BYD Auto Co, Ltd, a leading Chinese company which produces electric vehicles, intends to establish its production plant in Hyderabad, it was announced on Wednesday. Representatives from the company on Wednesday called on Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, who assured them all help. KCR... Read more

To promote electric vehicles in India, the government has approved green licence plates bearing numbers in white fonts for private e-vehicles and yellow for taxis, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Wednesday. The government also plans to allow youth in the age bracket of 16-18 years to drive ele... Read more

While the government is currently reporting country’s electrification numbers in low 80s, the actual numbers are much higher, World Bank said. About 85 percent of India’s population has access to electricity, Vivien Foster, Lead Energy Economist at the World Bank told PTI. “That might surprise... Read more

Japanese electric vehicle maker Terra Motors Corporation is working on a slew of products, including a three wheeler and two wheeler, which it plans to launch in India over the next two years. The company, which has already invested around USD 5 million in the country, has lined up further investme... Read more

The Board of Directors of Gurugram Metropolitan City Bus Limited (GMCBL) will add 100 hundred electric buses to the streets of Gurugram soon. By virtue of their hub and spoke modus operandi, electric buses seem to be the only immediately implementable electric vehicle technology in India. Despite th... Read more

In a bid to curb air and noise pollution Kolkata is reportedly gearing up to bring 80 electric buses on its road from next month. According to ET these electric buses will hit the street in phases.  The transport department will add more only after seeing adoption and success rate of these 80 elec... Read more

German luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz can drive in a fully electric vehicle to India as early as next year depending on a favourable taxation structure for such vehicles in the country, a top company official said. Globally, the company is developing a range of electric vehicles and expects that by ... Read more

India’s solar energy sector appears to have hit a road bump. Corporate funding in the solar sector fell by 65% to USD 2 billion in the three months ended March 31 from the USD 5.7 billion raised in the fourth quarter of 2017, according to Mercom Capital Group, a clean energy consultancy. India’... Read more

Although solar PV tariffs have risen slightly in Gujarat’s latest auction, the aggressively low bids seen in the wind and solar auctions in 2017 now seem unsustainable. The threat of solar import tariffs, and disputes between developers and distribution companies are raising investor concerns, st... Read more

The Union road transport and highways ministry has recommended green registration plates for electric vehicles (EVs) so as to identify them for preferential treatment, such as special parking or discounted tolls. The ministry will soon issue a notification specifying the colour of the plates to be ... Read more

Investment firm Anthill Ventures has invested in Swedish urban mobility electric car start-up Uniti. “We would like to help them enter and scale in India and South-East Asia. Mobility in future cities will see significant change, we believe that Uniti can be a part of this change,” said Prasad ... Read more

The Energy Department of Andhra Pradesh has tied up with a Hong Kong-based storage company, BYD, for developing a renewable energy storage facility on a pilot basis at Makkuva in Vizianagaram district. 10 MW is the storage capacity planned under the pilot project This is part of the government’s... Read more