Chalking out the road-map for India’s Electric Vehicle (EV) Mission 2030, NITI Aayog on Wednesday pitched for a ‘Make in India’ opportunity for battery manufacturers. The think tank said India’s vision of mass conversion to electric vehicles can create a $300 billion domestic market for EV ... Read more
IIT Madras professor Ashok Jhunjhunwala, who recently quit as a key government adviser associated with India’s ambitious electric vehicle programme, has alleged that many domestic and international automobile companies do not want the country to achieve the mission and have connived to malign him.... Read more
India and Sweden expect to work closely in adopting and promoting green technologies where small and medium enterprises would play critical role. Addressing the India–Sweden Innovations’ Accelerator Programme here today, Niklas Eriksson, First Secretary, Section for Trade, Economic and Cultural... Read more
The rise of energy storage will enjoy a similarly meteoric trajectory to that enjoyed by solar PV deployment in the past and could reach 305GWh of installations by 2030, BNEF has predicted. The market is set to “double six times” between the years 2016 and 2030, reaching 125GW / 305GWh, Bloombe... Read more
Start-up Romeo Power has opened a lithium battery pack factory in Los Angeles, aimed at the EV and stationary energy storage markets, aiming to ramp up to 4GWh production capacity by next year. Romeo Power, which has Porter Harris, a former SpaceX battery engineer, as CTO, hit headlines in late Aug... Read more
Start-up Romeo Power has opened a lithium battery pack factory in Los Angeles, aimed at the EV and stationary energy storage markets, aiming to ramp up to 4GWh production capacity by next year. Romeo Power, which has Porter Harris, a former SpaceX battery engineer, as CTO, hit headlines in late Aug... Read more
Niti Aayog's battery swapping policy to promote electric vehicle push is not viable in India, Road and Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Monday. Gadkari has also asked Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant to scrap the plan as the technlogy is not viable. "The swapping (battery) policy I feel is not a... Read more
The ministry for road transport and highways has objected to the Niti Aayog’s proposal to appoint itself as the implementing agency for India’s Electric Vehicle (EV) Mission 2030. “Niti Aayog’s role is to develop good policies and they should do that. They should not become an implementing ... Read more
With union transport minister Nitin Gadkari pushing the use of electric vehicles, PSU oil companies are entering the sector too. Both Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL), on Sunday, launched charging points for electric cars at one of their petrol pumps e... Read more
Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) on Monday said it will expand its footprint across major cities in the country to penetrate deeper into the e-rickshaw market, which is estimated at Rs1,000 crore annually. “We have launched e-Alfa Mini in Delhi, Lucknow and today in Kolkata, to tap the e-ricksha... Read more
In a major step in spreading the use of green energy, India's first electric vehicle (EV) charging station was started here on Sunday by Indian Oil Corp (IOC), according to the state-run oil marketing company. Indian Oil has partnered with cab aggregator Ola to set up the charging station at an IOC... Read more
When India’s state-owned Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL) awarded a coveted Rs1,120 crore order in September to Tata Motors Ltd to supply 10,000 electric cars, it signalled the government’s intent to walk the talk on electric mobility. The electric cars will be procured in two phases; 500 ... Read more
