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,…
Electrify America To Double EV Charging Stations By 2025
Electrify America, an electric vehicle charging network funded with money paid by Volkswagen as punishment for its emissions cheating scandal, says it plans to more than double its number of charging stations throughout the United States and Canada. The expansion…
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…
A Tweak In The Battery Chemistry Could Double Electric Vehicle Range
Researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have made a chemical breakthrough that they believe will allow electric vehicles batteries to hold almost twice the energy of their traditionally-used lithium-ion counterparts. The solution in question is a lithium-metal chemistry…
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…
Sumitomo To Invest $424 Million In Cathode Material Production
The Japanese raw materials company Sumitomo Metal Mining has announced its intention to invest 47 billion yen (about 424 million USD) in expanding its production capacities for cathode materials. The company cites the car industry’s growing demand for batteries as…
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…
