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Kerala Automobiles Ltd To Enter Into E-scooter Manufacturing

The Kerala Automobiles Limited (KAL), a public sector unit has decided to venture into electric scooter manufacturing.  The state’s Industries Minister P. Rajeeve informed that KAL’s first e-scooter will be out within the next six months.  Speaking at the contract…

China’s EV Battery Sector Is Preparing A New Breakthrough

One of China’s top battery-makers believes it has cracked a technology to provide even cheaper and more powerful packs for electric vehicles.  Gotion High-Tech recently unveiled a lithium-manganese-iron-phosphate battery – LMFP for short – which it says will power an…

Role Of IoT In Changing The EV Charging Landscape

Monitoring and data presentation through reports are made possible by IoT in EV charging, in addition to sending real-time alerts to consumers. All value chain stakeholders stand to gain significantly from IoT in terms of automating operations, user authentication, remote…

Hyundai Motor To Invest $2.45B In India By 2032 To Boost EV Ecosystem

Hyundai Motor has announced that it plans to invest $2.45 billion (200 billion Indian rupees) over the next 10 years in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu to bolster its plans for electric vehicles in the country.  On Thursday, the…

Charging Infrastructure Important For Transition To EVs

New Delhi: A robust network of charging infrastructure is vital for the transition from internal combustion engine (ICE)-based vehicles to electric vehichles a senior government official said on Thursday. Abhay Bakre, Director General (DG) of the Bureau of Energy Efficiency…

Odisha Invites Bids For The Supply Of 300 EVs

Odisha Renewable Energy Development Agency (OREDA) has invited bids to provide electric vehicle (EV) fleet services for 300 EVs on an own, operate, and maintain basis.  The contractors must provide a comprehensive free annual maintenance contract for five years. Electric…

Hero Electric Continues To Top The Electric Two-Wheeler Sales In India

For the first time, registrations of Hero Electric’s scooters have entered the five-digit mark, with a total of 13,022 Hero e-scooters registered across India in March. As per vehicle registration data on the ‘VAHAN’ portal, a total of 46,569 high-speed…

Hertz & Polestar Announce Global Strategic Partnership To Accelerate Electric Vehicle Adoption

Hertz (NASDAQ: HTZ) and Polestar, the Swedish premium electric performance car maker, today announced a new global partnership that includes purchasing up to 65,000 electric vehicles (EVs) over five years. Availability is expected to begin in Spring 2022 in Europe…

Capital A Establishes A $10M Fund To Boost India’s EV Ecosystem

Capital A, a venture fund for seed to early-stage meaningful start-ups has set up a $10-million (around ₹75 crore) cleantech fund “Evolve” to back funding for electric vehicle-related startups in India The fund, which has been christened as Evolve, will…

Magenta Picked By Microsoft For The Start-up Support Program Of EV Software & Charging Platform Development

Microsoft has selected Magenta the pioneer in the business of clean mobility and clean electricity, for its Start-up support program. Under this program, Microsoft supports B2B tech startups to scale and grow leveraging its technology, cloud marketplace, enterprise sales team,…