooter

In January, 2023, deliveries of Hero Motocorp’s first electric two-wheeler, the Vida V1 scooter, commenced. Launched under the brand’s electric spinoff brand Vida, the V1 scooter entered an already competitive electric scooter landscape in India, doing battle with the likes…

Pravaig And Saudi India Venture Studio Sign MoU For AI & EV Industry Cooperation

Pravaig, a Banglore based Electric Vehicle (EV) Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Saudi India Venture Studio on the concluding day of G20 YEA India Summit 2023.  “We are delighted to join hands with Saudi India…

U.S. and India Advance Partnership on Clean Energy

U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm and Indian Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri held the third ministerial meeting of the U.S.-India Strategic Clean Energy Partnership, launched in September 2021. This effort focuses government, industry, and…

Fisker To Launch Ocean Extreme Limited Edition Just For India

Fisker is working on a limited edition version of the Ocean SUV for the Indian market but will only build 100 examples of them.  The special model will be based on the Fisker Ocean Extreme and dubbed the Vigyan. The first deliveries are expected…