The Rocky Road To EV Financing
Tata Motors’ decision was taken despite the fact that the company had bagged 66 percent of the business in the first phase of the tender in 2022, where the company was supposed to deliver and operate about 3,600 electric buses…
Chinese NEV Startup Letin Closes ‘Series A’ Funding
Chinese new energy vehicle startup Letin announced on Monday the completion of its Series A financing, which raised for the company a total of 3.2 billion yuan ($446.896 million). According to the company’s press release, the fresh round was led…
Biden Administration Has Announced $5 Billion In Funding For Electric Vehicles
The U.S. Departments of Transportation and Energy announced nearly $5 billion that will be made available under the new National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program established by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, to build out a national electric vehicle charging network,…
SoftBank Group-Backed Ola Electric Raises Over $200 Million
A unit of SoftBank Group-backed Indian ride-hailing company Ola has raised more than $200 million, led by venture capital firm Falcon Edge, at a valuation of $3 billion, the company said in a statement. The company’s Ola Electric unit aims…
Hero Electric Raises ₹2.2 Billion In Series B Funding
Electric scooter manufacturer Hero Electric has announced that it has raised ₹2.2 billion as the first part of its Series B funding. Gulf Islamic Investments (GII) and Hero Electric’s existing investor OAKS Asset Management (OAKS) led the funding round. The…
India Plans To Set Up Institute To Fund Electric Vehicles-Focused Businesses
The government is planning to set up an institution to fund businesses with a focus on electric vehicles as well as facilitate new financial instruments for lending to the public transportation and commercial vehicle segment, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said….
USA Announces $200 Million In EV Development Funding
The US Department of Energy announces it will provide $200 million over five years for electric vehicle, battery and connected vehicle projects at its 17 national labs, as well as for new partnerships to support electric car innovation. In particular,…
Magenta Power Raises Rs.120 Cr From Indian American Philanthropist Kiran Patel
Magenta EV Solutions, a startup associated with developing changing devices for electric vehicles, announced raising ₹120 crore from Kiran C Patel, an Indian American cardiologist and philanthropist. In 2020, Magenta had raised a pre series funding from JITO Angel Network…
Electric Vehicle Startups Euler Motors And BLive Raise Funding
Euler Motors, an electric vehicle startup, has closed its Series A round at $9.5 million with an additional infusion of $2.6 million (around Rs 18.87 crore). In a statement, the company said it has raised this capital from ADB Ventures,…
Chinese Tesla Rival Xpeng Motors Gets $76 Million Investment From Government
China — Electric carmaker Xpeng Motors has got a new round of investment from the government of the southern Chinese province of Guangdong. The 500 million yuan ($76.9 million) funding from Guangdong Yuecai Investment Holdings Co., the province’s investment arm,…
