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Mahindra’s Urban Green Last-Mile Vehicle ‘Atom’ To Be Launched Next Year

Mahindra and Mahindra teased its upcoming electric quadricycle Atom. The 4-seater vehicle, to be marketed as an urban green last-mile connectivity vehicle, is expected to be launched sometime next year. The Atom was earlier showcased during the Auto Expo 2020…

Electreon Is Making The First Electrified Road That Can Charge EVs On-The-Go

Apart from the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, our Earth is suffering from heavy global warming for quite a long time now. As a result, electric vehicles are becoming more and more essential in several countries. However, one critical issue of EVs…

Government Finalises Draft For Hydrogen-Powered Cars; Industry Moves One Step Closer To Fuel-Cell Vehicles

The automotive industry moved a step closer to the commercial launch of hydrogen-powered vehicles in India with the government-instituted automotive industry standards committee (AISC) submitting a final draft on its regulations. This is the second time the government is considering…

Okaya Bags Contract From PGCIL

OKAYA has bagged a major contract from Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCIL) for supply, installation and commissioning of over 55 multi standard EV chargers (100KW) as per CCS2/CHAdeMO protocol, & 15 KW DC fast chargers as per DC-001 in…

Hyundai XCIENT Fuel Cell Heads To Europe For Commercial Use

Hyundai Motor Company shipped the first 10 units of the Hyundai XCIENT Fuel Cell, the world’s first mass-produced fuel cell heavy-duty truck, to Switzerland. The company plans to ship a total of 50 XCIENT Fuel Cells to Switzerland this year,…

Volvo & Google’s Waymo Join Hands To Develop Self-Driving Vehicles

Volvo Car Group and Waymo have come on terms with a new agreement that makes the autonomous driving based company the exclusive partner of the Swedish luxury carmaker in Level 4 capabilities. The Technology brand is owned by the mighty…

German Luxury Carmaker To Take Stake In Chinese Battery Cell Maker Farasis

Daimler AG (commonly known and referred to as Mercedes) is to take a 3 per cent stake in Farasis, the Chinese battery cell maker, as the German carmaker ramps up its electric vehicle production. The Stuttgart-based company said it would…

India’s $18,000 Tata Nexon EV Points To Global EV Affordability

India only sells about 2,000 electric vehicles a year – in a market of 4 million sales per year. The introduction of the Tata Nexon EV is arguably the country’s best attempt so far to make electric cars accessible to…

Bgauss A2, B8 Electric Scooters Unveiled In India

Bgaus, a new electric two-wheeler brand in India has unveiled two scooters – the B8 which is a premium scooter and the A2, an entry-level two-wheeler. This brand has been introduced by RR Global and will be officially launched in…

Ballard Announces $7.7M MEA Order From Synergy Joint Venture In China

Ballard Power Systems today announced that it has received a purchase order for $7.7 million of membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) for use in manufacturing FCvelocity®-9SSL fuel cell stacks from Guangdong Synergy Ballard Hydrogen Power Co., Ltd. (Synergy-Ballard JVCo), a joint…