Vikram Handa Fuelling India’s Electric-Car Dreams
Somewhere in Ballari, Karnataka, a new furnace is firing up all of India’s electric-vehicle dreams. “It does look a bit like an oven,” admits Vikram Handa, the owner. But it’s no ordinary one. This furnace is 20 metres long and…
Baidu And Geely Plan $7.7 Billion Smart Car Push
Jidu Auto, a joint venture between Chinese giants Baidu Inc. and Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, aims to spend 50 billion yuan ($7.7 billion) over the next five years on developing smart-car technology. The company intends to hire between 2,500 and…
Daimler Trucks North America, Portland General Electric Open First-Of-Its-Kind Heavy-Duty Electric Truck Charging Site
Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) and Portland General Electric (PGE) opened to the public today the first-of-its-kind heavy-duty electric truck charging site, called “Electric Island.” Electric Island will help accelerate the development, testing and deployment of zero emissions (tank to…
Chevron, Toyota Pursue Strategic Alliance On Hydrogen
Chevron U.S.A. Inc., through its Chevron Products Company division (Chevron), and Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (Toyota) announced a memorandum of understanding to explore a strategic alliance to catalyze and lead the development of commercially viable, large-scale businesses in hydrogen,…
Volvo Tackles Electric Vehicle Battery Recycling
It’s no secret that recycling batteries from electric cars is a complicated topic, but it’s one much more promise now than just a few years ago. These days, there are places all over the world capable of recycling EV batteries,…
Tesla Strengthens Its India Team Ahead Of Rolling Electric Cars
As Tesla firms up its plans to roll out its first all-electric car in India this year, the Elon Musk-run company has hired top executives in the country who has taken charge of some of its operations in the country….
Hero MotoCorp, Gogoro To Launch New Electric Scooters And Bikes In India
The world’s largest two-wheeler maker, Hero MotoCorp, has got nearly everything in its portfolio. There are commuters, small capacity sportbikes, ADVs and what not. What it doesn’t have is an electric vehicle. This, we understand is purely based on the…
Jamshedpur Gets Charging Hub For Electric Vehicles
An electric car charging station has been set up by Tata Steel- owned Jusco in Bistupur. At present, the steel city has around 40 electric cars primarily being charged at the owners’ residence. Tata Motors is the producer of such…
GM Expected To Announce Tennessee Battery Plant
General Motors is expected to announce one of its joint ventures will build a second U.S. electric vehicle battery factory in Spring Hill, Tennessee. The Detroit automaker has scheduled a news conference in Nashville with CEO Mary Barra, Tennessee Gov….
Amazon And ABB Partner To Help Push EV Adoption
A collaboration between diversified industrial ABB and Amazonis likely to increase electric vehicle (EV) adoption among transportation companies and fleet operators. That’s the key takeaway from the recently announced collaboration between ABB and Amazon’s cloud computing business, Amazon Web Services…
